Frailes del Providence College<\/a> programa deportivo. Diagnostic\u00f3 a Grace lesiones en el ligamento colateral medial (LCM), el ligamento cruzado anterior (LCA) y el menisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEl LCM y el LCA ayudan a mantener estable la rodilla conectando la parte inferior del f\u00e9mur con la parte superior de la tibia. El LCM est\u00e1 en el lado interior de la rodilla y el LCA cruza el centro. El menisco es un cart\u00edlago que act\u00faa como amortiguador entre la tibia y el f\u00e9mur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Tienes cuatro ligamentos en la rodilla y Grace se hab\u00eda lesionado dos de ellos\", dijo el Dr. Lifrak. \"Eso complicaba un poco m\u00e1s su situaci\u00f3n\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grace estaba asustada, pero el Dr. Lifrak pronto la hizo sentirse c\u00f3moda y confiada. \"Era muy cari\u00f1oso\", dice. \"Me dijo que cuidar\u00eda bien de m\u00ed\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Su confianza aument\u00f3 cuando el Dr. Lifrak, que jug\u00f3 al baloncesto en el instituto, ret\u00f3 a Grace a un concurso de tiros libres cuando se recuperara. \"No iba a dejar que me ganara en eso\", dijo Grace. \"Ten\u00eda muchos objetivos al volver al baloncesto. Gracias al reto del Dr. Lifrak, ahora ten\u00eda otro\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En un principio, el Dr. Lifrak prescribi\u00f3 a Grace seis semanas de reposo para que sanara la lesi\u00f3n del ligamento cruzado anterior, pero la rotura del ligamento cruzado anterior requer\u00eda una reparaci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica si quer\u00eda seguir jugando. En abril, le practic\u00f3 una artroscopia m\u00ednimamente invasiva que consisti\u00f3 en crear un nuevo ligamento con tejido de los ligamentos existentes en la rodilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
La recuperaci\u00f3n dur\u00f3 nueve meses, pero Grace empez\u00f3 sus ejercicios de rehabilitaci\u00f3n en cuanto volvi\u00f3 a su dormitorio. El Dr. Lifrak supervis\u00f3 sus progresos mientras se rehabilitaba con un entrenador deportivo de los Frailes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Cuando te operan, no puedes hacer las cosas b\u00e1sicas, como andar o saltar\", explica. \"Con mi entrenador, tuve que volver a aprender esos pasos. Eso te hace dudar. Nunca sabes c\u00f3mo vas a volver. Hay muchos altibajos\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Al sexto mes, Grace empez\u00f3 a correr y a saltar. Y en enero de 2022 ya estaba de vuelta en la cancha. Tambi\u00e9n acept\u00f3 el reto de tiros libres del Dr. Lifrak y, aunque \u00e9l la venci\u00f3 por una canasta, Grace lider\u00f3 a su equipo en anotaci\u00f3n la temporada pasada durante la temporada regular de la Big East Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ahora, en su \u00faltimo a\u00f1o en Providence, est\u00e1 disputando su \u00faltima temporada como fraile. Grace sigue visitando al Dr. Lifrak una vez al mes en las cl\u00ednicas semanales que organiza para atletas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Lo que pas\u00e9 me dej\u00f3 muchas ense\u00f1anzas\", dijo Grace. \"Aprend\u00ed sobre m\u00ed misma, sobre mi cuerpo y sobre c\u00f3mo quiero afrontar la temporada. Doy las gracias al Dr. Lifrak y al equipo de Southcoast Health por haberme devuelto a la cancha y estar mejor que nunca.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre los servicios ortop\u00e9dicos de Southcoast Health, visite Tratamientos Ortop\u00e9dicos MA & RI | Southcoast Health<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4612,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18111","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSouthcoast Health Helps Grace Efosa Get Back on the Court - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Grace Efosa, freshman guard for the Providence College women\u2019s basketball team turned to Southcoast Health after an injury on the court.\" \/>\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\/grace-efosa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Southcoast Health Helps Grace Efosa Get Back on the Court - 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