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Avoiding the motion that caused the injury is one of the most challenging issues to overcome. The body naturally tries to stop you from making the same mistakes
by hannasm 4y ago
Avoiding the motion that caused the injury is one of the most challenging issues to overcome. The body naturally tries to stop you from making the same mistakes again but these compensation strategies may significantly reduce athletic performance and in many cases actually cause new injuries because the original motor pattern was the ideal one and the compensated motion is just next best. Keep adding them up over the course of a human lifespan and it's no wonder our bodies break down so much.
In the short term it may be beneficial to avoid a certain muscle or area, but eventually you have to get it turned back on too.
- TylerE 4y agoYep. Been dealing with diabetic foot ulcers for the past year+. No fun. Had one on the left that was pretty bad, and as that was healing all the offloading I was doing caused me to develop another one (less serious, luckily...) on the other foot.
- emodendroket 4y agoNot just for athletes: this is equally applicable to keyboard jockeys with repetitive strain injuries. One of the reasons braces are actually counterindicated.