Case study- Repeated injuries
An athlete was referred to a Sport Psychologist with concerns for fluctuating mood, and heavy reliance on exercise for stress management.
The sport psychologist worked with the athlete around
- adjusting to injury and reducing stress,
- developing individually tailored stress management strategies,
- understanding contributing factors.
The impact of future injuries was reduced as they also identified and explored relevant historical, circumstantial and personality factors driving overtraining including perceptions of pressure, perfectionism and desire to meet previous expectations of self and others.
Historical, emotional and psychological factors can contribute to why some people find health related behaviour change so challenging. Effectively exploring those reasons often enables long term change.