Pablo Lima, a 36-year-old Brazilian professional padel player and world number one for three years, shares in this testimonial his personal experience with rest and recovery in the final stretch of his sporting career. He looks back on the values that, in his view, have defined his career — effort, dedication, discipline and teamwork — and to which he attributes having achieved results beyond his natural attributes, through constant work.
He recounts that he was going through recovery from an injury, a situation that caused him worry and unease and made resting difficult: at first he struggled to sleep, turning over in his mind how it would progress and when he would be able to compete again. He explains that, after incorporating non-invasive neuromodulation, he has noticed a change that has surprised him, since he has gone back to sleeping eight hours in a row after a long time without managing it.
He also describes how that improvement in rest fits into his recovery process, helping him face the return to training and competition, and he underlines that being rested has a decisive impact on his general wellbeing. He concludes with his view of success, understood not as being number one, but as giving the best of oneself with the attributes one has.
