Description
Book SynopsisWritten by a leading mental skills coach and a contributing editor to Runner''s World, this is a practical guide to building the mental skills athletes need to recover from injury and rebound stronger.
Weaving together personal narratives from athletes, scientific research, and the specialized clinical expertise of mental skills coach Carrie Jackson Cheadle, Rebound contains more than 45 Mental Skills and Drills athletes can use at every phase of their recovery process. These same strategies can help athletes who aren''t currently injured reduce their vulnerability to injury and enable any individual to reach new heights within their sport and beyond.
Injuries affect every athlete, from the elite Olympian to the weekend racer. In the moment, a traumatic crash, a torn muscle, or a stress fracture can feel like the most devastating event possible. While some athletes are destroyed by the experience, others emerge from their recovery better, stronger,
Trade Review
From this day forward, Rebound will be assigned reading for every athlete I coach who gets injured. The evidence-backed guidance in this long-overdue resource is as crucial to managing the mental side of injury as good healthcare providers are to managing the physical side. -- Matt Fitzgerald * author of 80/20 Running *
A refreshingly innovative approach to injury rehab. Rebound teaches athletes how to leverage the power of mindset to face injuries head-on, harness their own resilience, shift momentum, and journey down the most direct route to recovery—skills that are invaluable long after the physical wounds have healed. -- Mackenzie L. Havey * author of Mindful Running *
A great mix of stories, science, and drills. -- Alex Hutchinson * author of Endure *
Successful athletes overcome injury with the same tools they use to reach peak performance, including good goals and the right mindset. Rebound teaches the strategies to best weather your (temporary!) setbacks. -- Scott Douglas * contributing writer for Runner's World and New York Times best selling author *
As a mental performance consultant, Rebound will be my go-to guide for injured athletes. It provides the essential mental skills to help athletes thrive in recovery in an easy to use, practical guide. A must-read! -- Cindra Kamphoff, PhD, Certified Mental Performance Consultant, Speaker and Author
This book is an outstanding resource for not only for those in the process of bouncing back from an injury, but for every coach, athletic trainer or parent who aims to help their athlete navigate the psychological aspects of rehab. Carrie provides insight on what to expect when you get injured and action-oriented steps on how to not just come back, but to come back stronger than you were before. -- Justin Su’a, M.S., Tampa Rays Mental Skills Coach
Rebound is essential reading for any athlete that is injured or going through the physical rehabilitation process. This book is basically a psychological playbook about how to not only recover from the injury setback, but also to thrive during the process to come back stronger and better than before the injury took place. This book needs to be in every athletic trainer and physical therapist’s office. -- Joshua Lifrak, M.S., Director of Mental Skills Program for an MLB Team
As a pro athlete who recently endured a devastating injury, and as a coach who has supported athletes through injuries and on the road back, I found Rebound to be a wealth of knowledge and resources. Rebound provides athletes of all levels with actionable tips and mental skills to guide them back to a healthy mindset while they rehab and recover. A must-read for the injured athlete, and highly recommended for coaches as well—I plan to utilize the mental drills in Rebound in my own coaching. -- Kaitlin Gregg Goodman, pro runner for the Boston Athletic Association High Performance Team and adidas, coach at Training Joyfully
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Injuries Suck Chapter 2: You're Special — But You're Not Special Chapter 3: Recovery Is Now Your Sport Chapter 4: The Time-Travel Trap Chapter 5: Calm Down And Chill Out Chapter 6: Rally Your Crew Chapter 7: Feed The (Injured) Athlete Chapter 8: Now What? Chapter 9: The Rebound Lifestyle Appendix Acknowledgments About The Authors References Index
