Is it important for you to improve your body or do you rather focus on other things? Our body is our best tool to do anything we need to achieve.
Some of us have a situation which makes it harder for us to obtain or maintain a healthy body. For example having a handicap or having a disease that increases your weight or having to take pills that can have side effects for your health. When you have something specific that you have to watch out for be sure to ask your doctor what you can do to improve your situation. It may require you to go on a search for something that you can do, but it is well worth the effort. If this means you have to go to a specialist who can help you create a plan, than that is what you have to do. Everyone can improve their health, it might only be in small increments, but it’s better than nothing.
The human body is the best picture of the human soul. – Ludwig Wittgenstein
The way our body looks is a reflection of how you can use your mind towards achieving your goal. If you set a health goal your mind will help you get there. For example setting a certain amount of days you workout a week, but how many weeks a year will you succeed at that amount? Everyone has some time free to do the things that are important for them. But when you don’t have the same time as you usually do how succesfull you are at it is dependant on how you can put your mind on the task.
Our body is strong and can go through anything we put it through. Granted our body can be injured, but it can recover from it and come back stronger. Look back at the time you were injured, did you avoid movement at all or were you allowing yourself to move in a different way? A shoulder injury will prevent you to do heavy weightlifting, yet it opens up a whole new area of movement. The first thing to do is consult with your doctor and potentially a sports doctor to find out how bad the injury is and what injuries should be avoided and which ones are highly advised to do. The general advice is to try some small movements and the ones that provoke pain are to be avoided. As you are injured your body has hit a limit, yet your mind will take a beating as well. When your believe in yourself your mind will be strong enough to overcome the injury and to get back stronger.