Introduction

In the previous session you examined how imagery, positive self-talk and relaxation strategies can be used to help people cope more effectively with sport injury. In this session you will explore two further intervention strategies – goal setting and social support. In Activity 1 of Session 7, Olympic Gold Medallist Helen Richardson-Walsh identified both of these as key strategies that she found useful to help her cope with sport injury.

By the end of this session, you should be able to:

• understand how social support and goal setting can both enhance sport injury rehabilitation, and
• identify different strategies for coping with sport injury.