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Few things set you back quite the way that an injury does. There can be short-term issues like a sprain or just straining something from a weird workout. But what about more long-term injuries like broken bones or muscle tears?

How do you continue to train through these injuries to either maintain your muscle, strength, or flexibility?

In January I broke my wrist snowboarding. My first thought was "how the hell am I going to continue to train?" Obviously, I immediately discounted anything training upper body due to the fact that I literally can't grip anything more than 10 lb. I can't Flex or extend my wrist, I can't supinate or pronate. I'm sure you can imagine how limited I am. So my mind immediately went to just training lower body.

At this point I'm training legs about 4 days a week. And some of you might be thinking you're going to lose all of your size in the upper body. At the bottom of this I will link a study about training a non injured limb to maintain size and the other one that might shock you. And yes you read that right, I will train my left arm to maintain the muscle in my right arm. But on top of that there is so much that you can do with your diet.

Maintaining my protein intake, my calories, and still just training what I can do no matter how Limited.

A lot of isometrics, a lot of creativity, lots of tools to assist like a deadlift strap to . Am I going to see any growth in my upper body during this period? Almost surely no. But can I maintain the majority of my muscle during this recovery? I would say absolutely yes. What's the biggest injury that set you back that you had?

https://www.inspire-fitness.com.au/blog/2019/06/injury-rehabilitation-the-benefits-of-training-your-uninjured-side-cross-education/

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