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“I find it difficult to keep up with daily PT after all these years of rehab and feel like I let myself and my PT down in recent months. This is not the state I want to stop and I want to keep getting better, but the vision of that seems hard to see some…

“It’s so important to pay attention to how you are talking to yourself, because your words influence everything. So you really need to understand your self-talk and start to dive into it a little bit and know, OK, is the way I’m talking to myself right now—is that helping me or is that actually hurting…

“I’m concerned my injury will never get better because the doctors and physical therapists don’t seem to have a clear sense of the problem. How do I know when to keep seeing new providers and when to give up?” This week, co-host and mental skills coach Carrie Jackson answers a question from listener Rachel. Carrie…

“I know, at some point, I’ll feel better, I’ll be in a better position. And if there’s any chance that I can get back to the level of fitness that I was at before, I don’t want to be the one that’s holding myself back from doing that.” In 2020, despite the disruptions associated with…

“When coming back from injury and having had a number of setbacks, how do you ‘read your body’ to know when to rest more or when to keep up with a PT program? I’m week 4 of 6 in a CAM boot for PTTD. I have a physio, but I’m still scared that—when I can…

“A surgery doesn’t just fix you physically, it also does help you a bit mentally. The injury gives you that time to stop, in a way. It’s not always appreciated at the time, but you look back, and it was actually quite good to have stopped and kind of reset and be like, right, this…

“I am a cyclist and do triathlons every so often for fun. I had to give up running years ago after three ankle surgeries which ended with chronic stress fractures. I’ve always been told because I have cavovarus feet I will need surgery to correct, but I’ve been able to put it off. One of…

“When I first got pregnant, I was like, ‘Oh, it’s just like a big injury. You slowly lose fitness, and then you eventually have to stop altogether. And then you take some time off, then you get back to it once you’re healed and recovered.’ And I was pretty far off. I feel like it…

“My question is about how to balance hope with logic. My injuries related to low bone density that was a consequence of an eating disorder in my 30s. I know the reality is I can no longer run as much as I used to because that is what the doctors say (and I trust them)…

“I don’t want to put my life on pause. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to miss out on the miracle cure when it comes along, so I do pay attention. But I really compartmentalize it. I try not to open that door too wide. I mostly just focus on, let’s just assume it’s…