{"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\/pt\/news\/back-in-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Southcoast Health ajuda um jogador de voleibol a regressar ao jogo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Est\u00e1vamos a 24 de agosto de 2022 e Makenna, uma residente de New Bedford de longa data, fez o que tinha feito durante anos como jogadora de voleibol. Saltou para agarrar uma bola e aterrou de p\u00e9. De imediato, sentiu uma dor aguda no joelho esquerdo. Esperava que n\u00e3o fosse uma les\u00e3o grave e tentou continuar a treinar, mas a dor agravou-se e foi consultar o treinador desportivo da escola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inicialmente, o treinador pensou que se tratava de uma les\u00e3o ligeira e que o gelo, juntamente com anti-inflamat\u00f3rios, resolveria a situa\u00e7\u00e3o. No entanto, no dia seguinte, o joelho estava dolorosamente inchado. O treinador sugeriu-lhe que consultasse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/john-ponti-md\/#\/appointment-chooser\/providerId\/3188\/patientTypeId\">Dr. John Ponti<\/a>O Dr. K., um especialista em ortopedia da Southcoast Health, recomendou que ela se submetesse a uma RM (resson\u00e2ncia magn\u00e9tica, que \u00e9 um exame n\u00e3o invasivo que utiliza um \u00edman de grandes dimens\u00f5es e ondas de r\u00e1dio para dar aos m\u00e9dicos uma imagem pormenorizada dos ossos, \u00f3rg\u00e3os, tend\u00f5es e outras estruturas internas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A resson\u00e2ncia magn\u00e9tica revelou que Makenna tinha rasgado o menisco e o LCA (ligamento cruzado anterior), tendo sido encaminhada para o cirurgi\u00e3o ortop\u00e9dico da Southcoast Health<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/joseph-lifrak-md\/#\/appointment-chooser\/providerId\/99992707\/patientTypeId\"> Dr. Joseph Lifrak<\/a>que se reuniu com ela no espa\u00e7o de uma semana. \"O Dr. Lifrak foi fant\u00e1stico\", disse Makenna, \"Explicou em pormenor as diferentes op\u00e7\u00f5es que tinha para reparar o meu joelho e qual seria a melhor op\u00e7\u00e3o para voltar a jogar voleibol\". Ele tamb\u00e9m revelou as poss\u00edveis complica\u00e7\u00f5es ou falhas de cada uma delas e quanto tempo levaria para ela se curar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depois de ponderar as op\u00e7\u00f5es, Makenna, que agora tem 16 anos e est\u00e1 a entrar no primeiro ano, e a sua fam\u00edlia decidiram que preferiam uma op\u00e7\u00e3o cir\u00fargica para utilizar um peda\u00e7o do seu tend\u00e3o para reparar a rotura do LCA. Uma vez curada, teria a melhor hip\u00f3tese de saltar livremente - e de voltar a jogar voleibol. Por causa do incha\u00e7o inicial da les\u00e3o, ela teve que esperar at\u00e9 outubro para fazer a cirurgia e obter os melhores resultados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Makenna foi operada a 14 de outubro de 2022, no centro de cirurgia ambulat\u00f3ria em Faunce Corner Road, em Dartmouth. A Makenna entrou e saiu em poucas horas, apesar de durante a cirurgia o Dr. Lifrak ter tido de reparar o menisco e o LCA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ap\u00f3s a cirurgia, o Dr. Lifrak explicou o regime de exerc\u00edcios que ele queria que ela seguisse para obter um resultado favor\u00e1vel. Avisou-a de que os primeiros dias ap\u00f3s a cirurgia seriam dolorosos, mas que era imperativo mover a perna para inibir o crescimento de tecido cicatricial. Durante as frequentes visitas ao consult\u00f3rio, o Dr. Lifrak acompanhou de perto o progresso de Makenna e respondeu \u00e0s suas perguntas e preocupa\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"A sua natureza calorosa e atenciosa, aliada \u00e0 sua vasta experi\u00eancia e conhecimentos, deu definitivamente \u00e0 Makenna a melhor hip\u00f3tese de sucesso\", afirmou a m\u00e3e da Makenna, Kristen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Makenna come\u00e7ou a fazer sess\u00f5es de fisioterapia duas vezes por semana com Jack Curtis, o chefe da equipa de sa\u00fade de Southcoast de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/rehab-physical-therapy\/\">Servi\u00e7os de reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a>em novembro. No in\u00edcio, a reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o foi dif\u00edcil e desconfort\u00e1vel, mas os conhecimentos e a persist\u00eancia de Jack permitiram que Makenna progredisse rapidamente e se mantivesse \u00e0 frente do planeado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"O Jack foi fant\u00e1stico. Foi divertido e tranquilizador, ao mesmo tempo que tirava a Makenna da sua zona de conforto. Mostrou-lhe como fazer alongamentos e demonstrou cuidadosamente cada exerc\u00edcio, ao mesmo tempo que explicava o seu objetivo\", disse Kristen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Com trabalho \u00e1rduo e determina\u00e7\u00e3o, Makenna conseguiu reduzir a frequ\u00eancia das suas sess\u00f5es para uma vez por semana em janeiro e foi autorizada a regressar ao desporto em julho, muito antes da sua prova de voleibol de 21 de agosto de 2023. Com a ajuda da sua Southcoast Health Team, Makenna est\u00e1 agora pronta para voltar a praticar o desporto que adora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Recomendamos vivamente os servi\u00e7os do Dr. Lifrak, Jack Curtis e da equipa de ortopedia \u00e0 nossa fam\u00edlia e amigos\", concordaram Makenna e Kristen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Makenna, que est\u00e1 a estudar design arquitet\u00f3nico, come\u00e7ar\u00e1 o seu primeiro ano dentro de algumas semanas - pronta para entrar em campo com os seus colegas de equipa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Para mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre a Medicina Desportiva da Southcoast Health, visite <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/orthopedics\/orthopedic-surgery\/\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/sports-medicine\/\">Servi\u00e7os de Medicina Desportiva MA &amp; RI | Southcoast Health<\/a><\/em><\/a><em>.<\/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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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