Embrace your injury
A guide to overcoming – and managing – your injuries and niggles with sports massage therapist TERRI OCEAN IRELAND.
So often, when we get injuries or niggles, we pretend they don’t exist. We bury our head in the sand and convince ourselves that we are fine.
Your mindset is key. I’ve learned that from working with many of my clients’ injuries, and being injured myself. A negative mindset can set you back, cause further injuries, and create a long and frustrating road to recovery.
The first step to a speedy recovery is to accept and make friends with your pain, whether it’s a full-blown injury, chronic lifestyle problem, or even a simple niggle. Don’t ignore it!
I have successfully guided many clients through chronic and acute injuries and lifestyle pains. And then I got to experience this pain for myself. I tore two ligaments in my
