by Claire @ Recover from Injury | Feb 17, 2018 | Feature article
For many people who are injured, dealing with all the aspects of recovery, getting reliable and helpful food tips quickly can be difficult. Figuring out what food to eat to stay healthy can be a conundrum at the best of times, let alone when you’re in pain,...
by Claire @ Recover from Injury | Feb 14, 2018 | Feature article
Choosing what is good to eat can be confusing enough when you’re able-bodied, let alone when you’re injured, perhaps in pain, and wondering about the best nutrition for injury recovery. With all the complicated food messages in the media and online about diets...
by Claire @ Recover from Injury | Dec 14, 2017 | Idea, Product
Meaningful Ways to Show You Care It’s the time of year when everyone starts thinking about giving a gift to people they care about. Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice, Eid-Ul-Adha all prompt thoughts of celebration, commemoration and giving. Of course, injuries can happen...
by Claire @ Recover from Injury | Sep 18, 2017 | Personal experience
When I hurt my knee all I wanted to do was get away from doctors, nurses and physios and get back to my home and to my warm comfy bed. I was in shock and wanted to feel safe. I was ultimately grateful that I had hurt myself while at home in Australia. Over the coming...
by Claire @ Recover from Injury | Aug 24, 2017 | Personal experience
I recently asked people in injury communities on Facebook about the most ridiculous things people have said to them. Here’s what they shared. 1. “It’s been a week! Why are you still milking it?” 2. “Oh, I didn’t know...
by Claire @ Recover from Injury | Jul 24, 2017 | Feature article
Pain is something we all experience at one time or another. When we’ve stubbed our toes as kids to when we’ve fallen down stairs as adults, breaking many bones. Acute pain from a serious injury or back pain, stomach pain, nerve pain, arthritic pain; all are common in...
by Claire @ Recover from Injury | Jun 30, 2017 | Feature article
Pain is something we all experience at one time or another. When we’ve stubbed our toes as kids to when we’ve cut a finger or fallen down stairs as adults, breaking many bones. But even though the feeling of pain has been in our lives forever, do you understand what...
by Claire @ Recover from Injury | May 25, 2017 | Personal experience
Today, 365 days ago, feels a million years ago. It was time for my knee reconstruction surgery. I’d worked through a rollercoaster nine months of shock, pain, disability (having to teach my brain to reconnect with my leg after nine weeks non-weight-bearing),...
by Claire @ Recover from Injury | Feb 6, 2017 | Personal experience
One and a half years ago I hurt my knee badly, snapping ligaments and tearing tendons and muscles. It affected my whole being at the time, not just my physical body. Yes, that may sound dramatic but it’s honest, and my injury has continued to impact and...
by Claire @ Recover from Injury | Dec 14, 2016 | Feature article
This is the first article in a short series covering topics from the Recover Forum held in Brisbane, 2016. The way that people recovering from injury think, feel, and process their situation can spell success or disaster for rehabilitation. This is one thing I learned...
