Mentally Recovering From An Injury
Mental recovery after an injury can be very difficult for athletes. The main reason mental recovery is so hard to deal with is because athletes have been out of the action for so long. For a long time, rehabilitation has been looked at as a physical process, but more recently, rehabilitation has had more of a psychological impact. When an athlete is fully recovered, the mind is not in the mental state that it once was. In order to be fully recovered both physically and mentally, you must maintain a positive attitude about the situation you are in. The problem is the fear of re-injury. Athletes tend to play with the attitude that they will re-injure themselves. Injuries happen all the time, but the serious injuries tend to make athletes adjust the way they play so the injury will not happen again. Athletes need to remember that the injury is fully recovered and you need to jump back into the game as if it never happened.
Must Do’s When Recovering from an Injury:
-Maintain a positive attitude
-Continue a strict rehabilitation schedule
-Play as if the injury never happened (when fully recovered)
about 1 month ago
Well after an injury, you learn your mistake and you dont exactly change your way of playing, just take less risks and play smarter.
about 1 month ago
That is not the correct way to play. If you are recovered 100%, then there should be nothing to be afraid of. If you take less risks, then you are not playing the game you used to play. You can NOT play differently or risk free after an injury, because it might get you even more injured