injury recovery

I called my dad crying and told him the bad news. On the very last run and very last jump of the day, I landed wrong on my skis and tore my ACL. The doctor said it would be at least a year before I’m ... Continue Reading

Of late, my training has consisted of very little strenuous efforts. I am now on the recovery upswing after an injury. The last several months have assumed the form of radical acceptance and lessons ... Continue Reading

Top athletes know competition is a mental game even more than a physical one. What if recovery from injury is also more dependent on psychology than on the degree of physical damage? For many years, ... Continue Reading

This article is for those who have been told that you need to stop running because running is bad for your knees, and for those of you that have been told that you need to take it easy because your ... Continue Reading

About a month or so after my surgery to repair my fully ruptured Achilles tendon, I had a dream that sums up all the paranoid thoughts I’ve encountered on the road to recovery: I’m driving my car up a ... Continue Reading

We’ve all been there - a forced lay off due to injury or illness. It’s funny how the body reacts differently to taking a week off for a holiday or work obligations, but a week off due to injury seems to be ... Continue Reading

Researchers in Iowa have made major progress in determining what causes muscle atrophy. Athletes often experience this when recovering from an injury. During recovery the muscles they are not able to use ... Continue Reading

Every Sunday we post the "Sunday Seven" so you can quickly see the seven most popular articles of the week. This week's top articles cover injury and recovery in BJJ and CrossFit, coaching/training tips, ... Continue Reading