Athletes embodying the resilience narrative view injury as "part and parcel" of the sport, a temporary physical problem to be fixed before returning to their pre-injury state of physical health and athletic performance.
The resilience narrative follows the plotline of "Yesterday I was healthy, today I am injured but through working hard I will be healthy and perform again".
The Merry-Go-Round narrative reflects a cyclical plot of highs and lows where chronic and recurring injuries continually affected athletes well-being and ultimately their sporting career.
This narrative has different phases, as athletes’ stories started with “what could be” shifted to “what should be” and ended reflecting on “what could have been”.
The longevity narrative embodies the plotline of "time lost from injury is time gained in the longer term" as athletes depict a more balanced and long-term view of their health, well-being and performance.
The pendulum narrative describes athletes’ stories of injuries that alternated between longevity and performance narratives.
This alternation in storylines created perturbations in their well-being and was subject to external (environment) and internal (body self-relationship) influences.
The snowball narrative depicts a downward trajectory of physical and psychological decline following a series of sports injuries.
Athletes embodying the snowball narrative reported how their injuries initially had only minor or inconsequential effects on their well-being. Yet, over time, repeated injuries, or a progressive decline in the nature of their injuries led to greater implications to both their sporting performance and mental well-being.
“My injuries and sport do not define me as there is more to me”.
The more to me narrative represents athletes who view athletics and injury within the broader context of their life and draw upon their multiple roles and identities as a means of buffering the negative implications that an injury might present.
St Mary’s University, Twickenham
Former elite athlete; chartered physiotherapist, currently researching the psychological impact of injury on track athletes through a qualitative lens.
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