Ashley Marble Case Study

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Intro Ashley marble is an athlete who has been affected by an injury while playing a sport. You may think it’s just an injury, and what’s the big deal? The big deal is that it’s not just an injury; injured athletes are three times more likely to suffer from depression and other mental health problems then the general population(). Ashley marble was a basketball player at the University of Southern Maine(). Beyond that Marble said she was suffering from depression and anorexia, an eating disorder(). Marble was recovering from a debilitating left ankle injury that almost ended her career, after years of not telling anyone about her mental health during and after the injury she wanted to share her story(). Marble became a personal trainer to make

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