General Article The psychological effect of injury

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Injury is part and parcel of a sports person’s life. No one goes through their career without suffering some form of injury. How you cope with it can define who you are as a person and whether or not you ever fully recover. Everything from a minor knock to a full-on career-ending injury impacts the individual psychologically and directly affects their future performance. In fact, not only are the individuals affected, but often those around them too. Family, friends, colleagues and team-mates...

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