Fix It Before It Hurts: Two Interventions To Try Today

That odd feeling is the body’s way of saying we must get after it, not run from it.

You know the spot.

It doesn’t hurt, not really. But if someone asked, you’d say it feels “different.” Or “not right.”

Then, you set to task and treat your “spot” like glass. And not because it hurts, because you think it might.

That’s called apprehension, and like pain, it’s a signal. A message we need to address sooner rather than later.

Unfortunately, most athletes stop. And who can blame them? For as long as I can remember, if something doesn’t feel right, the training directive was simply to stop doing it. Which, of course, ends up making things far worse in the long run.

Take your right shoulder, for instance — your “spot.”

It feels “off” when you hang from a pull-up bar, so you stop, put the arm in a sling, and pray it gets better. A month later, your shoulder feels great. Until you try to hang…