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My question is about how to create habits to get the daily prehab/rehab exercises done.  This is always my struggle – I never manage to keep it up super consistently and struggle to find ways to fit stuff in and do it every single day. (Currently I need to rehab an ankle, but I really…

“It’s all about respect … I’m not going there looking to hurt someone, that’s not my mindset. My mindset is to show them that I’m not afraid of anybody. In a race, if you come close to me, I’ll do whatever it takes for me to win. I’m not going to just let you pass…

“I’m a distance trail runner, or used to be, and that was the main sport that I pursued and was my passion. And the doctors and therapists all say that it’s not a matter of if I will be able to run again because they said I would be able to. However, if I continued…

“My story is a miraculous recovery because I beat every expectation for what was going to happen. We believe we can share some of these guides to help others have a miraculous recovery from what they’re going through. Because, as I say, a lot of my luck was created. You can create your own luck…

“A question I think a lot of us have is, when do you let go? That is, when do you realistically decide that the energy, physical, mental and emotional is not going to be rewarded and a change in goals—whether that’s physical goals or life goals—is an order? In short, when do you stop beating…

“There’s this feeling when you feel like you could fly and when you’re that fit, when you’re that peaked. For me it was always being out in nature, being out on the trails, being connected with the land. And when you can’t do that because you’re in continual chronic pain—that was a travesty. That’s the…

“What’s better, focusing on something different than sports and thus dealing with the feeling of losing contact to one’s sport and one’s team? Or on the flip side, rehabbing all day and substituting every former training session with a cross training session?”   This week, co-host and mental skills coach Carrie Jackson answers a question…

“It was like being a part of a book and finally figuring out the cause of all the pain, the cause of the injuries. Everything started coming together. Just thinking back, I had to ask myself, how in the world did I continue to play?”   ShaRae Mansfield was a superstar on the court during…

As another part of our support for injured athletes, we—Carrie and Cindy—operate a Facebook group that’s also called The Injured Athletes Club. It’s a thriving, positive community of other people who just plain get it.   We’re grateful for the way the group supports each other through the highs and lows of their recovery. And…

From cancer to health. Back to the hospital with a heart attack—and home with a new heart. And finally, across the country on a bike, twice. Mike Cohen’s life has taken him to places he never could have imagined. In this week’s episode, the San Diego-based athlete—who calls himself a professional cyclist riding for a…