How my ACL injury recovery journey led me to the medical field?
During a basketball game, I was hit on the inside of my left knee by an offensive player, resulting in an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and a dislocation of my patella. To recover as quickly as possible, I went to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University for an arthroscopic ACL reconstruction surgery. After going through months of rehabilitation, my knee was finally back to a level that allowed me to resume all my activities. As an ordinary person from a small town, this experience deeply made me appreciate the nobility and sanctity of medicine. Since then, I have been determined to become a doctor. Through hard work and dedication, I have successfully enrolled in the Jiangxi Medical College at Nanchang University. After the injury, I was swiftly transported to the local county hospital. Given my young age, the physician recommended a non-surgical treatment approach, encompassing functional knee bracing and activity modification.1 However, after 2 weeks of this t