re: What Injuries Have You Suffered Whilst Playing The Beautiful Game?

Don't sell yourself short, that is something to write home about.

Played every spring & fall from 6 to 18. No broken bones or blown out knees, but many sprained ankles, mostly from playing on shite fields. Actually at this point the ligaments in my left ankle are essentially limp noodles - I have to wear a brace or instant roll-over. A hamstring once, which really sucked. Pretty sure I picked up at least 2 minor concussions in HS - one from contact with another player during a corner kick, another from whiplash into the ground while falling backwards after a challenge by a defender. Also in HS, pretty sure I (and damn near everyone else on the field) almost got frostbite during a freak whiteout snowstorm. Forecast for the night was a low in the low 30s and like 10% of flurries, so no one was prepared for crazy wind and snow so hard we couldn't tell where we were on the field for a lot of the game.

Tried to make a comeback a couple years ago in a local Sunday league. Idiot that I am, I only went into it with very minor cardio training, and I am 99% sure I got a wicked sports hernia. Was so sore I could hardly walk the week after the first game, then as I was trying to warm up for the next game the following Sunday, went into a gentle side-step lunge and it felt like I got shot where my left thigh meets my hip. To this day if I try an explosive sports-like change of direction it feels like getting stabbed, and I basically crumple into a ball. Should probably get that looked at.

I tore my PCL, LCL, MCL, and Latteral Tendon all on one tackle in 8th grade. Broke my big right toe and partially tore a ligament in my ankle.

I'll never stop playing the game though