by Carrie Jackson | Jul 14, 2026 | Injured Athletes
If your injury recovery is taking longer than expected, you’re not alone. And it is not a failure on your part. Recovery timelines are guidelines, not guarantees, and the gap between what you expected and what’s actually happening is one of the hardest...
by Carrie Jackson | Jun 21, 2026 | Injured Athletes
If you’ve ever found yourself thinking “I don’t know who I am anymore” after getting injured, you’re not alone. For athletes with a strong athletic identity, injury isn’t just a physical setback; you also feel like you have lost a...
by Carrie Jackson | May 8, 2017 | Injured Athletes, Life Lessons, Peak Performance
Sometimes my most brilliant ideas for blog posts come to me when I’m out on a run. While I was recently in Asheville, NC for a work sabbatical, there was this great little running trail near the place I was staying. It was a perfect path to be able to take a break...
by Carrie Jackson | Apr 27, 2017 | Injured Athletes
Getting injured doesn’t just sideline your body — it sidelines your identity, your routine, and your sense of control. The psychological toll of injury can be just as hard as the physical one, and without the right tools, stress can actually slow your recovery....
by Carrie Jackson | Apr 26, 2017 | Injured Athletes
I went through two different knee injuries on my left knee and I can tell you that my recovery from the first injury was drastically different than the second. Part of the reason it was so different is that my second knee injury happened while I was in the middle of...
by Carrie Jackson | Apr 25, 2017 | Injured Athletes
Getting injured as an athlete isn’t just a physical setback — it’s an emotional one too. From the moment something goes wrong to the day you return to competition, you’ll experience a full range of emotions: grief, anger, frustration, fear, and...
by Carrie Jackson | Jan 13, 2011 | Injured Athletes
Overcoming an injury. I could probably write about this topic every week and it would resonate with someone who reads it. For people who use their bodies for exercise and sport, whether you are doing so for your health or your profession, sustaining an injury can be...
