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How to handle permanent athletic decline

I tore my ACL junior year and worked incredibly hard to come back but I'm not the same player and everyone keeps waiting for me to return to form.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Recovery becomes another form of loss when returning means accepting a diminished version of your former self.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sport and physical competition?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.