injury recovery
Mending after harm
Injury recovery is the process of healing and regaining function after physical damage to the body.
The term covers everything from rest and rehabilitation to medical treatment: Her injury recovery took six months of physical therapy.
In sports contexts, athletes may be described as being in injury recovery when sidelined but expected to return.
- physical therapyRehabilitative movement-based medical care
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- tissue repairBiological wound healing process
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- neuroplasticityBrain's self-rewiring ability
angiogenesis · trauma counseling · rehabilitation · chiropractic care · pain relief · mobility aids · resilience-building · sleep hygiene · scar tissue · massage therapy · wound healing · acupuncture · stitches · orthotics · taking it easy · doctor's orders · scar · bruise
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injury recoverydeterioration
Process of declining quality
decline · worsening · regression · relapse · degeneration
injury recoverytrauma
Lasting psychological wound
wounding · harm · damage · acute phase