The Complete Detail of Anthony Hopkins' injury

• How it happened:

A girl who was turning 25 on Saturday, wanted to do something a little different than “hey let’s go out to eat and go drink”, so she decided to hold an hour long trampoline extravaganza at Sky High, Nashville’s premiere trampoline place. I had actually told the girl I would not be jumping but I would attend and was informed there would be a couple others come but not jump. When I got there Saturday, the others that were not going to jump did not show up, and I love being peer pressured into stuff so I decided to go back to my childhood days and join them. Some highlights were the game of dodgeball my team dominated, the foam pit to jump into, and 4 guys in their mid 20s getting in trouble for playing break the egg. Then as I was jumping up and down, with no hot dogging and no contact, I all of a sudden felt a pop at the front of my left knee.

• The symptoms:

After the pop, I felt some pain in my knee but was able to walk off the trampoline and to the car. Once I got home I iced it down but the pain worsened and by that evening I was unable to put any weight on it at all. It hurt to straighten it and there seemed to be a small dent at the base of my knee cap, which (from what I read) indicates an injury to the patella tendon. A completely tear (which is what I thought I had) requires surgery and takes about 3 months to fully recover. I was devastated thinking I was going to miss PCTI.

• The diagnosis:

I went to Elite Sports Medicine to get my knee fully checked out. They took X-rays but did not perform an MRI. After some tests were done on my knee Jocelyn Rollins, ANP-BC, informed me that I only had a partial tear to the patella tendon and would not require surgery.

The prognosis:

I should be fully recovered in 3 weeks with some physical therapy to help strengthen the quads and patella, while also improving my range of motion. I will need to go 2-3 times a week for up to 6 weeks. I will also be on steroids for a week and after that cycle is complete, I will have a week’s worth anti-inflammatory to take. I should be back to non-contact drills in 2 weeks, and contact full speed drills in 3-4 weeks.

• My emotions:

While I was devastated because I truly thought I would not be participating, I am now focused on getting back to 100% as quickly as possible and be ready for PCTI once April rolls around. While I never said I was 100% certain I would be out, I did tell a few people there was a good chance that would be the case. For that reason I am ready for all the jokes and shots that I will get for this. Just know I have never wanted to be wrong more in my life, so I am happy I was. Not only do I get to participate, but I also get to ‘roid up before PCTI. Sorry for the terrible news Team Vision Board, but there will be the Hops Jog, boring trash talk, and the blow up. For our team, I along with everyone else on the team will be dedicating our play to me. We now have the emotional edge we were looking for.