University of South Alabama volleyball defensive specialist Abby Baker remembers the sound of the pop in her shoulder and the intense pain that followed when she dove for a ball during pregame warmups of the Jaguars' 2014 match with Texas-Arlington.
"It hurt really badly, but I thought I just pulled a muscle," she said. "But I could barely lift my arm over my head by the end of the match."
Baker played through the pain the rest of the 2014 season, aided only by treatment throughout the week. Cortisone shots never helped either.
"It actually felt worse after that," she said.