David Bentley, parent and athletic trainer at St. Luke's, came to discuss his everyday job. He deals with many injuries (big or small) due to the sports we have at school. The average athlete may see themselves going to Dave with a muscle pull, shin splints, injured Quads, or any sports based injury, etc. He brought two larger more severe injuries that have came to him from my peers. The first was a volleyball player who's knee popped out of place from a quick sharp turn with massive swelling. The first thought he had was an ACL tear. The conclusion was a subluxing patella, which does not have to be put back into place (the knee caps). A brace to stop lateral drifting and building strength with physical therapy are the solutions for this problem. The next injury dealt with a dislocated hip after it was rolled on at football practice. He started with palpating the good side to compare the pressure applied to a healthy hip. After realizing it was out of place, he called 911 where the ambulance uses St. Luke's family to be directed to the right gate. After the X-rays, it was determined that his hip was completely out of place and almost by the tail bone. We were shown pictures the day the injury happened on the football field. Once we heard the stories, we were taught another form of therapy called the electric stem machine. It sends electrical pulses through the skin to help stimulate injured muscles or manipulate nerves to reduce pain. This can accelerate recoveries for the athletes. He brought our own school stem machine and we got to individually test what it does to our forearms. As the power goes up, the more the students hands became to be shocked and curl.
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