Why Injury Recovery Feels So Exhausting for Teen Girl Athletes If you’re a teen girl athlete reading this while you’re injured, I want to start by saying something I believe doesn’t get said nearly enough: This is hard. Really hard. Not...

Your Feelings Are Not Who You Are: A Different Way to Navigate Injury Recovery Those words rang in my ears as I listened to an interview with Jay Shetty and Joe Dispenza: “The way you feel is not who you are.” As a psychologist who works with...

Sports injuries affect more than your body If you are one of the many young women for whom sport is so much more than a game, you know how hard it hits when you are sidelined. Sport is where you:feel confidenthave your closest friendshipsshake off...

When Injuries Keep Showing Up: Looking Beyond the Physical Why do some teen girl athletes struggle with repeated injuries?  When we talk about injury for teen girl athletes, we usually focus on the physical. A muscle was overworked.The hit jostled the...

The Side of Sports Injury Recovery No One Talks About Recovery is so much more than healing the body.  And for teen girl athletes who love their sport for all it brings to their lives like friendships, confidence, and a sense of identity, recovery feels...