I’ve also been exploring different kinds of energy healing as a treatment for pain and trauma, with some wackier than others. It started with a trip to Bali where I met with a medicine man who ‘balanced my chakras’ by channelling energy through his hands. He read my body like braille, commenting on the places he thought were emotionally blocked and how this might be hindering my healing.

A few months later, I found myself convulsing on the floor at a retreat in Ibiza. I was there to try another healing therapy, this time involving a technique that causes the body to spontaneously move. Gwyneth Paltrow does something similar in episode five of The Goop Lab.

Rethink the purpose of your workouts

The real work, however, has been learning to rewire my brain – to change my thinking that a workout doesn’t have to be exhausting to be effective. Of course, I couldn’t return to the gym all guns blazing, I’ve had to build my strength back up slowly. In doing this, I’ve found something joyous: fitness freedom.

Only exercise when you feel like it

Exercising is still a priority, but I now only train when I have the energy and when it feels good – a completely new experience for someone who used to track workouts on an Excel spreadsheet. I’ve also had to diversify my workouts, and I’ve enjoyed doing so. I’m still on that reformer pilates hype but I’m also getting into swimming and yoga.

It’s been a huge shift, but I’m glad to be on a new, kinder fitness journey – one that isn’t just adrenaline-fueled. I’ve had my fill of fractures.

“My addiction to HIIT resulted in a stress fracture – recovery meant getting to grips with over-exercising and reformer pilates”