We discuss how to support and manage an injured athlete, and how complete rest is rarely the best approach. If your knee is hurt, you can still work on your core strength, upper body or even modified knee exercises. Just shift your focus and keep yourself involved while you’re overcoming an injury. Exercise improves blood flow, releases endorphins, boosts your immune system (healing system) etc. A pro athlete doesn’t just sit on the couch for a month while an ankle sprain heals. They spend a lot of time not only rehabbing their ankle but doing things to maintain their shape so when the ankle allows, they can hit the ground running, pun intended. A sports PT should be able to modify exercise in many ways to accommodate the area you are rehabbing.
