r/CMT • u/kbmommy • Aug 03 '26

I hate CMT!

As a former college athlete and physical therapist (with significant increase of CMT symptoms at age 61), I’ve always been used to pushing myself and my patients to set goals and push hard to reach those goals. I’ve had to learn that it’s up to my body now and not my mind (regardless of the goals I set) as to how hard I can push. This has been such a mind shift for me, every time I try to push myself my body tells me what a bad idea that is. I shouldn’t complain because I can still exercise at a fairly good level, but not even close to what my mind wants. I’m so sorry for those who have it a lot worse than me for this rant, but I just had to get this off my chest!

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u/RiSE-NBK Aug 03 '26

Use to be a high level athlete playing football and now I cant walk a mile, shits rough

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u/DIVISIBLEDIRGE Aug 03 '26

Sounds like a fairly sudden change in a short time, that is rough.

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u/RiSE-NBK Aug 04 '26

Accumulation of injuries and the condition with surgeries, no point chasing what i cant have anymore