AJ Davis is a 17-year-old state-level kayaker and training partner with the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI). She created Recover Hard Recover Smart after rupturing her ACL during a netball game on 19 November 2024.
Before the injury, sport was everything to AJ. She trained on the water six mornings a week, hit the gym three afternoons a week, and completed extra sessions on top of that. Kayaking wasn’t just what she did. It was who she was. When she was angry, she ran. When she was stressed, she trained. That was her outlet, her identity, her entire social world.
Then it was gone.
The first few months of ACL recovery were th
