ANALYSIS
This source was very useful although it was out of my league, knowledge wise.  This is why it was very helpful though, it showed me how much more there was to the physical state of an injury.  It also demonstrated how many other people have the same concerns as me or else they wouldn’t have held this survey.  Whenever I come upon a source that has the same passion and topic interest as me, I seem to read further into it and gain more knowledge out of it.  Especially those that are above my knowledge level, they really show me the amount I am not aware of.

ANALYSIS:
Darice Britt’s descriptions of these sports injuries was very helpful for the task at hand because it put some understanding in my head of how many possible injuries are out there.  It helped me expand the topic by giving me another pathway of conversation besides the basic mental and physical effects.  Sure, it talks about the effects but at the same time it shows how each of those effects are brought up through injuries.  I enjoyed reading through her thought process although, the way the website was not very appealing, it was a very narrow column that I had to keep transferring my eyes from line to line.

ANALYSIS:
This source is somewhat alike to the first one where it shows how athletes may feel during the rehabilitation process.  Although it is intended for the coaching staff, it is noticed by all areas of athletics, as well as people like me trying to understand the topic better.  This helps me distinguish the difference between the physical and psychological halves of rehab.  I believe this source is one of my top sources due to the layout of the paper.  It is set up to where each topic has its own section and it is very noticeable to the reader.

ANALYSIS:
Brewer’s article is a valid source for use in this project and topic because it describes in key detail how these affected athletes feel while going through the process.  It truly helped me get a grasp on what really goes on mentally and basically tied all of the psychological half of the process together as i finished my research on the subtopic.  I enjoyed reading what Brewer had done research and experiments on because it was like he was doing the exact same project as I was and had everything I needed to know.  Even though it was a great source, it was quite over my head in vocabulary and context because I had to do extra research on what some of the content was trying to portray. 

ANALYSIS:
This article was my favorite article out of all my sources because it was very easy to understand, it was very easy to read and it was not over my head, it was on my level of vocabulary and knowledge.  Again, I enjoyed reading this source because it broke down facts by bullet points and was not too long of an article because it got to the point quick.  Including real numbers and percents really helps the reader quickly understand what is being said.

ANALYSIS:
Doctor David Pearce’s website source was well appreciated in this process of research because he gives actual numbers and facts to help with assurance.  During the research process, I like to have things laid out in factual form and this source does that, in a clean way even.  This source connects to the topic because it describes how fatal a research process could be to an athlete’s career.  Such things include: failure to return, failure to recover fully, etc. I enjoyed researching on this website because it lead me to new pathways throughout the topic such as the percentage of return.  

ANALYSIS:
This source is extremely helpful to many athletes and athletic trainers around the world because it shows very effective ways to speed up the long-lasting recovery time of the rehabilitation process.  I enjoyed being able to take my original topic and branch of into this very important, necessary subtopic that helps the reader understand the majority of rehab.  Many people will look at this source and believe there is not any way to speed the process but after many different sources of research, a conclusion was made that this source knows effective ways on faster treatment.

SUMMARY:
This article gives an extensive, in-depth look into the many types of injuries athletes may encounter, from the head to the ankle.  Described in this source was a section showing the author’s literature search which showed their own research process along with what they used to find their information.  After that was a table showing the physical injuries and how each injury lead to a deformity.  Percentages of all different kinds of injuries was provided to the reader next on the site.  After that was the description of the outcomes that came with each and every injury known to sports along with a table to easier understand.    

ANALYSIS:
This article was sure a hefty task to read through because it was extremely long and full of knowledge I had no idea about although, it did enlighten me on all new ideas such as the amount of injuries possible of receiving while playing a sport.  This is the article that initiated my second inquiry question which was “How can we change the rehabilitation process to keep athletes mentally stable through the process?”  This article was the one to do that because it showed me truly how effective the rehabilitation process can actually be.

SUMMARY:
The article on Dr. David Geier’s website suggests that athletes go back to playing before fully ready or fully rehabilitated. The article gives statistics regarding how many athletes play with pain and continue to play before full recovery.  Dr. Grier includes his opinion to take all injuries seriously even if it means going back early.  After his article explained everything and what it would take to be able to go back while not fully recovered, he includes links to other related sources that will help readers fully understand what he is trying to get at.        

ANALYSIS:
I genuinely disagree with Dr. David Grier’s opinion on early return from an injury.  After doing all of my research, this is the only source I found that has this take on the rehabilitation process.  I thought I would include this text in my sources because it allows people to expand their thought process and understand that some doctors feel that it is necessary to preemptively return to a sport after being injured.  I also thought it was interesting finding out a different perspective on the topic, I didn’t know people thought of the rehab process that way.