57 days post injury, 40 days post op, 6 days post second op When I announced my injury, I stated that the coming months would be excruciating—excruciating in the mental sense. Thinking back now, I didn’t know all of the ways that this would test me. I still can’t say
17 days post crash, day of surgery… Pain is temporary. 17 days ago my life was sliced open, today my body was. I am beginning to hope that both of those wounds may now begin to heal. When I was first diagnosed with my ACL tear they told me that
Five days post crash… I’ve been in this sport for a long time – more than 15 years of racing now. I have watched countless teammates, friends, and fellow competitors go through this injury. Long ago I came to terms with the fact that it would come for me too.
“How are you feeling today?” I’m asked 20 times a day by 20 different people. My normal response, “I’m feeling alright.” I just can’t explain to everyone: I feel like crap, my head hurts…
Rehab after an injury is no one’s idea of fun. When I got injured, some people outside of my team said how nice it would be to have time off, to not have to work so hard, and to just “sit around and watch Netflix.” While this was pretty much the last thing I wanted to do, it also turned out to be a wholly inaccurate picture of life during recovery…
Confronting an injury is tough in any setting but is even more painful when you have to attend practice or games. The way you experience your sport, team and self has changed. Here are a few things I’ve learned after coming back from surgery to manage stress, time, and expectations while you sit out and heal…
Anyone that has torn an ACL, or has heard a story of someone who has, knows of the one sound that while small and quiet, has the power take down the strong and mighty…
People ask me if it hurt. If I heard the bone crack as my shoulder hit the ground, the force of my body falling compounded by the hit and protected by nothing but a dry fit jersey…
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