Injuries can be common among athletes, especially leg injuries among soccer athletes. Sophomore Maddy Przblinski is one of these injured soccer players.

“I’m a goalie on my soccer team and I went up to save a ball. This girl kicked me in the leg. [I] basically broke [both] my tibia and fibula in half,” said Przblinski. “I had to have surgery and get a big titanium rod put in my leg.”

With every injury, the process of recovering can be different for everyone. For Przblinski, it has been a hard and long couple of months.

“I had to stay home for two weeks after [the surgery], then it was really hard to come back to school. It was hard to be here,” said Przblinski. 

During these months, she has found many things difficult

“I was in a wheelchair for a while and that was kind of hard, but I got to leave class five minutes early, which was nice,” said Przblinski.  “Now I’m on crutches, which is a lot more tiring, but it’s easier because I can do more things by myself.”

Currently, Przybylinski is still recovering mentally and physically.

“I really want to get back to playing [but] I think I’ll be hesitant for a while because [the injury was] kind of traumatizing,” said Przblinski. “It all depends on my physical therapy. I should be fully healed [in] three or four months, but not back to 100 percent for a while.”