Healing From A Sports Injury In Body, Mind, and Spirit
First, dealing with the stress of an injury includes mind, body, and spirit. Well, your medical doctor may say it is just physical. But, as a yoga therapist, I work with your whole self. Your physical body, muscles, tendons, and joints require a different kind of therapy. In addition, the psychological mind needs support creating a new identity around movement. From counseling, you develop resilience, calmness, and self-love. So, if you are looking for holistic, alternative sports injury counseling in Niantic, Connecticut, we can help! To start, we focus on your goals and help you reach them. Let’s bring in some yoga poses, or guided relaxing mediation. Really, we help you work with your mind. Form holistic counseling, you can tackle your anxiety and let go of unnecessary worry. Lastly, you can accept yourself and build healthy relationships with your loved ones.
Athletic sports injury counseling in Niantic, Connecticut
Oftentimes, when only the body is treated in a sports injury and not the mind or emotions, I see pro athletes and highly competitive people (that used to put their energy into sports and exercise) turn to drugs, alcohol, and develop an addiction.
Yoga Therapy For Pro Athletes and Those Who Used To Love Exercise
In compliment to mind, body, and spirit, yoga therapy for athletes helps with physical flexibility as well as help with transforming the process of grief, frustration, and loss into discovery. Some people feel many emotions at once: anger, shame, betrayal, denial, pain, depression, and even anxiety.
Holistic sports injury counseling in Niantic, Connecticut
Crying is okay. Feelings Are Welcome In My Office
You may feel angry that you’ve found yourself in this place. Shame may surface when you think about how you no longer can do what you used to do physically and how you’re feeling like a failure. In denial, you might try to do what you used to do after only a short time of rest and re-injure yourself. Betrayal may be present, you may feel like your once strong and agile body has betrayed you- or even a person (coach, parent, team mate) who kept pushing you.
What is different about sports injury counseling in Niantic, Connecticut?
Well, physical and emotional pain go hand in hand, which can be nurtured through yoga therapy after a sports or exercise-related injury. Then, depression and anxiety come to the forefront of your mind. At one time, exercise was your positive coping skill. Also, you loved movement and exercise as your outlet, your flow zone, and safe haven. However, now, with your new limitations and rest as a requirement for healing, your mind is racing. Also, sleeping is difficult, and everyone around you knows you are frustrated. Let’s work together, call/text 860-451-9364 for a phone consultation to let go of frustration and help you get clear.
I would love to help you heal through yoga therapy from your highly athletic, sports injury!
1. Learn About Your Anatomy and Your Amazing, Magnificent Body
When you are in pain, look up anatomically correct picture to better understand how you joint or muscles function. As you learn more, you will be better prepared to limits motions that cause pain and understand how other people have healed what you are going through now. You are a totally different you than you were one minute ago or even one year ago! Embrace the new you.
2. Engage Others Going Through The Same Thing
When you feel alone, it can lead to depression. Instead, see if you can find people locally or on social media to help you feel connected. Since you might need to rest and can’t go out with your team, see if you can organize a video chat with someone who can give you support and help you get through this challenging time. I had a knee issue from hiking, so I went to instagram and looked up #MCL, #kneepain, #kneesurgery and such.
Talking to others and socializing outside of session is part of sports injury counseling in Niantic, Connecticut
I messaged surgeons and pro athletes that posted pictures fully recovered. I quickly learned what I could and couldn’t do, and used discipline to monitor myself.
3. Accept That Where You Are Is A Gift
Even though this is not where you want to be, like Buddha, use this experience as a opportunity to learn more about resting, relaxing, and calming techniques. See what you can take away in terms of virtues, such as self-compassion. Perhaps, this could be a time to learn to pray and get grateful that you have other healthy body parts, caring friends, and simply are breathing and reading this. It is a gift to have an obstacle because it becomes an opportunity to love yourself just the way you are.
Tip #1 in sports injury counseling in Niantic, Connecticut
Let go of your harsh standards and your inner critic. You are perfect just as you are, injury and all! Keep reminding yourself you are good enough too.
4. Create an Optimistic, Positive, and Patient Attitude
There are tons of ways to have fun in addition to being active. Maintaining physically agility and strength isn’t important right now. Your job is to rest and heal in mid, body, and spirit. Loving yourself takes time. It isn’t something we learn in school, but it totally can be something we do together. Lastly, my favorite for promoting healing is the evidence-based practice of yoga nidra. Simply lay down and press play on Jennifer Reis’s you tube, “yoga nidra,” and rest into serenity.
Written By
Katie Ziskind, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, RTY500 provides experiential therapy in Niantic, CT. At Wisdom Within Counseling, Katie helps frustrated children and teens build confidence, and feel worthy enough to belong by integrating art, yoga, music, and animal therapy with traditional talk therapy- so they can live a life they LOVE! Furthermore, the animal therapy groups teach skills such as self-regulation, trust, and social emotional learning. Call Katie for a free consultation to talk about how she can help your child or teen build confidence today (860) 451-9364 or email KatieZiskindMft@gmail.com.
