Training with injuries
Just because you sustain and injury doesn't mean you should turn into a house bound xbox or wii hermit.
The beauty about CrossFit is it's universal scalability. Just about anything can be subbed for anything else. A good trainer should have infinite ideas on how to still get results and in fact improve other areas of fitness when one is injured. When one body part is injured often an individual will naturally protect that body part and not want to subject it to any potential dangers or further injury. That is fair enough!!! But what about the rest of the body? Because we have an injured shoulder does that mean we can not do single arm thrusters, tabata squats, rowing on the c2 with one hand. A period of training like this will also get the body and mind to adjust to different movement patterns and also allow the motor cortex to think outside the square as well as providing a different neuromuscular stimulation.
Although studies are limited there has also been positive research to say that training one particular side of the body or muscle group when the other muscle group is injured may infact lead to less muscle wasting or atrophy in the side being rested or injured. What that means is if you train your uninjured side as normal you are potential minimising the strength loss in the inactive side leading to a fast recovery when you actually are allowed back to full duties.
Do not be afraid to approach your coach with any problems you might have and how to get around problem areas
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