How Injuries Affect Athletes Mental Health
How Injuries Affect Athletes Mental Health By: Marco Rice Injuries are the worst part of sports, someone works so hard for the sport that they love and boom, it all goes away in one play. I know this experience first hand and can vouch for the terrible effects it has on one's mental health. As I explained in my earlier blog post, I tore my ACL playing football, after playing sports my entire life. During the recovery process of the ACL injury, I was struggling mentally and wasn’t the same as before. Missing out on all the practices, gamedays, and being around my teammates everyday was brutal. But, I have learned a lot about myself through this process and plan to study the movement of the body in college. Athletes from all ages suffer from injuries and may be hurt mentally. Olympic skier Picabo Street suffered a brutal leg injury and had this to say about his recovery process, “I went all the way to rock bottom. I never thought I would ever experience anything like that in