Sports injuries can feel like looking up a narrow and winding staircase.
Pepperdine athletes who have walked through the struggle of recovery said they are asking themselves a similar question and advocating for the mental aspects of injury that accompany the physical.
Hannah Bruner, sophomore cross country and track athlete said her initial hurdle surrounding her injury was learning who she was outside of her sport.
“It’s easy to have a lot of your identity be connected to your sport,” Bruner said. “It causes you to question — ‘Who am I? What am I?