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Practice makes …Pain?

1 At 10, Courtney Thompson was a top ranked gymnast in New Hampshire
she had been doing flips since she was one and had her heart set on
competing in the Olympics. She practiced four and a half hours a day six
I days a week, often repeating the same move 100 times. Her demanding
5 schedule took a toll. It got to the point where Courtney could barely
straighten her elbows unless she put ice on them. On January 12, 2005 she
had to stop in the middle of a floor routine. “I jumped up and grabbed my
arm. It hurt really bad”.
Doctors discovered that Courtney’s constant workouts had caused the
10 cartilage or connective tissue, in her elbow to separate from the bone. She
had surgery on both arms and went though months of painful
rehabilitation Courtney’s experience is part of growing trend in youth
II sports kids and teens were starting to have the same type of injures that
only professional athletes used to have. Experts say young athletes are
15 pushing their bodies to the limit, practicing sports too hard for too long.
The exhausting schedules often lead to dangerous injuries that could keep
them from competing – permanently.
Under strain
According to experts at the physical and sports medicine journal, between
20 30 and 50 percent of youth sport injures are due to overuse. Overuse
III injuries are caused by repetitive motion that, over time, puts more stress
on a body part than it can handle. The tissue or bone eventually breaks,
stretches or tears.
Danny Clark ended up with an over use injury last year. The teen baseball
25 player from Altamonte Springs, Florida, hurt himself by throwing 80
pitches in a single game after two months of not pitching at all. The
IV sudden repetitive action tore Danny’s rotator cuff. The rotator cuff is a
 group of four muscles and the tendons that connect them to bones in the
shoulder. Afterward he couldn’t pitch for two months and needed five
30 months of physical therapy.
Too much too soon
Experts say injuries such as Danny’s are on the rise, in part because more
and more kids are leaving casual sports for organized team competitions
V that require hours of practice and game time. “Kids [are] playing sports
35 more aggressively at younger ages,“ explains James Beaty an orthopedist
in Memphis, Tennessee.
Kevin Butcher a 15-year-old soccer player from Fort Collins, Colorado, is
no exception. He plays soccer three or four times a week for nine months
a year. His dedication pays off – last year he helped lead his team to a
40 state championship. But his success came with a price. “Last year. I
VI sprained my ankle a few times, dislocated a bone in my foot and broke
both sides of my pelvis,” Kevin says. The first time he broke his pelvis,
Kevin didn’t realize it for about a month. He played through the pain until
the doctors forced him to rest. When he dislocated a bone in his foot, a
45 physical therapist put the bone into a place, bandaged his foot and let him
play the next day.
Knowing Your Limits
Not every kid who plays sports ends up with serious injuries. Experts say
the key to avoid injury is paying attention to your body. Feeling sore after
50 practice is OK, but sharp pain is a warning sign that shouldn’t be ignored.
VII Kevin learned that lesson while recovering from his second broken pelvis
in less than a year. “There’s definitely a glory in playing through pain but I
think there is a limit. You just have to know when to stop.”

 MATCH THE WORDS/PHRASES TO THEIR MEANINGS (10 POINTS)

WORDS/PHASES DEFINITION
1. DEMANDING C A. THE PROCESS OF RETURNING TO A
NORMAL LIFE AGAIN AFTER AN INJURY
2. TAKE A TOLL D B. THE SET OF WIDE BONES AT THE BOTTOM
OF YOUR BACK THAT CONNECT TO YOUR
LEGS
3. REHABILITATION A C. REQUIRING OR ASKING FOR MORE THAN IS
GENERALLY FELT BY OTHERS TO BE DUE
4. DISLOCATE E D. TO HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT
5. PELVIS B E. TO PUT A BONE OUT OF ITS CORRECT
POSITION
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WRITE THE REFERED TERM ON THE LINE PROVIDED. (30 POINTS)

1.- SHE in line 2 refers to __ Courtney Thompson

2.- THEM in line 6 refers to __Elbows
3.- THEM in line 17 refers to __Young athletes
4.- IT in line 22 refers to __Body part
5.- HIMSELF in line 25 refers to __Danny Clark
6.- THEM in line 28 refers to __Four muscles and tendons
7.- HE in line 29 refers to __Danny Clark
8.- HE in line 39 refers to __Kevin Butcher
9.- IT in line 43 refers to __Breaking his pelvis
10.- HIM in line 44 refers to __Kevin Butcher

● SKIM AND SCAN THE READING AND COMPLETE THE CHART WITH THE MISSING
INFORMATION. (30 POINTS)

NAME HOME SPORT INJURY

A. Courtney New Hampshire Gymnastics Cartilage separated

Thompson from elbow

B. Danny Clark Altamonte Springs, Baseball Rotator cuff tore

Florida

C. Kevin Butcher Fort Collins, Soccer - Sprained ankle

Colorado
- Dislocated a foot’s
bone

-Broke pelvis
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EL TEXTO HABLA SOBRE LAS LESIONES QUE LOS JÓVENES ATLETAS SUFREN DEBIDO AL
EXESO DE PRÁCTICA.

EL TEXTO MENCIONA A TRES ATLETAS ESTADOUNIDENSES Y EXPLICA LAS LESIONES QUE

SUFRIERON EN DEPORTES COMO: LA GIMASIA, FUTBOL Y BEISBOL. EXPLICA COMO SE LESIONÓ
CADA UNO DE ELLOS

EN LA LECTURA LOS EXPERTOS COMENTAN QUE LOS JÓVENES ATHLETAS ESTÁN FORZANDO SUS
CUERPOS CON PRÁCTICAS EXHAUSTIVAS, LLEVANDO SU CUERPO AL LÍMITE.

DE ENTRE UN 30 Y 50 PORCIENTO DE LOS JÓVENES SE LESIONAN DEBIDO A LA REPETICION DE

LOS EJERCICIOS TAN ARDUOS, DEJANDO LA PRÁCTICA CASUAL E INFORMAL POR LAS
COMPETENCIAS DE EQUIPOS ORGANIZADOS.