Barriers to Implementing Psychologically Informed Practice in Sports Rehabilitation: A Call for System-Level Solutions (bjsm.bmj.com)

• PiP addresses psychological responses to injury (fear, avoidance, identity loss) to improve rehab outcomes.
• Most evidence for PiP comes from non-sport populations; implementation in sports faces unique barriers.
• System-level barriers (organizational culture, time, training) are often overlooked compared to individual clinician factors.

"This article examines barriers to implementing psychologically informed practice (PiP) in sports settings. PiP integrates cognitive, behavioral, and emotion-focused care to address psychological responses to injury, but most evidence comes from non-sport populations. Individual-level barriers like clinician attitudes are often highlighted, but system-level barriers such as organizational culture, time constraints, and lack of training pathways are critical. The authors argue for addressing these systemic issues to facilitate wider adoption of PiP in sports medicine."