ACL tears – The athlete’s perspective with Rhys Adams and Scott Hawthorne

Rhys Adams and Scott Hawthorne were highly talented athletes in cricket and football, respectively. Rhys and Scott have in common an incredible five complete anterior cruciate ligament tears each. These injuries significantly affected their sporting aspirations and forced them both into premature sporting retirement. Nowadays, they have both successfully transitioned into the next phases of their lives with Rhys working as a Physical Education Teacher and Head of House at Carey Baptist Grammar School, while Scott is an expert in Melbourne commercial real estate and works as a Negotiator in Melbourne City Sales & Development Sites for the CBRE Group.

For more on the ACL Injury Journey, check out this infographic from the British Journal of Sports Medicine: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/12/697.abstract?casa_token=lw2wFqGJQegAAAAA:b5R2j9bF74dSkWGm5nMxxG1-UcTqLqNLyXu3GLpiK9IlVmOmU-gAt7-CMvP1M-fcrBX1_trUkDI