Gavin Rathbun On His Shoulder Injury, Playing DDO As A Dynamic Sponsored Athlete & His Gameplan
Gavin Rathbun opens up about his recent shoulder injury and return to competitive disc golf as a dynamic sponsored athlete. In an in-depth conversation with Brian, Gavin shares his personal experience of undergoing surgery and the grueling physical therapy process that followed. The two discuss how a combination of overtraining and neglecting flexibility exercises contributed to the injury, which occurred during his off-season preparation for the 2021 season. Gavin reveals he feels only around 75% of his full potential in terms of health, and the physical toll of recovering from the injury is still evident as he returns to the course. With a strong emotional investment in disc golf, Gavin expresses gratitude to be back among friends and teammates, and admits that it doesn't matter what scores he achieves – the joy of being back in his element is all that matters.
Watch Gavin Rathbun discuss his shoulder injury & dynamic sponsorship with Dynamic Discs as he prepares for DDO on the Disc Golf Pro Tour.
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hello gavin hello brian here with dgn you are back and i don't think i've seen the smile come off your face since you've been back on the road bad injury to your shoulder had to get surgery which is not something we see a lot of players that make a big splash actually do what was that process like and and talk to me about how you're feeling right now after that it was it was terrible um i didn't expect it to be so much i guess it was long you can't miss physical therapy it's five to six to seven days a week of physical therapy it was rough man it was it's you don't know until it's taken away so and also was it something that was just chronic throughout the season before that you just didn't pay attention to like a lot of people playing disc golf do or was it something that happened in in the moment uh i think that it happened last off-season is when i started feeling the crazy soreness and i just thought that i wasn't doing enough stretching exercising i was way over playing in florida like hours and hours at a time while my girlfriend was at work so yeah it was weird so then with that you know you played a ton of disc golf your shoulder was maybe dangling by a thread at that point but you had a great season in 2021 and you had some fantastic performances made a name for yourself and then to have all that go away and for you to have to take a break how grateful are you to just be back playing disc golf right now amazing it doesn't matter what my scores are it's just it's amazing to see all my friends be back in the environment that i'm used to this is my career and it just sucks to take a break what percentage do you think you are of your you know uh full potential when it comes to health it's so hard um probably around 75 percent i'd say come even the second round last weekend it was just a whole new battle to fight for sure on the course the first round adrenaline took over everything was kind of just it was working out the first round but come the second round man...
