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While injury is part and parcel of leading an active lifestyle, knowing there is more that can be done to fast track recovery beyond manual and medical therapies can be empowering. Dietary changes may not be major, especially if you already eat well generally, nevertheless by addressing the main areas that can benefit from diet optimisation during rehabilitation, including adjusting energy intake and reducing lean muscle mass loss, you just might be able to help accelerate the healing process get back into training sooner than you think.
The key goals for nutritional interventions around injury include:
- Ensuring energy intake is adequate for recovery while taking into account potential reduced training load or complete rest.
- Reducing muscle mass loss and strength
- Managing changes to muscle metabolism, namely anabolic resistance and slowed muscle protein synthesis.
- Targeted supplementation where required.
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