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There definitely is no consistent time frame when friends and family. If it is a friend, not you, who is one is going through these stages. If, however, you injured, reach out to your friend. It would most likely believe a person is becoming a danger to themselves or really mean a lot to them. others please encourage them to get professional help. Add more activities outside of exercise or athletics You may want to seek assistance from a professional if you can. Read a little more. Take up a new hobby. yourself in order to help them out. Aging is a process Clean up that closet that has needed it forever. We hope we don’t have to deal with the extremes to be embraced ... When you find you have accepted your situation, you may find of these emotions with our typical running injuries. that you aren’t exactly like you were before you were Despite that, it may be disconcerting when we are injured ... , but who is in the same condition they were injured. Many people may catastrophize their situation. five years ago or even a couple of years ago? Aging is They may think they are never going to be able to run a process to be embraced because we certainly can’t again or that this injury will never go away. These are avoid it. Again, be patient with yourself. Look to the common feelings, especially for runners. We place future and keep moving forward. There is always more so much emphasis on the value of running to our to do and more life to live! ❑ everyday life. Well, running is important, and it is good for us physically and mentally. What Auto Home Life Business Motorcycle we injured runners cannot seem to understand is that many, many injuries do get better. Most of these injuries do take longer than we would like them to, but they DO get better.

We have to try to be patient during this healing time frame. We need to find out what we can do that is acceptable and safe. Sometimes that is cross training and other times it is doing only As a local agent, upper body exercises. Consult your doctor, PT, trainer or other health care professional. I’m here for you.

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