As you have probably seen by now, May is mental health month. There has been a lot of chatter about mental health since the pandemic began and it has been increasingly apparent that mental health should absolutely be considered just as much as our physical health. It is actually difficult to separate these two, mental and physical health, because they work so closely together and inevitably influence each other. So, we hear this umbrella term of “mental health”, but do we actually stop to consider what it means and everything that it encompasses? You might be surprised.
A serious injury for a competitive athlete can have a detrimental impact on their mental health. What most do not realize is that when mental health is poor, recovery from injury is also poor. Athletes who face injury are more likely to develop a mood or anxiety disorder, with depression being the most common.
