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Injury Diaries

Post-surgery ankle mobility for squatting & the eternal recovery timeline
Injury Diaries, Part 12. This is taking forever.
 • Meredith Sell
I hiked in the Tetons.
Injury Diaries, Part 11. Vacation hikes and the miraculous work of dry needling.
 • Meredith Sell
Hello deadlifts, my old friend
Injury Diaries, part 10. Back to the barbell.
 • Meredith Sell
Will I ever return to long walks?
Injury Diaries, part 9. I just want to be better already.
 • Meredith Sell
Take the WBC reader survey!! (Plus, Injury Diaries 8)
What do you want to see in Women’s Barbell Club? And: my calves are sore but I'm not whining.
 • Meredith Sell
The urge to move
Injury Diaries, part seven. My body wants to get better.
 • Meredith Sell
It took me 7 weeks to get back to the gym
Injury Diaries, part six. “She doesn’t even lift.”
 • Meredith Sell
All about that boot life
Injury Diaries, part five. Walking boot, physical therapy, and (finally) my first workout.
 • Meredith Sell
You're not the only one.
Injury Diaries, part four. Encouragement from other people’s injury/recovery stories.
 • Meredith Sell
I really wish I could work out right now.
Injury Diaries, part three. Endorphin crash, existential dread, and trying to maintain sanity without my go-to coping mechanism.
 • Meredith Sell
But what about my muscles? 😢
Injury Diaries. Part Two. Maintaining immobilized muscles.
 • Meredith Sell
The Injury Diaries
Part One. A new series. Featuring my broken body.
 • Meredith Sell
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