{"id":18078,"date":"2023-08-25T20:04:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T20:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/back-in-the-game\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T20:04:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T20:04:08","slug":"back-in-the-game","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/back-in-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Southcoast Health ayuda a una jugadora de voleibol a volver al juego"},"content":{"rendered":"

Era el 24 de agosto de 2022 y Makenna, residente de toda la vida en New Bedford, hizo lo que llevaba a\u00f1os haciendo como jugadora de voleibol. Salt\u00f3 para manejar un bal\u00f3n y cay\u00f3 de pie. Inmediatamente, sinti\u00f3 un dolor agudo en la rodilla izquierda. Esperaba que no fuera una lesi\u00f3n grave e intent\u00f3 continuar con los ejercicios, pero el dolor empeor\u00f3 y fue a ver al entrenador del colegio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al principio, el entrenador pens\u00f3 que se trataba de una lesi\u00f3n menor y que el hielo, junto con los antiinflamatorios, remediar\u00edan la situaci\u00f3n. Sin embargo, al d\u00eda siguiente, la rodilla estaba dolorosamente hinchada. El entrenador le sugiri\u00f3 que acudiera a Dr. John Ponti<\/a>La doctora le recomend\u00f3 que se sometiera a una resonancia magn\u00e9tica (un esc\u00e1ner no invasivo que utiliza un im\u00e1n de gran tama\u00f1o y ondas de radio para ofrecer a los m\u00e9dicos una imagen detallada de huesos, \u00f3rganos, tendones y otras estructuras internas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La resonancia magn\u00e9tica mostr\u00f3 que Makenna se hab\u00eda roto el menisco y el LCA (ligamento cruzado anterior), y fue remitida al cirujano ortop\u00e9dico de Southcoast Health. Dr. Joseph Lifrak<\/a>que se reuni\u00f3 con ella en una semana. \"El Dr. Lifrak fue incre\u00edble\", dijo Makenna. \"Me explic\u00f3 detalladamente las distintas opciones que ten\u00eda para reparar mi rodilla y cu\u00e1l ser\u00eda la mejor para volver a jugar al voleibol\". Tambi\u00e9n le explic\u00f3 las posibles complicaciones o fallos de cada una, y cu\u00e1nto tardar\u00eda en curarse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despu\u00e9s de sopesar las opciones, Makenna, que ahora tiene 16 a\u00f1os y va a cursar el pen\u00faltimo a\u00f1o, y su familia decidieron que prefer\u00edan la opci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica de utilizar un trozo de su tend\u00f3n para reparar la rotura del LCA. Una vez curada, tendr\u00eda m\u00e1s posibilidades de saltar libremente y de volver a jugar al voleibol. Debido a la inflamaci\u00f3n inicial de la lesi\u00f3n, tuvo que esperar hasta octubre para someterse a la operaci\u00f3n y obtener los mejores resultados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Makenna tuvo cirug\u00eda el 14 de octubre de 2022, en el centro de cirug\u00eda ambulatoria en Faunce Corner Road en Dartmouth. Entr\u00f3 y sali\u00f3 en pocas horas, aunque durante la operaci\u00f3n el Dr. Lifrak tuvo que reparar el menisco adem\u00e1s del LCA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tras la operaci\u00f3n, el Dr. Lifrak le explic\u00f3 el r\u00e9gimen de ejercicios que quer\u00eda que siguiera para lograr un resultado favorable. Le advirti\u00f3 que los primeros d\u00edas despu\u00e9s de la operaci\u00f3n ser\u00edan dolorosos, pero que era imprescindible mover la pierna para impedir el crecimiento de tejido cicatricial. Durante sus frecuentes visitas a la consulta, el Dr. Lifrak sigui\u00f3 de cerca la evoluci\u00f3n de Makenna y respondi\u00f3 a sus preguntas e inquietudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Su car\u00e1cter afectuoso y cari\u00f1oso, unido a su amplia experiencia y conocimientos, sin duda dieron a Makenna la mejor oportunidad de \u00e9xito\", dijo Kristen, la madre de Makenna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Makenna comenz\u00f3 dos veces por semana sesiones de fisioterapia con Jack Curtis, jefe del equipo de Southcoast Health de Servicios de rehabilitaci\u00f3n<\/a>en noviembre. Al principio, la rehabilitaci\u00f3n fue dif\u00edcil e inc\u00f3moda, pero los conocimientos y la persistencia de Jack permitieron a Makenna progresar r\u00e1pidamente y adelantarse a lo previsto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Jack estuvo fant\u00e1stico. Era divertido y tranquilizador, al tiempo que empujaba a Makenna fuera de su zona de confort. Le ense\u00f1\u00f3 a estirarse y le hizo una cuidadosa demostraci\u00f3n de cada ejercicio, a la vez que le explicaba su prop\u00f3sito\", dijo Kristen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Con trabajo duro y determinaci\u00f3n, Makenna pudo reducir la frecuencia de sus sesiones a una vez a la semana en enero y recibi\u00f3 el visto bueno para volver a hacer deporte en julio, mucho antes de su prueba de voleibol del 21 de agosto de 2023. Con la ayuda de su equipo de Southcoast Health, Makenna est\u00e1 lista para volver a practicar el deporte que ama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Recomendar\u00edamos encarecidamente los servicios del Dr. Lifrak, Jack Curtis y el equipo ortop\u00e9dico a nuestros familiares y amigos\", coincidieron Makenna y Kristen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Makenna, que estudia dise\u00f1o arquitect\u00f3nico, empezar\u00e1 su tercer a\u00f1o en unas semanas, lista para saltar a la cancha con sus compa\u00f1eras de equipo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la medicina deportiva de Southcoast Health, visite <\/em>Servicios de Medicina Deportiva MA & RI | Southcoast Health<\/a><\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":18079,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18078","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSouthcoast Health Helps a Volleyball Player Get Back in the Game - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cWe would highly recommend the services of Dr. Lifrak, Jack Curtis and the orthopedic team to our family and friends,\u201d Makenna and Kristen agreed.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/back-in-the-game\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Southcoast Health Helps a Volleyball Player Get Back in the Game - 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