The top 10 most common injuries in sports range from runner’s knee to achilles tear.

Also the time missed can range from 2-3 days to 9-12 months.

In the words of athletic trainer Maria Castro, “Every case for every athlete is different.”

Some athletes are able to recover from injuries faster than others. While many athletes are never the same following a horrific injury.

According to athletic trainer Brian Cable, “No athlete is ever 100 percent after an injury.”

During the information gathering process no one on the Cerritos College campus has suffered a torn achilles.

Basketball player Kennedi Cooper suffered a torn ACL in high school and didn’t receive a diagnosis until months after the initial tear.

Some athletes such as volleyball player Rocio Perez, have torn both of their ACLs.

In terms of shin splints most cases come after a build up of running constantly much like Diego Munoz’s case.

Years of running on cement has upgraded to a shin splints injury that he feels to this day.

Volleyball player Leslie Larranga suffered her shin splints injury from the constant jumping while playing volleyball.

The jumpshot motion is not the most common action for the human body.

Red-shirt basketball player Darryl McMillon has been playing basketball since he was a toddler.

During his time at View Park High School he developed tennis elbow.

Ankle sprains are something that athletes can suffer at any time and playing any sport.

Subsequently, the injuries may be handled differently and the time missed can differ quite a bit.

Student medical staff members Veronica McCaughan and Montez Hunter have two completely different experiences when it comes to ankle sprains.

McCaughan suffered her injury in high school and never missed any time.

However, Hunter missed almost two and a half months recovering from his injury.

Football assistant coach Jeffrey Fischer suffered a dislocated shoulder on many occassions resulting in many different surgeries.

Not every case is as severe as Fischer’s.

For instance, basketball player Brian Nebo suffered a dislocated shoulder and missed only two weeks.

Castro said because Nebo did not play a sport that required a longer recovery time he was able to come back quicker.

In the next two cases it seems lack of stretching caused Cooper and baseball player Adrian Ramirez their hamstring strain injuries.

Basketball claimed both athletes for the groin pull injury.

Cooper made yet another appearance along with basketball player Tyler Payne.

Contrary to popular belief, both concussion injuries were not football related.

Hunter did suffer a concussion while playing football at Long Beach City College.

Cooper suffered a concussion while playing defense.

Out of the 10 most common athlete injuries Cooper suffered four.

Football player Elijah Walker suffered runner’s knee after years of playing on the gridiron.

Track and field athlete Ryan Lopez suffered a fall while hurdling and it developed into constant knee pain otherwise known as runner’s knee.

Every athletes recovery is different when faced with adversity but one thing remains the same, the will to get back to work.