Stress has been linked to increased injury risk. For your patients with recurrent injuries, are you managing sleep health, having them practice MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction), or similar techniques?

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[5 EMOTIONAL/ LIFESTYLE STRESSORS THAT INCREASE INJURY RISK] _ 👉🏻There are many determinants of both performance & injury ♾ _ 👉🏻I often say injuries are far more than ‘skin deep’: meaning that it’s not just about the biology of the injured or sore tissues & the (training) loads that may have overloaded that area 📶⤵️ _ 👉🏻training overload DOES NOT explain all injuries _ 👉🏻 It is well established scientifically that our adaptation to our training loads is influenced (positively ➕ & negatively ➖) by biomechanical factors (how we move) as well as various emotional and lifestyle stressors 🏃‍♂️+ 🧠 _ 👉🏻For example elevated academic^ 🤓& emotional stress* 😔, anxiety” 😬, and the stress related personality traits of self-blame’’’ 🥺, and perfectionism**🤔have all been shown (see references below) to increase injury risk ⬆️👟 _ 📌TAKE HOME: recognise that lifestyle stressors & your accompanying emotions play a role in injury risk & potential subsequent injury development. While we can’t control what happens to us we can at least recognise that our emotions can impact us & through awareness best attempt to monitor & manage our lifestyle stressors to help keep training & running 🔁👟 _ ‼️If you know a runner this can help please tag them in ✋🏻 _ ❓Q’s and comments are welcome _ 💻Ref: . 🤓Ivarsson A et al. (2016). Psychosocial Factors and Sport Injuries: Meta-analyses for Prediction and Prevention. Sports Medicine, 47(2), 353–365 . 😔Mann, J. B. et al (2016). Effect of Physical and Academic Stress on Illness and Injury in Division 1 College Football Players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 30(1), 20–25 . 😬Li, H. et al (2017). Preseason Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms and Prospective Injury Risk in Collegiate Athletes. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 45(9), 2148–2155 . 🥺Timpka et al. "The psychological factor ‘self-blame’predicts overuse injury among top-level Swedish track and field athletes: a 12-month cohort study." Br J Sports Med(2015): bjsports-201 . 🤔Madigan, D. J. set al (2017). Perfectionism predicts injury in junior athletes: Preliminary evidence from a prospective study. J . #physio #physicaltherapy #run #running #injury

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