Hardest Part of Injury Recovery?

[brucebanner]

Hi all!

I'm a design student and for a grad project I will be doing a Journal for recovering athletes.

I'd just like to ask anyone who has input on what the hardest part of recovery is and what they did to get past it.

I'm sure there will be many inspiring stories out there. This project is close to home as I will be going under the knife in july/august for my shoulder.

Many thanks!

[crppleman51]

Hi all!

I'm a design student and for a grad project I will be doing a Journal for recovering athletes.

I'd just like to ask anyone who has input on what the hardest part of recovery is and what they did to get past it.

I'm sure there will be many inspiring stories out there. This project is close to home as I will be going under the knife in july/august for my shoulder.

Many thanks!

all of it man .. all of it

just never give up

how ever corny that is .. it helped me out to never forget it

[Quarter Nelson]

The physical part is easy. It's the mental part that's difficult.

For me,the hardest part is staying motivated when you know an injury has destroyed your once refined abilities.

Three months ago, I snapped my ulna and radius (forearm bones) in half from wrestling. Two and a half months later (mid Jan) I was back in the varsity line up. Before getting injured, I knew I would be the best if I just continued to work hard. It was inevitable. Now, I'm wrestling virtually one-handed, and sure, I have a winning record since coming back. But all I can think about is how much better I COULD have been.

When you know that hard work and perseverence won't make you the best, it's difficult to do hard work and persevere. That's what injuries will do to you.

[DaJager_Meister]

for me, even after all the rehab and BS, finally getting back into playing, the hardest part was confidence. My shoulder was ****ed too, and the hardest part for me was to do the things I used to be able to do, like lay out for tackles and what not, but at the very last moment I would stop myself and think "OH **** MY SHOULDER IS GONNA POP OUT IF I DO THIS!!!". There was always that thought in the back of my head, and it took away my greatest asset as a player, which was not having a care in the world about my health and just f*cking up anybody in my way (or trying to at least). I guess that mindset is what got the best of me and eventually my career, irony at its best!

[Rsun88]

patience... taking your time to fully heal

[roid_monkey]

getting advice from a 14 year old

[JayoMano]

getting advice from a 14 year old

man, i was shocked to find that out today about farzmak...!!!

[NASsoccer]

patience... taking your time to fully heal

Exactly...the one thing that hurts me the most is being patient about the whole ordeal and not rushing the healing process. Also, I can't even begin to count how many times a teammate has kept themselves out because they refuse to rest and keep the activity to a minimum shortly after the injury.

[brucebanner]

The physical part is easy. It's the mental part that's difficult.

For me,the hardest part is staying motivated when you know an injury has destroyed your once refined abilities.

Three months ago, I snapped my ulna and radius (forearm bones) in half from wrestling. Two and a half months later (mid Jan) I was back in the varsity line up. Before getting injured, I knew I would be the best if I just continued to work hard. It was inevitable. Now, I'm wrestling virtually one-handed, and sure, I have a winning record since coming back. But all I can think about is how much better I COULD have been.

When you know that hard work and perseverence won't make you the best, it's difficult to do hard work and persevere. That's what injuries will do to you.

yea i'm suffering from a similar dilemma right now. I really want to get into some grappling but i just don't think my shoulder will take the abuse of any joint locks right now. How is the wrestling going so far are you still favouriing the other arm? i'm very tempted try it out but i'll probably be f'd as soon as i do

[PowerBuilder08]

Like was said, fully healing. There's a difference between playing tough through an injury that's ready to go, just bugging you a little bit, and playing when you have no business being out there. Unfortunately, I never understood that concept in high school, and I'm paying for it now in college