Missouri State's Jackie Stiles To Be Inducted Into MVC Hall of Fame

[swok34]

ok, I had no idea where to post this story. It doesn't seem to fit into any of the categories we have set up....since Jackie was not Big XII, nor is the story, but is being honored for her college days, not her professional days.

http://www.mvc-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=36318&SPID=2897&DB_OEM_ID=7600&ATCLID=634203

[Jimi]

As long as you post this where we can see it its OK. :)

Jackie is of general intrest to us WBB fans, college and pro.

I wish her the best.

[wildcatfan]

Very deserving honor, I loved to watch her play.

[BearLady]

Glad to see this recognition for Jackie! :)

[tx4OU]

Yeah Jackie!!! You were so much fun to watch. I am a big fan of your's.
Congratulations!

[Row6Seat10]

Since when she played it was Southwest Missouri St. Will they let her choose if she gets to go into the hall as a Southwest Missouri State inductee or as a Missouri State inductee?

[LadyBuff]

I remember this talented young woman very well. This is an honor well-deserved.

[Scamp]

Stiles recalls both the glory and the pain of her career by Kathleen Nelson, St Louis Post-Dispatch

Talking to Jackie Stiles can be painful. She recounts the shining moments, such as closing her college career with a record 3,393 points, with the same breathless energy she uses to recount all 13 operations she has undergone on her wrists, rotator cuff, heels and foot.

The good stories finish with "it was so great" and a sigh that says she longs for those times again. The bad ones inevitably end with a "but," as if no setback ever totally beat her down. ...

"I had pretty much retired, but I was going through the grieving process," Stiles said. "I'd called a workers' comp lawyer. Doctors said there wasn't much to be done."

Then, one more therapy came down the pike: ASTYM, an acronym for Augmented Soft Tissue Mobilization, which Stiles began in June. Therapists used clear plastic tools to rub, knead and massage the skin around an area containing scar tissue. Treatments lead to bruising, aka "controlled microtrauma." The bruising and inflammation lead to reabsorption of adhesions, collagen and scar tissue that is replaced with regenerated muscle or tendons.

"It's painful, and it bruises you," Stiles said. "I look like I've been beaten."

After one month, though, the range of motion in her wrist improved to 75 degrees from 50, and she could stand on her toes pain-free, which she hadn't been able to do in four years.

"Basically, what I'm doing is seeing how far my body will let me take it," she said. "I can't train like I used to, so I have to be more patient. But it's so important to me. I'm so much happier." http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/kathleennelson/story/2235C0E656EFE0638625721500081FDF?OpenDocumentI'm glad Jackie Stiles has found a therapy that helps. I wish her well.

Young athletes need to know that there can be severe physical consequences to overuse of their bodies. Taking a thousand shots a day in high school really isn't a good idea. http://www.webkrafts.com/stiles/news/fw033001.htm

[swok34]

Jackie, Jackie Stiles sister is a freshman playing for Missouri State:

http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061106/SPORTS0401/611060376/1002/SPORTS

[wildcatfan]

Jackie, Jackie Stiles sister is a freshman playing for Missouri State:

http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061106/SPORTS0401/611060376/1002/SPORTS

I believe her name is Roxanne.