by Heidi Armstrong | Nov 26, 2016 | athletic injury, coping with injury, emotional support for injured athletes, how to be a good friend, how to take care of injured friend, injured athlete, injured athlete care, injured athlete depression, injured athlete help, injured athlete motivation, injury recovery, patience, supporting injured athlete
Introduction Heads up…I wanted to entitle this blog “The $hit Nobody Tells You About Surgery and Chronic Injury That you Really Need to Know.” Nobody talks about this stuff because, frankly, it’s grim. You certainly aren’t going to openly talk about it with friends or... by Heidi Armstrong | Feb 18, 2016 | athletic injury, coping with injury, emotional support for injured athletes, how to handle setbacks, injured athlete, injured athlete depression, injured athlete guidance, injured athlete help, injured athlete improving attitude, injured athlete motivation, injury guidance, injury recovery, inspiration, mental game, motivation
Whether you’re facing the emotional fallout of injury or PTSD, the tools you’ll need to dig out of your hole are exactly the same. When you call for a taxi, what do you expect? Like most people, you probably expect an individual to show up on time and safely deliver... by Heidi Armstrong | Jan 7, 2016 | athletic injury, coping with injury, injured athlete, injured athlete guidance, injured athlete help, injured athlete motivation, injury guidance, injury recovery, support for injured athlete
The weather forecast in Austin for January 8, 2015, was grim by anyone’s standards, especially for a bike race. At the start time for the wisest women’s age categories (60-64, 65-69, 70-74, and 75+) at US Masters Cyclocross Nationals the predicted temperature was a... by Heidi Armstrong | Nov 18, 2015 | arthrofibrosis, coping with injury, injured athlete, injured athlete care, injured athlete depression, injured athlete guidance, injured athlete help, injured athlete motivation, mental game
Don’t hold it against me, but I’ve never been much of a cat person, probably because 2 strands of cat hair used to bring my immune system to its knees, leaving me gasping for air. Plus, admit it, cats are a little capricious–scratch a cat on his head and he’ll... by Heidi Armstrong | Aug 11, 2015 | athletic injury, coping with injury, creativity, emotional support for injured athletes, injured athlete, injured athlete care, injured athlete depression, injured athlete guidance, injured athlete help, injured athlete motivation
I’ve been a patient at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado, since October 2011, through 6 surgeries and hundreds of hours of physical therapy. Thanks in part to a team of genius physical therapists, I’m recovering slowly but surely from a complicated and pernicious... by Heidi Armstrong | Jun 19, 2015 | athletic injury, coping with injury, emotional support for injured athletes, injured athlete, injured athlete guidance, injured athlete help, injured athlete motivation, injury guidance, injury recovery, injury support athlete, motivation, patience, support for injured athlete, supporting injured athlete
In the fall of 2013, Austin-American Statesman journalist Pam LeBlanc wrote a story about my injury and creation of Injured Athlete’s Toolbox. Shortly after the article’s publication, I hosted one of my regular seminars for injured athletes. We answer each other’s...
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