Coping with Season-Ending Injury | Athletes Connected

All-American heavyweight wrestler Adam Coon met one of the toughest challenges of his athletic career in 2016: a season-ending injury. Adam lost out on his dream to train with Olympic athletes, missed his senior season and had to cope with the tough times that come with recuperating from injury. Adam’s pain went beyond the physical as his identity was stripped away, he felt isolation and helplessness and questioned his self-worth. Once he accepted the process of his rehabilitation, it got easier.

[@SseriousGgamer3]

Always remember you’re not the only one. Almost every top athlete in every sport by the time they hit 40 years old they’ve battled a multiple set of personal injuries. Some that took them out for 3 month, 8 months, and sometimes 2 years. But almost EVERY top athlete has to cope with a chronic condition they have from a previous injury. Almost every top athlete go 5-15 years with some stupid thing that never goes away and they persevere! I tore a ligament in my knee playing soccer when I was 19 and till today at 23 i have to deal with it. Every time I play soccer there’s certain movements I can’t do or my knee will give out and take me out for 2 weeks. I never give up. Not because I’m crazy head strong or whatever, but because I see many pro athletes like Kobe, Dwayne wade, Derrick Rose all triumph and win even after their knee’s are so heavily worn

[@touming9257]

Cristiano Ronaldo had knee problems since 2014 and managed to win 3 balon d'Ors after

[@swedenbasketball8804]

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@saramauszycki9328]

i’m a high school gymnast and I just got told I will be out my entire season and I need surgery. it’s the week before our first competition and i am in so much physical pain i can barely walk nor tumble. i feel like a failure, weak because my body can’t go any longer. i finally took myself to the doctor and i have a broken bone in my ankle and a torn ligament. it’s my junior year and i’m devastated. i worked so hard in the off season so i didn’t miss out over another injury like last year, and here it is happening again. i’m having surgery to reconstruct my ankle and i’m so scared and upset. dealing w the mental aspect has been the worst. i hope i can get stronger for my senior year at least.

[@hoodiefrog]

i’m also in a very similar position, i missed out several important competitions last year due to injuries and this summer i tried to catch up. i got injured again and also some other previous injuries have been bothering me a lot. the mental aspect is the hardest as you’ve mentioned. i feel like i’ve fallen behind way too much. im going to be a junior this year and i also hope i can recover fully by senior year. i believe in both of us! we can push through so we shouldn’t give up. not sure if you’ll see this comment though lol

[@collinmagness5940]

i has shoulder surgery this morning after years of shoulder problems and a torn rotator cuff and i’m currently struggling harder than ever to find the strength to keep pushing

[@kiarothetrainer6079]

I’m 18 and haven’t managed to complete a full football season for the past 5 years due to a multitude of different injuries mainly in my knee. I still play at a very good level and managed to complete 53 games the season before last (still missing 2 months of the season). I resonate with what this man is saying, taking it too hard in rehab, and constant re-injuring myself. I hope that now as I’ve matured I’ll be able to take my rehab easier and manage to stay injury free for the rest of my career.

[@Winnersclubpodcast1]

Right! I just posted a video on how to deal with injury it should help

[@bp6h]

This was extremely helpful and heartwarming to see. Thank you so much for posting.

[@jonathanrockstar1]

I had the same exact injury and I am trying to get into contact with the head coach at Michigan. I am also a wrestler and I feel like he could give insight into what to do. This is super helpful.

