What I learned from my injuries

Going to be honest here, and spill the tea.
Thus far, I have had a torn hamstring (left leg), a stress fracture in my (lower) back, a (right) ankle injury and (right) knee injury. It only sounds traumatic, but I must imply that I have learned and grown so much from having these injuries.

One thing I learned is that when it comes to your healing process, everyone is different. I have known a dancer who torn her hamstring right after me but she healed way before I healed.  The healing process is different for everybody. There are many factors that play into this. for example, what you eat, how bad your injury is, your physical activity, and genetics can have an impact on your healing process.

I learned more about the importance of being careful. Most of my injuries were preventable. I have learned the importance of warming up, and also not over working my body.
To take my time, and to take time off to heal.

I also learned to focus more on myself and my own improvements. I try my best to never dance in someone else's shoes, and to be myself at all times. How can injuries teach you to focus on yourself? Well for me, I denied the fact that I was injured because I was afraid to take a break and lose technique. Since my injuries wouldn't heal, I decided to take into account that maybe it was time for a break. During that break I did lose a ton of flexibility, however I did learn to accept it and work for it again.

Injuries are not fun. My two worst injuries would have to be between the torn hamstring because it is taking very long to heal, or my knee injury because that was the most painful injury I've had thus far.

After recovering from injuries, despite the technique or flexibility you've lost, you still feel like a better dancer. I know once I was healed up I felt free (Lol!) it is absolutely necessary to take a break and be kind to your body. If it needs a break, then by all means take one because even I learned a lot from taking a break.
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