How do I live after this setback?

rayboomboom · 2016-09-21T10:05:28+00:00

There's a lot more than your fitness you can improve. The magical and mysterious all-knowing sidebar will keep you busy till your leg heals!

You can always be improving yourself. Always. Even an extra breath today is an improvement over yesterday.

And in light of your injury, are you in a position to lift soon, even if upper body?

guidofaux · 2016-09-21T13:12:34+00:00

Not OP but I got stabbed 14 times in the back and torso, I'm going through physio and osteopathy but I'm still feeling like thats it, my best years were behind me and I'll never get back to peak. Any tips? Can't lift, or do cardio much even more, but I'm 6ft and not obese, try doing yoga but the adhesion from scar tissue makes everything difficult. Even breathing.

Lapatatedouce · 2016-09-21T09:32:38+00:00

Injured how? Be more specific.

But honestly you are not Stephen Hawking so i don't see how you couldn't lift anymore.

empatheticapathetic · 2016-09-21T12:10:41+00:00

How'd you injure your leg?

I've fucked my back from lifting and it's been a long time, still in a lot of agony. Reducing my quality of life highly.

spoetnick · 2016-09-21T13:13:17+00:00

The one thing I could improve about myself was my fitness and now even that is gone.

You sure this is true? Nothing else needs improvement now? Your game is tight, finances are in order, healthy state of mind, not dependent on anything, not looking for things or people for validation and such?

How do I live now?

Day by day, looking for the opportunities to make your situation better while trying to limit the focus on the stuff you can't influence.

Good luck!

VasiliyZaitzev · 2016-09-21T16:31:15+00:00

There has to be something you can do, provided you don't interfere with the healing process. Don't they use Pilates for injured vets? (Might be something else, but there's definitely something)

RedPharaohRising · 2016-09-21T17:09:54+00:00

I cannot walk now and I don't know if I'll ever get full fitness.

What happened to your leg?

Just at the gym this morning I saw a guy in a wheelchair using the cable cross machine to train chest and bis.
I hope I'm that resilient if it comes to that.

The one thing I could improve about myself was my fitness and now even that is gone.

Are you doing it only for the girls? I went through a patch where I tore my hip flexors, got acute wrist tendonitis in both wrists and had crippling anxiety.
That was 7 months ago.
I had to find a reason bigger than 'women'. I like improvement because I want to be awesome. Once this began to sink in, my injuries bothered me less.

Title	How do I live after this setback?
Author	Ascez
Upvotes	8
Comments	18
Date	September 21, 2016 8:26 AM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/askTRP
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