Can Mindfulness Help with Injury Recovery? We Asked the Experts.

We know meditation and visualization exercises benefit our mental health. Could they also support our physical bodies?

Trust me: Being injured keeps you busy. There are countless doctors’ appointments, physical therapy exercises, and cross training programs. Add meditation and visualization sessions to that list. When I recently hurt my hip and couldn’t run for three months, physicians repeatedly urged me to integrate these mindful practices into my recovery, suggesting it would help the healing process. With everything else to do, it felt silly to spend time sitting quietly and imagining my way back to health. Was it just wishful thinking? Or was there something to it?