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Sports-Injury Recovery Through Psychological Interventions, Harley T. Hamilton
Sports-Injury Recovery Through Psychological Interventions, Harley T. Hamilton
Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology
The biomechanics of an injury is the typical focus of athletic trainers and coaches. Surgery is often the result of sports injury and is routinely followed by a rehabilitation plan. This plan usually includes physical therapy and focuses on the return of mobility and function of the injured anatomical structure (Rodriguez et al., 2019). Athletic trainers are usually not properly trained on the psychological aspects of injury recovery (Bennett et al., 2016). Sometimes the involvement of a sports medicine professional (SMP) or sport psychology consultant (SPC) is necessary to help the athlete fully recover. Because there is a psychological change …