The emotional side of sports injuries

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Most of the time, we observe the sports injury due to the physical factors caused by it; a bad periodization performed an overload of training of accidents and fatigue, but, as we neglect the emotional psychological factor of the athlete, it is almost impossible to separate the physical injury. consequences of an injury with assimilation or mental acceptance of what it can cause to the athlete in the meantime, an athlete faces physical pain and wants to get rid of it as soon as possible, but as soon as the emotional responses are presented with questions like why does it have happen to me or now or even i knew and these approaches take control of the situation without losing focus, looking for a specialist doctor to close an accurate diagnosis and make an appropriate clinical treatment in a rehabilitation program that respects the biological time of tissue recovery affected, remembering that there is no magic in the recovery from a sports injury that we clearly observe in these periods when the athlete moves away from sports activities, in which a deep reflection that some training concepts and even goals that place him within a more realistic reality palpable and break paradigms that move you away from what is considered the ideal of sport practice the reactions of the athlete who suffers sports injuries is predictable and must be worked on and respected by the rehabilitation team, where post-injury emotional behaviors are inevitable. The denial of anger, pity and depression are moments of reflection that supported the phases of reintegration and rehabilitation, where balancing emotional and new goals will bring back self-esteem and the joy of continuing with your sports practice.