Injuries. This is the last thing that athletes would like to encounter in their whole sports career. But we can’t blame them really. Injuries have destroyed a lot of promising and glamorous careers, especially in rough and athletic sports. Broken bones. ACL. MCL, PCL. Torn ligaments. Dislocated joints. Bones that are dislocated. So many kinds of possible injuries are available to an athlete who does not take care of his body that well or does not warm-up properly for his sporting activity. Injuries may also come in handy for athletes who do not take care of themselves during games.

But this injury to Shaun Livingston was just one of those “unbearable” injuries. I’ve seen a lot of players go down hard and scream/cry in pain because of shocking injuries but this one by Livingston was just to weakening to watch. Just days ago, I watched as Dwyane Wade grimace in pain because of a shoulder injury that he cried off in pain. But this one is more grave and more heart-stopping. If you intend to lose weight and lose your appetite for food, you might consider watching this video because it’s so really disheartening for such a good athlete to go down like that.

Now you may be confused what I am talking about Shaun Livingston (it must have been that you have not been watching NBA). Oh what the hell just watch the video clips that I have posted! The video clips that you will see are just so real that you will also grieve with Shaun Livingston in pain.

You see the picture? That is the after-effect of the injury. A bone in his knee has stuck out because of the awkward fall.

Here is the news clip from Yahoo NBA.

Livingston out for season with major knee injury
By BETH HARRIS, AP Sports Writer
February 27, 2007

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clippers point guard Shaun Livingston will be out 8-to-12 months after tearing three of the four ligaments in his left knee while driving to the basket against Charlotte.

“It’s probably the most serious injury you can have to the knee,” Clippers physician Dr. Tony Daly said Tuesday. “He might miss all of next year.”

Livingston had an MRI exam Tuesday which revealed tears in the anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament and lateral meniscus.

He also dislocated his patella, besides the previously diagnosed dislocation of his tibia-femoral. As a rookie in 2004, he dislocated his right knee.

Livingston was driving to the basket on a fast break Monday night, went up for a layup, and his left knee contorted as he collapsed in pain. A team doctor had to pop his knee back into place to alleviate the pain.

“He came down on the leg without any contact with anybody. It’s a freak accident, that’s for sure,” said Daly, who has rarely seen anything similar in 24 years of practice.

He said the injury is more commonly associated with contact sports such as football and rugby.

Daly will solicit various medical opinions over the next two weeks, after which Livingston will have arthroscopic surgery, the doctor said. It wasn’t yet decided if all three ligaments would be repaired at once.

Daly said Livingston did not tear an artery or damage any of the nerves in his knee, which can be serious complications.

“If everything goes well, he could be back playing as soon as eight months,” Daly said. “My nature is to be conservative. I’ve seen people who’ve had this done by other people and it hasn’t worked out.”

Livingston, a three-year veteran who was drafted by the Clippers out of high school, has been hampered by injuries and has yet to play a full season in the NBA.

He sat out two games in January with a sprained right ankle. He missed 39 games during his rookie season because of a dislocated right knee, and another 12 that season because of torn cartilage in his right shoulder. Last season he sat out the first 21 games with a stress reaction in his lower back.

Livingston, who has been sharing point guard duties with Sam Cassell, was averaging 9.5 points and 5.2 assists.

I just hope Shaun Livingston can get out of the injury and be able to play competitive basketball again. My best wishes to him. And for basketball players and aspiring athletes, this injury will serve as a fair warning for you to keep your body from harm while enjoying the sport you love.