Soccer Boot Camp

This past weekend Redeemer had its first labour day weekend soccer 'boot camp' (what I like to call it). lol.

There was a fabulous turnout (I was impressed). The team is looking strong already and thats before cuts. The 1st years a dominant out on the field (which is a good thing) and appear ready for the challenges. How exciting.

This weekend brought a lot of soreness and injuries. Hopefully everyone will be up and running by the weekend for our first tournament.

Rachel (last years captian...and hopefully this years captian) has hurt her knee (which is definately not a good thing). So, Please pray for her so that she can have a full recovery. She appears to be in a lot of pain.

As for me, I have hurt my knee. I am not sure what has happened but as far as I've been told its my meniscus. AHHH!! Apparently, according to the physiotherapist, this is not a good thing, but what do they know.

Since many of you are probably like me and don't know what the heck a meniscus is I have gone through the liberty of looking it up.

THE ROLE OF THE MENISCUS

The meniscus has several functions:

Stability - As secondary stabilizers, the intact meniscii interact with the stabilizing function of the ligaments and are most effective when the surrounding ligaments are intact.

Lubrication and nutrition - The meniscii act as spacers between the femur and the tibia. By doing so, they prevent friction between these two bones and allow for the diffusion of the normal joint fluid and its nutrients into the tissue which covers the end of the bone. This tissue is known as articular cartilage. Maintenance of the integrity of the articular cartilage is critical to preventing the development of post-traumatic or degenerative arthritis.

Shock absorption - The biconcave C-shaped pieces of tissue known as meniscii (cartilage in non-medical terms) lower the stress applied to the articular cartilage, and thereby have a role in preventing the development of degenerative arthritis


Well anyways, soccer is off to a good start and please keep ALL the injuries in your prayers and pray that everyone else remains in good health.