By Ashmit Kumar,EssentiallySports

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An interesting fact is that, before the 2025 WNBA season, Caitlin Clark hadn’t sustained an injury since she was in high school! She did not miss a single game during her 4-year tenure with the Iowa Hawkeyes, and the same goes for her WNBA rookie season, too. According to Yahoo! Sports reporter Cassandra Negley, this rise in ailments can be attributed to the defensive intensity she saw during the matchups.

“The league is known for its physicality, though it’s bordered on the cusp of poor officiating, to the claims of players and coaches alike this season. White called it out earlier in the year after a dust-up with the Sun resulted in ejections,” Negley wrote. “After Sunday’s Fever win over the Wings, video of commentators calling out the four uncalled fouls on Clark in one early play made the rounds this week. The same ESPN broadcast reported that rookie Paige Bueckers said she had to learn how to defend while fouling — different than her coaching at UConn — because players get away with it.”

Indiana Fever’s Stephanie White agreed that the physicality of the games played a role in Clark’s injury. After all, as White highlighted, “It causes you to load differently. Causes you to explode differently. It causes you to accelerate and decelerate differently.”

What happened to Caitlin Clark cannot be reversed now. Injuries can only be healed with patience and time. However, for the WNBA Finals, it must be ensured that players like Alyssa Thomas and A’ja Wilson don’t end up risking their health, or that of others. Clark would wish the same. After all, she doesn’t want those star players to go through what she did.

Caitlin Clark Described Harrowing Experience With Injuries

Due to her injury troubles, Caitlin Clark couldn’t participate in the WNBA All-Star Game. However, she did sit down for an interview with Glamour. The interview highlighted that, as a top WNBA player, she has access to treatments like red-light therapy, dry needling, and hyperbaric oxygen chambers, which she utilized. Beyond the physical, Clark spoke honestly about the importance of caring for her mental health, reminding us that neglecting it can make even the strongest feel vulnerable to unwanted thoughts.

“This is the first time I haven’t felt like a young body that can run around and sprint every day and just continue to do that,” said Clark. “Being a professional athlete, you really have to take care of both your body and your mind—it’s been a journey learning about that.”