Tuesday, November 18, 2014

A Broader Look at Sports Injuries

I recently came across this interesting piece from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association:

When athletes are injured, they experience not only physical loss, but psychological loss as well. Injured athletes often experience anxiety about returning to play, which can affect safety and athletic performance. They not only need to be physically prepared to return to sport after injury, but they also must be psychologically ready, too. According to a new study published in the Journal of Athletic Training, the scientific publication of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, returning athletes to the playing field before they are fully psychologically prepared can lead to fear, anxiety, re-injury, injury to other body parts, depression, and decreased performance.


This is a great reminder of the unity of body, mind and spirit, that an athlete is a whole person that must have all of these needs ministered to.

1 comment:

  1. Sports and injuries both are inter-related with each other and each and every time whenever players are divert from their concentration or due to any accident they are getting injured. Therefore to deal with sports injuries we should go for medical care or any ancient treatment process. Here we can get a broader look at sports injuries; how professional players are suffering from pain and injuries and in most of the occasion also injury forced them to quit their career. It is really frustrating so we should take better precaution and be attentive with full of concentration while playing.

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