The psychology of injury sessions teach athletes how to accept their injury, focus on the outcome, process frustration and overcome the fears or anxieties that may exist when they return to their sport.
When an athlete experiences an injury it is not just physical. The mental health of an injured athlete is vital to their rehabilitation. The injured athlete may feel a loss of self identity when sitting on the sidelines of their sport.
Reasons like these are why early intervention is vital to helping an injured athlete recover not just physically but mentally as well. We want our athletes to recover from their sport injury strong AND confident. Too often athletes are physically capable of returning to their sport yet their mind and fears of reinjury hold them back of giving a performance they are more than capable of giving.
Our psychology of injury training techniques will help athletes:
- Manage frustration, doubt and worry
- Control pain
- Maintain motivation
- Manage set backs
- Set and achieve goals
- Trust in a full recover
- Regain confidence
- Trust they body
- Reduce fear of re-injury
- Feel ready to return to sport
White House Athletics has over 15 years of experience in recovery from injury and being on the front line when an athlete is injured. Tim is passionate about getting athletes back to the sport they love and uses a unique program that includes the mental side of an athletes injury in combination of their physical therapy.
Have you or someone you know recently been injured and forced to sit on the sideline? Connect with our licensed sport psychologist and athletic trainer today, Contact Us and return to your sport with confidence!
Additional Resources
Dr. White has published a Mental Guide to Recovery from Injury which may be purchased as part of your recovery from injury training sessions.
Dr. Tim White is a licensed psychologist and a Certified Mental Performance Consultant. He is known for his extensive knowledge and emphasis on the mind-body connection, most notably in the recovery from injury / return to sport process. Having worked on staff as an athletic trainer with the New York Jets, University of Utah, University of Michigan and many other professional and NCAA Division-I athletes, Dr. Tim White has the experience to prepare elite level athletes to excel on and off the field.