By Cleveland Clinic Team — 2020
“We need to do a better job of addressing mental as well as physical aspects of athletic injuries,” sports psychologist Matthew Sacco, PhD, says.
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The world’s best gymnast doesn’t need to look invincible.
She looked for all the world like a woman who could not be cowed. And then just when her many detractors thought she was out for good, she pulled herself back in.
By withdrawing from competition citing concerns over her mental health, Biles showed that resisting expectations can be more powerful than persisting through them.
A complex system in the brain that keeps gymnasts balanced can get out of whack.