CU Sports Medicine

Treatment of mood disturbance as a result of the injury

Counselling for grief, loss, anger, irritability, impatience, resentment, and other emotions associated with injury

Providing assistance to cope with chronic pain

Help with confidence related issues due to being unable to train

Assessment and treatment of disordered eating

Assistance with healthy weight loss and maintenance

Improving communication between the patient, coach and health care provider to facilitate the recovery process

Teach the patient how to achieve a healing mode and how that can potentially increase the efficacy of the physical treatment interventions

Involve the family and support system when indicated to educate them about the rehabilitation process and how to play a therapeutic role

Assess and treat overtraining, overreaching and under recovery

Provide evaluation and treatment services for substance use disorders (i.e. alcohol, opioid, anxiolytic, cannabis abuse and/or dependence)

Teach stress management skills to help cope with the change in level of functioning

Teach performance enhancement skills that can assist the patient to improve the psychological aspects of performance and/or living skills