A Full Recovery

On Feb. 15, Jr. Dylan Falck, suffered a severe injury regarding his C3 vertebrae. Falck was wrestling when he was thrown down by his opponent and ended up being knocked unconscious. Falck was later sent to the hospital and discovered he had fractured his C3 vertebrae. The injury landed him in a neck brace for 7 weeks and had to wear it every day.

Almost a year after his injury Falck is back on the matts. During Falck’s most recent match at Fort Madison he earned first place and was announced ‘Champion’ at the meet.               

“I was a little scared to start wrestling again.” He said, “After a month or two I was back out their doing my thing without even thinking of my injury.” Falck said. After Falck’s injury, it didn’t stop him from doing what he loves.

“One of his first questions after the injury was; ‘When can I wrestle again?’ and we knew kind of right away” Amanda Falck, mother of Dylan said. With a good attitude and no fear Falck eventually overcame his struggles and was seen back at practices.

With being a wrestler who has faced injuries, mental blocks are common, but for Falck he had little fear. “At the start of the year I’d get sore, but that was expected.” Falck shares. “It hasn’t given me any problems lately though.” Although Falck wasn’t having a mental block, his mother was.

“I’m very anxious, prier to his first meet this year I wasn’t entirely sure I was going to be able to watch it all, because I was still in shock [upset].” Amanda said. “I’m normally shaking by the end of the match.” Falck is not afraid to try things again. Amanda shared that he recently tried the same move that caused his injury and it was hard not to scream, “Dylan no!”

Falck has recovered nicely and states he feels like a better wrestler from this experience. Falck continues to wow Kennedy high school with his recovery and bounce back. Falck has been receiving first at other tournaments and feels he’s made a full recovery.