[@alaminshufian4032]

Tore my LCL during my school football trial and didnt make the final 18. Never felt so depressed. This vid made me feel better though :)

[@harpersinha3209]

I hope you make an awesome recovery

[@susboy7927]

These comments make me feel better

[@brln7089]

before football season started (sophomore year in high school) i partially tore my MCL. I was out until week 7. Those were the most rough 7 weeks of my life. Yes, i’m only 15 but trust me I don’t think i’ve ever felt any worse mentally and physically. But finally, today I played my first game in forever. Unfortunately, I ended up fracturing my heel. I’m so upset right now, words can’t explain.I worked harder than anyone on my team the previous offseason, and i know i did. All to play only 1 of 10 games in the season. Idk what to do i feel so. Idk Stuck? yeah

[@Moniyaw55]

Heretopissyou off I play Varsity Basketball,Football,Hockey and I was a national 17u soccer player. I got hit with the injury bug early in high school, started hurting my calf every game of every sport plus concussions adding up lead to tearing my mcl in my first game back after a season off due to a torn calf, I came back for the last two games first game back in basketball I get fouled and cut my head a quarter inch deep across my whole head. 51 stitches I recently started playing hockey a lot more and I fractured my wrist, first game back sprained the other wrist, then next game back I got a concussion. Just played my first game in playoffs after a month off got a concussion first play, kid hit me over the head with his stick for no reason. I am 17 with offers to play soccer in Brazil and Greece and now I can’t even run again or face serious brain issues, I have post concussion syndrome now and have to do mental rehabilitation (it’s a real thing) but I learned the best thing to do is surround yourself with friends and family... don’t think you aren’t enough because you aren’t like you used to be and don’t rush yourself back into anything for anyone. Take it slow, an extra week or two or month off is better than your whole life. Hope you guys stay strong and have a good year !

[@severussnape6307]

I get you. Same with me. Im sophomore also and season just started when I strained my quad pretty badly i was out for 3 weeks and when I came back the same thing happend again, eventually i started too early. This second time I really did a good recovery and I knew my quad was fully healed. On my first match after injury I got injured again, I sprained my ankle. Fracture of ligaments. Now Im recoverying, its been about 3 weeks now and I hope Ill be back on field soon. Its really frustrating but its essential to stay positive and not get into depression.

[@abrahamdannan]

I’m replying a year after this comment I know. But it happens to the best of us buddy. God tests those he loves the most. It’s about persistence. You’re working harder than your team and you got injured again. You’re young. Show em that nothing will stop you. Sometimes times away from training like this is for the better. It makes you hungrier to get that win forever.

[@bigdarshan]

you come across as so genuine. Thank you I needed this

[@alexanderpersson8870]

I Tore my acl and medial meniscus twice. Please god heal me. I just wanna go back in time before my injury.

[@Moniyaw55]

I play Varsity Hockey,Football,Basketball and National 17u play in soccer. I just got my 6th concussion and now I can no longer play even non contact sports. This video even though it is for wrestling really helped and it is helping me feel like I mean something more than what I do in sport

[@prestoncowan]

I’m wrestling and I just fractured my collarbone and this video helped

[@adrians119]

Been trough 2 hip surgerys a partial acl tear and a meniscus tear all this has happened before my 18th birthday. Despite all this I want to play soccer again .I feel like it's my life.

[@rokometer8]

Hi, i Will have to have hip surgeries, why did you operate.

[@adrians119]

@@rokometer8 I tore my hip playing soccer if I wanted to play again or walk pain free I would need the surgery I tried months of therapy before I decided to have my surgery. I’m 3 years out from my first surgery and I’m feeling really good

[@rokometer8]

@@adrians119 My diagnosis is hip impigment and labrum tear on both hips

[@danr6157]

Broke my ankle and I’m out for 3 months so no football or rugby...

[@viratgajjar7860]

Recovering from acl reconstruction, I though I will feel normal again had high expectations from the surgery but no, my doctor didn't addressed patella cartilage damage which was clearly spotted on operation table and now I am limited by it and just was before the surgery, can't squat, can't run, can't gain muscles without them, feeling so depressed, can't afford another surgery now oh god why me?

[@omart9381]

Hi How things going now?

