ABSTRACT
Injuries are part of what normally happens in the course of an athlete's career. With respect to the mechanical and traumatological causes that provoke injuries, this is mostly due to the muscular-skeletal and joint weariness provoked by the continuous use of areas of the body employed by the sport in question. The relationship between the magnitude of the injury and the psychological traumatic response is revealed in cases with a bad injury but with little traumatic repercussion and vice-versa—athletes with minor injuries but with a tremendous psychological traumatic impact. The athlete will confront his or her doubts and fears with regard to how much the operation will contribute or take away; the athlete will be trusting or suspicious in wanting to postpone the surgery or throw him- or herself into it, sometimes in a manic fashion. It's the athlete's way of showing he or she is affected, regardless of what is consciously declared.
