My Physical Therapy Story - Destini Morales

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10/16/2020 Added

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After a painful cheerleading injury and subsequent surgery, Freshman Destiny Morales turned to the University Health Center physical therapy team for help in her recovery.

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[00:00:03.202]When I came to high school, I was really
[00:00:05.652]into it. I was a little shy and nervous,
[00:00:07.722]but then I met one of my best friends.
[00:00:09.472]She was like, "You should try out!", and I
[00:00:11.062]was like, "I don't know." I ended
[00:00:13.142]up making it my sophomore year and then
[00:00:15.242]I made varsity my junior and senior year.
[00:00:17.582]As we were practicing our cheer routine,
[00:00:19.532]it was three or two months before state
[00:00:22.232]and I was the captain, I did a toe touch,
[00:00:25.752]my hips popped, and I went to land and I
[00:00:27.862]couldn't. I was in a lot of pain. So I
[00:00:30.942]guess, every day after that, I just told
[00:00:32.622]myself I pulled it, it wasn't hurt, I'm
[00:00:34.362]not sitting out of state, it's my last year.
[00:00:36.632]I actually stopped jumping two to three
[00:00:38.862]weeks before state and didn't jump until
[00:00:40.682]the day of state. I finally went to a doctor
[00:00:43.822]after state, and it ended up being torn.
[00:00:54.387]With Destiny, I knew that her goal was to
[00:00:57.131]try out for the cheer team, so we really
[00:00:59.810]wanted to look at her range of motion,
[00:01:02.130]really get her hips moving better, and get
[00:01:04.520]her strength up so that she was really
[00:01:06.090]stable enough to perform those jumps
[00:01:07.790]and things that they require.
[00:01:09.058]Basically, when I got here, they go,
[00:01:11.188]"What's your goal?" and I said, "I just
[00:01:13.008]want to try out for the team again."
[00:01:14.478]They're all really nice. I actually got to
[00:01:16.468]work with almost everyone here.
[00:01:18.158]I just kind of jumped around at first with
[00:01:19.898]whoever could get me in.
[00:01:21.149]We utilized a lot of the leg press machine,
[00:01:25.149]the turf a lot to do some, when we were
[00:01:27.989]getting back to some light jogging, running
[00:01:30.829]and that kind of stuff. We utilized the
[00:01:33.015]rebounder, as we call it. It's like a little
[00:01:34.605]trampoline to introduce some bouncing but
[00:01:37.235]with more give and less impact. We utilize
[00:01:40.262]boxes a lot with difference heights to
[00:01:42.352]practice jumping and landing.
[00:01:44.142]Now I'm just kind of jumping, kicking.
[00:01:46.662]I was so excited to start that again.
[00:01:49.446]She's doing really well, still has some
[00:01:51.816]tightness and some weakness is the basis
[00:01:55.816]of her problems that she's still having.
[00:01:58.423]So we're still working a lot on strengthening
[00:02:00.932]and that weight. As we continue to
[00:02:04.930]strengthen the stability, we'll get there.
[00:02:06.910]Obviously, I'll be a little upset if I don't
[00:02:08.443]make the team. I know it's a very
[00:02:09.892]competitive process. But being able
[00:02:11.582]to at least try out with being able to do
[00:02:14.002]the thing I love doing again, that will
[00:02:15.932]give me some confidence and maybe
[00:02:18.062]I can try out again at the year after
[00:02:20.542]next year.
[00:02:21.314]She's excited. She's been practicing with
[00:02:23.414]some cheer friends and critiquing each
[00:02:25.974]other and trying to get back into the jumps
[00:02:28.664]and things. So she's excited.
[00:02:30.584]I just love the environment. I would
[00:02:32.105]recommend it to a lot of people who
[00:02:33.725]are just scared to reach out. Honestly,
[00:02:36.172]just go. If you don't like it, don't come
[00:02:37.782]back, but I'm pretty sure you will.

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