Over the past 10-15 years psychologists, trainers, and coaches have become more and more interested in what goes on with an athletes mind when they incur an injury and how the process of injury or surgery recovery can impact the way they seem themselves as performers in the future.
I have worked with athletes in recovery from these and other injuries; ACL surgery, Meniscus tears and surgery, Tommy John (UCL – ulnar collateral ligament)surgery, Labrum surgery, ankle breaks, Rotator Cuff tears and surgery, and many others.
When these types of injuries occur I have found the biggest psychological challenges come as the result of the following seven stage process; denial, anger, rationalizing, depression, acceptance, regrouping, and implementing a recovery plan. After the…
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