A discussion on the speaker's high school injury and lessons learned, exploring the impact of staying involved in sports during recovery, seeking expert help, and embracing growth through adversity. The chapter also highlights the importance of emotional support and sharing struggles while navigating through challenges of being hurt and injured.
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The Injury Story
Coach Bennett's first major running injury occurred during his junior year of high school after a lazy summer.
Primarily skateboarding instead of running, he exacerbated a foot injury by running the Fifth Avenue Mile in unsuitable shoes.
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Seek Expert Help
Seek expert advice promptly if an injury doesn't heal itself.
Consult sports medicine doctors or physical therapists for proper diagnosis and treatment.
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Active Healing
Be an active participant in your healing process.
Explore non-weight-bearing activities and maintain fitness while injured.
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This episode is inspired by so many of you asking me what has inspired the way I talk about and handle injuries. Well, we're going to need to run down one of my memory lanes. This episode begins with a story about my junior year in high school and my first serious injury that just happened to happen when I was first getting serious about running.
The lessons from those 6 months when I was a (very cute... dare I say, adorable) sixteen year old are still being taught to me today. I talk about the need to work with experts, be an active participant in your healing, stay involved with the sport and your teammates, continue to cross starting lines, do those things while you're recovering that you couldn't do when you were running, and talk and write about and share your hurt.
I hope thing episode about me being hurt and what I learned from being hurt can help you... whether you are hurt or not.
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