Respect the Process

The first thing that’s important to ask yourself is: what are your goals once you’ve recovered? For instance, if you’ve sprained your ankle badly, the road to walking again looks a lot different than the road to jumping again or running again. It’s crucial that you temper your expectations in parallel to the actual goal that you’re hoping to ultimately achieve.

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When You Start to Forget

Think of every time you’ve ever recovered from an injury. What did the recovery feel like? It’s likely that you, like many others, would respond that the recovery felt like “nothing”. Funnily enough, that’s the essence of a proper recovery—when you start to forget that you were even injured in the first place! The second you have to remind yourself, “Oh yeah… I remember when this used to hurt me”—you’re usually good to go.

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High Protein Foods

If your body needs to mend muscle or heal wounds, it will require a lot of protein to promote growth. Protein-rich foods you should aim to consume include meat, poultry, fish, tofu, milk, cheese, beans, nuts, and soy protein products such as soy nuts.

Foods High in Vitamin A and C

The next set of foods you need to seek if you are recovering from an injury are foods high in vitamins A and C. These foods include citrus fruits, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, spinach, broccoli, and cauliflower. It’s best if you combine these foods with those rich in protein to maximize your nutrient intake.

Foods High in Zinc

Zinc can help promote the body’s healing and it gives you additional energy. You can find zinc in fortified cereals, seafood, meat, eggs, nuts, and seeds.

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Van Dijk discussed her recovery in a recent interview with Evening Standard and said she was struggling to rebuild her strength after a life-threatening injury, but everything changed once she added Pilates to the mix.

“I started doing clinical Pilates to make myself regain my core strength. When I first started going to Pilates, I had a three-inch gap between my abdomen muscles, whereas now it’s all back together. It has made it super strong and I can do heavy deadlifts again,” said Van Dijk.

Adidas’ global ambassador also came to discover that you can strengthen your core without doing crunches and replaced them with other more functional exercises.

“In the depths of my rehab, for the first three months, I was doing core rehab every single day with isometric hold exercises like plank, and variations of bear crawls, where you hold your body in a particular position to challenge your core,” explained Zanna van Dijk.

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Respect the Process

The first thing that’s important to ask yourself is: what are your goals once you’ve recovered? For instance, if you’ve sprained your ankle badly, the road to walking again looks a lot different than the road to jumping again or running again. It’s crucial that you temper your expectations in parallel to the actual goal that you’re hoping to ultimately achieve.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Andrijana Avramoska (@avramoska_andrijana)

When You Start to Forget

Think of every time you’ve ever recovered from an injury. What did the recovery feel like? It’s likely that you, like many others, would respond that the recovery felt like “nothing”. Funnily enough, that’s the essence of a proper recovery—when you start to forget that you were even injured in the first place! The second you have to remind yourself, “Oh yeah… I remember when this used to hurt me”—you’re usually good to go.

The post How to Know When You’ve Recovered From an Injury appeared first on yourdailysportfix.com.

High Protein Foods

If your body needs to mend muscle or heal wounds, it will require a lot of protein to promote growth. Protein-rich foods you should aim to consume include meat, poultry, fish, tofu, milk, cheese, beans, nuts, and soy protein products such as soy nuts.

Foods High in Vitamin A and C

The next set of foods you need to seek if you are recovering from an injury are foods high in vitamins A and C. These foods include citrus fruits, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, spinach, broccoli, and cauliflower. It’s best if you combine these foods with those rich in protein to maximize your nutrient intake.

Foods High in Zinc

Zinc can help promote the body’s healing and it gives you additional energy. You can find zinc in fortified cereals, seafood, meat, eggs, nuts, and seeds.

The post Best Foods For Healing Injuries appeared first on yourdailysportfix.com.

Van Dijk discussed her recovery in a recent interview with Evening Standard and said she was struggling to rebuild her strength after a life-threatening injury, but everything changed once she added Pilates to the mix.

“I started doing clinical Pilates to make myself regain my core strength. When I first started going to Pilates, I had a three-inch gap between my abdomen muscles, whereas now it’s all back together. It has made it super strong and I can do heavy deadlifts again,” said Van Dijk.

Adidas’ global ambassador also came to discover that you can strengthen your core without doing crunches and replaced them with other more functional exercises.

“In the depths of my rehab, for the first three months, I was doing core rehab every single day with isometric hold exercises like plank, and variations of bear crawls, where you hold your body in a particular position to challenge your core,” explained Zanna van Dijk.

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