The Comeback Workbook

For the mental side of an injury, whatever the timeline looks like.

Sound familiar?

• Everyone asks when you'll be back, not how you're doing.
• Sitting on the sideline makes you feel left out of your own team.
• Without your sport, you're not sure who you are right now.

The Comeback Workbook helps injured athletes stay connected and steady while their care team handles the healing. It makes room for slow or uncertain recoveries, setbacks and paths that look different than expected. Every page opens with a common struggle (Sound familiar?) and one thing to do right now (Do this now), so it is always clear where to start.

Start in three steps

1. Start with Where I'm at right now. There are no wrong answers.
2. Write down your care team and your next milestone.
3. Do one page a week, at your own pace and in any order.

What's inside (22 printable pages)

• A dated self-check to revisit any time
• Where I'm at right now, my care team and plan, and my people and my playlist
• My milestones, set by the athlete's own care team, and wins worth counting
• A weekly check-in with clear pain and mood scales
• Setbacks and changed plans, and what I can influence
• Still part of the team, more than my sport, flip the script and my confidence bank
• Looking ahead, for returning to play or a different path
• A letter to future me, Support Without Pressure for adults, sources and a Where to Next page

Bonus: Digital Fill-In Edition and the Sports Parent Guide. Type and check off on a phone or tablet in a free PDF app like Adobe Acrobat Reader. Printing is turned off in the digital edition, so use the printable file for paper.

Details: Instant PDF download. US Letter, print at 100%. Any sport, athletes 13 and up.

Personal License: for one athlete's own use. Coaches, athletic trainers and physical therapists, please choose the Team License. An educational tool that supports mindset; it does not replace medical or mental health care.

Part of the KUBED Allsides collection. Strong on Every Side.