Athletes Play Through Pain - What Does That Mean for Rehabilitation Specialists?

CONCLUSION: When sub-elite athletes, striving to be the best in their sport continue to train with the pain of an injury, performance is affected in the short term and long-term consequences are also possible. Our study provides some insight into the contrasting forces that athletes balance as they decide to continue or to stop. PMID: 31094625 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Sport Rehabilitation - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: J Sport Rehabil Source Type: research