I contend that it has influenced the emergence of positive psychology, led to the application of mental practice in a variety of settings (including rehabilitation) and enhanced our understanding of motor cognition, and finally, inspired the interdisciplinary fields of physical activity and social cognitive neuroscience. What are your thoughts?
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My son is a physical therapist/personal trainer and works with professional athletes undergoing long-term rehabilitation due to injuries. He reports that assisting athletes in mindfulness has had an impact on their progress in rehabilitation, increases their ability to maintain postive attitudes during the therapeutic intervention and improves performance after therapy is complete.
I affirm the opinions, sportsmen are under a lot of stress anyways and fitness has a dimension in the psychological aspect too and it is more important or i should say an equally important part as the physical health. Of course sports psychology has added quality to our understanding of varied interdisciplinary fields. The incoming of sports psychology over the years has widened the understanding and application of mainstream psychology and increased its utility to rehabilitation in a major way.
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