[@viratgajjar7860]

@@omart9381 Hi, i am learning to live it with it peacefully, trying to do what I can in the healthy range of my knee, picking exercises which doesn't irritate or inflame my chondromalacia patella region, doing everything I can nutrition vise as well, trusting the process, one day at a time, setting realistic goals which doesn't cause any sadness to me. Thanks for asking Cheers

[@rokometer8]

Head up my brother

[@zachkim4]

In our first football game of the year I had two picks in the first half but when I returned the second one I broke my collarbone

[@MichaelValdivia-tu6mt]

In my first game as QB for my high school I help lead my team to a 38-7 win. The next game I only played 9 snaps until I did a qb run and broke my collarbone too. I had to leave the game within just 3 mins into the game. It sucks knowing I can't workout or play the sport I love. But I have to get through it. Still got another month till it fully heals.

[@gabisyrek6720]

Torn my ligament and damaged achiles :( I’m 2 month post surgery and the biggest struggle is the mental side of it :(

[@Winnersclubpodcast1]

so true! Did you overcome it? I just posted a video on how to deal with injury it should help

[@karenna.elliott]

Searched for information about how to deal with being injured and came upon this video. Funny enough this is my exact situation… just fell short of the Olympics, had a torn labrum, and was told that I’ll be out for at least 6 months. I’m 1 week post-op today and my mental status is not great. How did you eventually accept your injury?

[@sergiochavezlazo5362]

how r u doing? I am dealing with the same right now

[@frostzidasnowman7132]

I had 4 ankle surgeries 3 on my talus because it was fractured Into 2 pieces and it would not heal and after the 3rd surgery, I still have pain and have a plate and 2 screws.on my left ankle I tore 2 ligaments and had 2 fractured bones.everyday in pe in high school or som I hear every single day “oh it’s the cripple” “look at the cripple” “he can’t run” etc.i can’t go to the gym because now my shoulder hurts and I know I definitely tore something and I have a doctors appointment tmrw.oh yes I get to hear everyone in school still call me crippled and feel weak and not be as stronger as I ever was.life

[@rohananderson3182]

The doctors told me I might have a labrum tear and could be out for the rest of my senior year of wrestling. I feel as if I'm failing at what I want to do and can do nothing to change it.

[@gnarlycharlie9401]

I tore my labrum in the 3rd to last game of my senior year of football and I continued to play as soon as I dislocated my shoulder in the beginning of the first quarter and I was able to play the next two weeks in constant pain, not able to do what my body was originally capable of. Fast forward to today, I am 4 1/2 weeks post labrum repair surgery. I had to skip my senior year of basketball and I won’t be able to participate in track this year as well. It really sucks a lot, I think about sports everyday.

[@rokometer8]

Hi i have same diagnosis + cam and fadir fai , I have this injury for at least 2 years , You should try swimming and exercises for core and glutes

[@katemarie9929]

Broke my fibula/tibia (bones in my leg) so no sports for me for a while. Might get surgery this week.

[@milzy19]

Neopolitan how did it go? Where are you at now? I tore my acl back in april

[@jwy1341]

I understand, just 2 weeks ago i broke my fibula... It really saddens me knowing i cant practice flips for months...

[@nikhilreji9334]

Hope u r doing great now

[@andyhernandez2446]

@@jwy1341 I broke my fibula last month and football has been going on this video helped out a lot to focus only on myself and not others hope you're doing ok to.

[@jwy1341]

@@andyhernandez2446 damn sorry bro, that’s rough. it’s been like a year and a half since i fully healed and i’m back doing everything i was doing before. just know it’s temporary, gl w the recovery

[@user-bh6sl5lp2n]

i played in the first game of my senior season and had 9 tackles and 1 INT. the next week at practice i had my ankle taken out by a scrub. went to the doctor and was told i had torn many ligaments in my ankle and it was season ending.

[@user-bh6sl5lp2n]

i have some college offers to play at the next level, but after this injury i’m still debating if i should play

[@revisionfour]

Both of my ankles are fractured and I live alone. Probably going to lose my house.

[@jakeblaze7663]

You gonna be fine.