Broken Leg and Sports hypnosis

Sorry to hear about the injury, I love sport but sadly injuries are a fact of life. It is very important that you listen to the doctors, physio and whoever else is in charge of your medical recovery. There is no point rushing back too soon.

You do however raise a very interesting point and it is something that has frequently crossed my mind, and that is the value of self hypnosis and guided imagery while a person is injured and cannot train. While the basketball study threw up some fascinating results – link [url:7l62dzsy]http://www.aidan.bangonwebdesign.ie/sports-psychology.html[/url:7l62dzsy] it is nearly impossible to conduct a similar study among injured people. There are too many variables (age, sex, diet, severity of the injury etc.) to be able to make a credible scientific comment on the results. The basketball study worked by training the mind while the body was excluded, yet the mental exercise embedded the necessary muscle memory patterns in the subconscious enabling the body to be guided by the subconscious mind when called upon to actually take the free throw.

The phrase "match sharpness" is regularly used in connection with players returning from injury. I honestly believe that employing the same strategies used in the basketball experiment can accelerate the return to match sharpness by keeping the mind fully alert and in match mode even while out of the game and not training. Also the "down time" is an ideal opportunity to work on other mental aspects of any sport such as focus, confidence, self belief etc.