injuries | nicole calder

ATHLETE MASOCHISM

there’s a fine line between pushing yourself and pushing yourself too much. knowing when you’re doing the latter is often not as simple...

TREAT THE MAN, NOT THE SCAN

last tuesday i had surgery on my knee to repair a torn meniscus and to remove the screw from my previous surgery. prior to surgery i had...

THE STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES

after receiving the news about my “fully intact acl” i started questioning, so how many times have i actually torn my acl? twice? thrice?...

The stories we tell ourselves

On the 9th of June I had surgery on my knee to repair a torn lateral meniscus and to remove my screw from the previous surgery. A few...

DEFY THE ODDS

six months ago, i tore my acl for the third time. i was distraught. heartbroken. devastated. i thought i would never play soccer again. i...

To be a being

What does that even mean? What does it mean to be human? And what does it mean to be a being? What differentiates the two? And why is...

Some dreams don't come true

I admit, I was probably a little dramatic with my last blog post. I was hurt. Frustrated. Devastated. After working so hard, doing...

The decision that changed my life

Preliminary final. Salisbury Inter versus Adelaide City. Two goals down, thirty minutes in. The ball’s being crossed in by one of the...

Confronting fears

I’m sitting here currently crying. Earlier today I found out that the women’s premier soccer league (WPSL) in America will be back in...