Heath is feeling good after abdominal injuries kept him on the shelf for almost a year.
During a recent interview with WrestleZone, Heath spoke about healing from abdominal issues and how he’s feeling now. Heath said he’s feeling great overall, but he’s definitely mindful of listening to his body to avoid injury again.
“It’s like I have a whole new routine and everything now. Two years ago, I had the worst injury I’ve ever had in my life. But after a lot of physical therapy, a good team behind me and everything, I’m all healed up. I’m rocking and rolling. I’m feeling good. But of course, it’s always in the back of my mind,” he explained, “if I don’t stretch out and do my routine before I go out and I feel a little tightness or something, I’m always like, ‘Oh, no, what’s that? Oh, no, it better not happen again.’
“So even after two years, I still think about it. But honestly, I feel great,” Heath stated. “I’m out there doing the best that I can and having fun doing it. But all in all, man, the surgery, the rehab, the physical therapy and everything, it’s a success so far. Heck yeah, man, it’s going all right.”
Asked how much of a conscious decision it is to force himself not to think about that while he’s wrestling, Heath detailed the mental aspect that is another level of stress.
“It’s a fact. It was a whole mental game for me for a while, and I think that’s with a lot of guys that get injured at any sports. When you get injured, it’s like, ‘should I do that again? Should I even try that again? What if it hurts me again?’ It’s always in the back of your head. It’s always there. I always think about it,” Heath noted. “But in the ring, sometimes you lose yourself and you just get caught up with the crowd, caught up in the match and everything. Then next thing you know, you just forget about it and you just start being you and doing what you love to do.
“It took me a little bit while to get there just because when I first came back, man, I can watch matches where I’m bumping, I’m falling and you see me hold my abdomen area, groin area, move around just to see if everything’s okay. But now I’m not doing that as much just because I’m more comfortable. I’m telling you, it is true, the physical pain is rough and it’s that whole ‘I hope this surgery works,’ but my goodness, that mental trauma it puts on you,” Heath noted, “that’s hard to get through.”
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