If you are a warrior involved with mixed martial arts, you need to face two facts: you will get injured and you will have to learn to deal with pain. There are no "ifs" about these facts, just "whens." With most warriors the crux of the problem is not "if" an injury happens, but how the warrior responds to the injury "when" it happens. What I mean is that it is the reaction to the injury, in terms of rehabilitation and continuity of training after the injury, not the injury itself, that is most important.
There are many lessons to be learned from every injury. The results of these lessons and how you deal with an injury can make the difference between being average and being a champion. Every injury has something to teach you that can make you better in the future, and there are strategies for responding to an injury that can be implemented in order to work around that injury and move forward.
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All too often, a warrior will suffer an injury and stop training. I don't think that any injury should ever result in this. You may have seen mixed martial artists break a finger or toe and be out of training for weeks to months. This "pebble in your shoe" should never keep you from moving ahead on your climb to success. Whether you are able to improve another area of the body, your nutrition, work certain techniques or even just your mind, there is always time to find ways toward improvement.
Most people view an injury as a negative experience, but in every injury are actually lessons that can make you a much better fighter. Injuries teach us not only about the modes of injury and how to prevent them in the future, but also about our own power to face adversity head-on, or the strategy to best go around it. What I mean is that all too often an injury is like a brick wall. Oftentimes a warrior will continue to attempt to ram through the wall instead of taking a side step and walking around it. Only by correctly training around your injuries can you learn the correct lessons, heal up, and pass through the injury as a better fighter.
Everything about being successful in this sport revolves around having the best strategy. When it comes to recovering from an injury...
Accept that the injury has occurred, and move forward.
Examine how the injury happened, so that it never happens again.
Find out all you can about the injury and its rehabilitation.
Use every method of rehabilitation you can get your hands on.
Be consistent and thorough with your rehab.
Find the outlets and determine what training you can do around the injury.
Focus on areas that you needed to improve pre-injury (nutrition, mental training, certain body regions, etc.).
Don't test the injury while healing and reirritate it.
Develop a list of the things that the injury is trying to tell you.
Don't forget what you learned from the injury for the future.
Some warriors often return from an injury at a higher level than where they were pre-injury, thanks to the lessons that the particular injury had to teach them. Many mixed martial artists do not. I believe that how you view and respond to the injury at hand has a lot to do with that.. You can view an injury as a problem or a challenge. A problem is something you have; a challenge is something you have ... to take on. The next time you have an injury, and there will be a next time, take the challenge, go around the brick wall, and pass it to become a better warrior.
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