Mindfulness Training to Help Student-Athletes Recover From Surgery

This trial is testing whether teaching injured college athletes mindfulness and stress-management skills can help them recover better after surgery. Researchers will compare athletes who learn these skills—called the Community Resiliency Model—with athletes who receive standard written recovery instructions. The study will measure how well both groups recover over three months after surgery.

While mindfulness and mental skills training have been shown to help athletes perform better and manage stress, very little research has looked at whether these same skills can help injured athletes recover faster after surgery and return to playing their sport.