| Although there are definitely lots of things you can do | | | | some time off for the knee to recover, the overall |
| to prevent injuries, they cannot be completely | | | | fitness level of the athlete will obviously decrease and |
| eliminated and remain part of all sports. Besides the | | | | all his other healthy parts of the body will experience a |
| physical pain that comes with every injury, there are | | | | drawback by not being worked out. |
| also implications on several different levels at which | | | | The solution is to do differential training, which consists |
| the athlete is affected. Losing playing time and not | | | | of working out the healthy muscles and parts of the |
| being able to train together with the rest of the team | | | | body, while giving the injured knee (in our case) time to |
| are definitely frustrating. | | | | recover. This way, the injured athlete can maintain his |
| Athletic trainers, sports physicians, sports psychologists | | | | her overall good fitness level and once the injury is |
| and the injured athletes will all agree that the best thing | | | | healed, he/she will be ready to go back to their regular |
| to do is keep the injured athlete as physically active as | | | | activity and pick it up where they were before the |
| their injury allows. And, fortunately, there are efficient | | | | injury occurred. |
| ways to train while recovering from an injury. | | | | One great exerciser that can help injured athletes get |
| Let's take a knee injury, for example. Knee pain is | | | | differential training while recovering from injuries is the |
| common among runners and in some cases it can get | | | | GlideCycle. It is a low-impact trainer that gives the |
| so bad that it makes it impossible for the athlete to run. | | | | athlete the opportunity to get great cardio/aerobic |
| But other than one of his knees hurting terribly, the | | | | fitness level and workout their healthy leg, without |
| athlete is in a good shape and ready to train. By taking | | | | putting pressure on the injured leg. |