{"id":99493,"date":"2026-09-16T11:20:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/olympic-gold-medalist-aly-raisman-on-how-she-learned-to-advocate-for-her-own-health\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:20:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:20:44","slug":"olympic-gold-medalist-aly-raisman-on-how-she-learned-to-advocate-for-her-own-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/olympic-gold-medalist-aly-raisman-on-how-she-learned-to-advocate-for-her-own-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman on how she learned to advocate for her own health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/aly-raisman-fbi-nassar-investigation-cbs-mornings\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Aly Raisman<\/a><\/span> has competed at the highest levels as an Olympic gymnast, often pushing her body to the limits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A decade since she last competed, Raisman has been learning to take care of her body after years of overtraining and anxiety.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My body completely just gave up on me,&#8221; she said on the latest episode of &#8220;Healthful.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, Raisman is advocating for women, not just athletes, to prioritize taking care of themselves and speaking up for their needs even when they feel ignored.<\/p>\n<h2>The importance of listening to your body<\/h2>\n<p>When Raisman was training for elite gymnastics competitions, sessions would last up to &#8220;six and a half to seven hours&#8221; as often as six days a week. At the time, Raisman&#8217;s focus was on perfection and winning. There was little time to let her body recover.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am a big people pleaser,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a subjective sport, so I&#8217;ve always seeked validation,&#8221; from coaches and judges to strangers and close family members. Even today, she said she finds it hard to focus on what she wants and how she feels first.<\/p>\n<p>Day after day, Raisman was testing her physical limits to prepare for the Olympics. Burnout and exhaustion consumed her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t even feel like my body has fully recovered,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Raisman now encourages people to prioritize taking care of their body <em>before<\/em> it gives up on them.<\/p>\n<p>She uses a mantra she saw online to help her not feel guilty about letting her body rest: &#8220;If you do not pick a day to rest, your body will pick it for you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;One time is too many&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Reflecting on the nearly 10 years since the #MeToo movement, Raisman said it&#8217;s been validating and devastating to learn how many people can relate to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She revealed in November 2017 that she was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/aly-raisman-60-minutes-us-olympic-gold-medal-gymnast-i-am-a-victim-of-sexual-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">assaulted by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>But Raisman said she doesn&#8217;t want others to compare their experience to her own or anyone else&#8217;s, especially if it keeps them from speaking up. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No matter what you&#8217;ve been through, if someone has mistreated you in any capacity, one time is too many, and it&#8217;s not your fault,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Raisman said she is often approached by other survivors who are &#8220;suffering in silence.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve had people come up to me in the grocery store that have said, &#8216;I was abused 50 years ago, you&#8217;re the only person I&#8217;ve ever told.&#8217; I&#8217;ve had people you know run into the bathroom stall with me and say, &#8216;I was abused and you&#8217;re the only person I&#8217;ve ever told.&#8217; I&#8217;ve had a male CEO come up to me and tell me that he was abused when he was younger,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hearing from others has given Raisman courage to keep talking about her experience, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that I am one of the few survivors in the world who is supported,&#8221; she said. &#8220;So I do not take that lightly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Keep advocating for yourself<\/h2>\n<p>Raisman finds that advocating for herself in situations where she feels out of control makes her feel better. She revealed she&#8217;s been having pain with her period, which is only getting worse as she gets older. The waitlist to see a specialist has her frustrated, and she knows she&#8217;s not the only woman going through this. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I find it&#8217;s very unusual for me to talk to someone in my life that has their period and for them not to say that their pain is excruciating as well,&#8221; Raisman said. &#8220;And I think for me, when I start to notice as I get older it&#8217;s getting worse, that&#8217;s really worrisome for me because I wanna understand what&#8217;s going on with my body.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She makes it clear it&#8217;s not the doctor&#8217;s fault \u2014 it&#8217;s the system. &#8220;They must be so exhausted and so overworked,&#8221; Raisman said. &#8220;A doctor&#8217;s mental health is extremely important and something that should be talked about as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Asking for help<\/h2>\n<p>Even with a strong support system, Raisman said she still struggles with asking for help and advocating for herself at times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have learned the importance of finding good people in my life that I can talk to and I can trust,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She encourages others to &#8220;take a buddy&#8221; to something they are nervous about, like a doctor&#8217;s appointment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t tell you how often my mom comes with me to stuff,&#8221; Raisman laughed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She has also been a buddy for others, including someone who was having an IUD implanted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could tell this person on the table was feeling so vulnerable,&#8221; she said. She asked the person if they wanted the doctor to stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They said &#8216;yes,&#8217; and so I told the doctor to stop, and he did,&#8221; Raisman said. &#8220;And the person that I was with said, &#8216;If you weren&#8217;t there and you didn&#8217;t, if you didn&#8217;t advocate for me, I would have pushed through and I would&#8217;ve fainted.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Raisman acknowledged that speaking up to a doctor can still be a challenge for her because of her abuse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the best way to advocate for ourselves is to get practice with doing it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And it&#8217;s really hard, but to also know that when we do that, people aren&#8217;t always gonna listen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why finding a community that supports and encourages you is critical, Raisman said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t have to do it alone,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>If you or a loved one has experienced sexual abuse, there are resources for you to seek help. 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