While most athletes know they're risking breaks, tears, sprains and occasional bruises, being sidelined can also bring a host of emotional challenges: For some it's depression and anxiety; for others it’s a deep sense of loss.
The 33-year-old theology professor called an Uber to take her home. Later, she learned she’d sustained a hairline fracture on her thigh bone. With two weeks until race day, her marathon plans were thwarted; even jogging caused unbearable pain.
Mr Lucas Bielsa Campo, for example, is an outdoor enthusiast — a trail runner, mountain biker and hiker — who spent all of his time getting lost in nature until he was struck with debilitating back pain. After a misdiagnosis and 11 months of physical therapy, Mr Campo, 33, who lives in the Spanish Pyrenees, remains in limbo waiting for a diagnosis.
This sudden shift can cause a “restructuring of identity,” said Mr Matthew Sacco, a clinical health and sports psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic. In the aftermath of an injury, you may be writing a new script for your life — one that no longer includes your favourite hobby. And pushing too hard can have detrimental effects like “frustration, more stress and depression, which can also slow down recovery,” she said.
For example, you may need to stop going on long walks, start a creative outlet that will keep you occupied and continue your physical therapy exercises. Mr Campo found fellowship in The Injured Athletes Club’s Facebook group where sports lovers connect over the feelings associated with their injuries and celebrate recovery steps, large and small.
Rather than seeing her recovery as a burden, she decided to give those activities her all and found they made her a more well-rounded athlete.
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