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Freda Heights's avatar

Sarah, thank you for sharing your journey through recovery and the mental reset that injury demands. Your approach to ‘project-managing’ recovery is such a helpful framework—it’s empowering to think of healing as an active process rather than a passive waiting game. Your insights on biomechanics and how seemingly small issues, like rotational force, can create such impact is eye-opening, too.

A few other coping tips I’ve found helpful during injury recovery include:

- Establish small, achievable goals (like working on upper body strength or flexibility) to keep a sense of progress and avoid frustration during recovery.

- Visualize the specific muscles or areas healing and returning to full strength, which can help with focus and maintaining a positive outlook.

- While rest is essential, gentle activities like water walking or light resistance bands (as tolerated) can promote circulation and maintain muscle tone around the injured area.

- Injuries can take a mental toll, so practices like mindfulness or meditation can support mental resilience while the body heals.

Cheers to embracing setbacks as teachers and to a healthy, gradual return to the trails. Here’s hoping your story inspires all of us to listen more closely to our bodies!

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Abigail Lock's avatar

So sorry to hear you’re struggling with injury. I am also on my own journey with an IT band issue, and I actually just published an article on here yesterday about strategies for dealing with injury that I’ve found helpful over the past few months.

If you haven’t already, perhaps try looking into PRP (platelet rich plasma) injections that seem to have some promising benefits when done in conjunction with physical therapy. I just had one and I’m cautiously optimistic 🤞

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