My injury is unlike any other I've come across. I've had to approach getting better in a way I've never heard of before.

As an athlete I'm use to trying hard and training even harder when I want to improve. This time around my only task has been to keep myself from doing anything. When I say nothing I mean not walking fast, not reading, not going to the movie, not sitting on the computer, not driving. Get the idea? I had to go from training hard all day, every day, to absolute zero stimulation.

That's a hard idea to grasp when you want to do everything in your power to recover. Fine, I moved into my friends' house saying "don't worry, I'll be fine in a few weeks" and built myself a nest on their couch.

Next thing I knew, weeks had gone by.

Training had started and I was still in their house - not training. My coach told me it was no big deal. He said even if I don't train all summer I am so close to where I need to be for the Vancouver Olympics that I'll be fine.

It was comforting, but I was confident I'd be back in the next month. Of course, he had a plan. What a great coach, a plan for me even while I can't do anything. I was so excited to hear it because I couldn't think of one thing I could do to help my situation.

Here's the plan:

"I'm going to send you your plan every morning of training as if you are here training with us and you are going to visualize every detail of your session," said Daniel Murphy.

Wow, brilliant, I thought.

I have used visualization throughout my career and know that it works. I've never had to rely on it without combining it with physical training, but I know the brain doesn't know the difference and I can make this work.

Every training day I'd get my email. Lie down in my bed, slow my heart rate and get to a meditative state. There, I could see my surroundings and feel my body at the top of the ramp, skiing in and feeling the surface under my skis - seeing the jump in front of me, saying my cue words and feeling myself ride off the jump perfectly.

In the air, I could feel my body doing all the right technical things, feeling my arms making the right movements, my core being strong and my feet staying in line with my body, looking down to line up the perfect landing.

Day after day, jump after jump, I have done everything I would have worked on this summer. Not only did I do them, I did them perfectly. I've done so many perfect jumps that I don't even remember how to do the bad ones. When I get to jump on snow for real I will probably be better than when I left.

The whole summer has passed and I haven't done more than a 10-minute bike ride on level zero or splashed around in the pool. I've recently started to have better days and I really notice how on those good days I feel so present. Makes me realize what I fog I've had been in.

Post concussion, although taking months away from my life, didn't take away from my training. I know I will be great when I go back; my only concern right now is getting back in time. It has to work out...I have to be there...I will be there!