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...otherapist I initially met with were not sports specialists I would later be confronted with the fact that a dislocated shoulder takes more than just a few weeks to heal and it can’t actually be determined how long it takes until it has been healed. I religiously followed the exercise program given to me by my physiotherapist but was seeing minimal improvement. After the initial three weeks was over I was still in a great deal of pain and still had trouble moving my arm. As obvious as the fact that I could not play was, I still tried to convince my parents that I could return to playing hockey. They felt it was better for me to have it checked by a specialist. Because I was still feeling pain I decide to take their advice. My dad arranged an appointment with one of the top orthopaedic/sports medicine specialists in Nova Scotia. She examined my shoulder and found that my previous rehabilitative regime was ineffective, the damage was worse than I had thought and she told me that I would not be able to participate in any contact sport for the next three to six weeks. A referral from this doctor sent me to a physiotherapist and then a kinesiologist who gave me a different, more rigorous exercise program that produced great improvement to my shoulder. This program was much harder physically and took much more commitment to follow. I was getting up one hour earlier for school each morning so that I could do the exercises twice a day. I had never had to work so hard at something before in my life but returning to hockey as soon as possible was something I was very determined to succeed at. While following this program I gained a strengthened work ethic. I realized for the first time that to accomplish something as big and as important as this, it would take a desire that out weighed all other distractions; I had made returning to hockey my main priority. This new understanding of the commitment it took to overcome such obstacles gradually showed up in other areas later on in my life. Along with this new work ethic I also found I had developed an enthusiasm for rehabilitative sciences. The things being told to me by the therapists and specialists that I was regularly meeting with were fascinating to me and motivated me to try and gain more knowledge about what they were telling me. Through things like independent research into strength training and asking my physiotherapist as many questions as I could, I was gaining knowledge of the human body and how it works from a muscular standpoint. The things that I was learning about my body were a great deal easier to remember than what I was learning at school and I was getting enjoyment out of it as well. The process of rehabilitating my shoulder ended up taking four weeks more than expected but with the guidance of the new specialists I was meeting with, it went smoothly and was a success. My shoulder healed in time for me to join my teams for play-offs and both ended up doing quite well. That however was not the greatest achievement I gained from the rehabilitative process. I found myself perusing the desire to acquire greater knowledge about the human body and how it heals injuries like the one I suffered and how that process can be improved through exercise and strength training. I researched the Internet, libraries and health magazines trying to find as much information as I could about this interest I was developing. As time went on I continued to research and was retaining the information I found, I was not able to do this as easily with other subjects. As my knowledge grew my desire to learn more grew along with it. Throughout my studies I noticed that much of the information I was getting had a background in biology. My schooling to that point dealt very little with biology. An interest in biology began to develop as a result of my desire to learn more about sports medicine. I decided that to better understand the things I was learning in relation to sports medicine I would take biology in high school. When I entered grade eleven I found the biology course exhilarating, for the first time I was enjoying what my teacher at school was teaching and I started looking forward to my biology class. I soon determined that I wanted to further my study of both biology and sports medicine in University. I decided the best path for me to take is to start with an undergraduate degree in biology. I have recently made many sacrifices, both socially and athletically so that I can improve my grades in other subjects in an attempt to gain entrance to a recognized university. The other courses I have selected this year, such as chemistry and math, will help to prepare me for my future studies. I have concentrated hard on my ...