29/09/2025
🦵 Injury isn't much craic
But it doesn’t have to be the end of the world.
Unfortunately injury often comes with the territory of being active. We can do all the right things to help protect ourselves with good technique, take a rest day here and there but we’re all human and injuries do just happen. Also, we all know someone who has injured their back whilst just putting their socks on!!
Sometimes it’s not just the physical injury you have to deal with, there is the psychological impact too.
Here’s a few things to think about if you’re out of action just now……
☆ Get a diagnosis
Only once you know what you’re dealing with can you make a proper plan to sort it out. Having the right recovery plan will help the physical injury but it can also help our head by taking away the guess work and giving a clearer focus for getting back to doing what you enjoy.
☆ Educate yourself
Learn about your injury. Speak to your physio/specialist and ask all the questions. Listen to the podcasts and read the blog posts from evidence based professionals and researchers.
☆ Focus on the things you can still do
It’s so easy to become fixated on the things that you’re missing out on when injured and this might end up with doing nothing at all. But movement is medicine and you can always find other ways to keep active safely whilst you recover.
☆ Get moving
Now you know what you’re dealing with, what you can do and what you’re working towards, it’s time to just get moving. You might not be training to full capacity or like before and you may have had to rethink some plans but keeping active is so important for your body and your mindset.
