At age 29, NFL star Rob Gronkowski announced he was retiring from professional football. He had gone to the Super Bowl with the Patriots and won three times, and in 2014, he had been named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year. He held NFL records for most touchdowns in a season by a tight end and most career touchdowns in the postseason by a tight end. Why was he walking away from all this success?
Gronkowski was living with chronic pain, and it was starting to also affect his mental well-being. He disliked the prevalence of pain killers in the league and worried about the long term effects on him.
“Football was bringing me down, and I was losing that joy in life.”
After walking away from the NFL, Gronkowski spent the next year recovering and letting himself heal. He credits a large part of his recovery – and now living pain-free – to CBD products, and he wishes that he could have used it when he was first playing.
When he returned to the NFL in 2020, he was part of yet another Super Bowl champion team. He also came back as an outspoken advocate for CBD in the NFL, which at the time had a policy against its use. According to the league’s rules, players could be suspended for using CBD products.
In early 2020, however, the NFL relaxed its restrictions, reducing penalties for its usage and doing away with suspensions. By sharing his experience and how CBD helped his daily pain management, Gronkowski might have helped shift the league’s policy.
Readers, we want to hear from you! Do you use CBD products for pain management or your mental health? Leave a comment below, and let us know which celebrity you want us to profile next!
C(eleb)BD: Rob Gronkowski
At age 29, NFL star Rob Gronkowski announced he was retiring from professional football. He had gone to the Super Bowl with the Patriots and won three times, and in 2014, he had been named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year. He held NFL records for most touchdowns in a season by a tight end and most career touchdowns in the postseason by a tight end. Why was he walking away from all this success?
Gronkowski was living with chronic pain, and it was starting to also affect his mental well-being. He disliked the prevalence of pain killers in the league and worried about the long term effects on him.
After walking away from the NFL, Gronkowski spent the next year recovering and letting himself heal. He credits a large part of his recovery – and now living pain-free – to CBD products, and he wishes that he could have used it when he was first playing.
When he returned to the NFL in 2020, he was part of yet another Super Bowl champion team. He also came back as an outspoken advocate for CBD in the NFL, which at the time had a policy against its use. According to the league’s rules, players could be suspended for using CBD products.
In early 2020, however, the NFL relaxed its restrictions, reducing penalties for its usage and doing away with suspensions. By sharing his experience and how CBD helped his daily pain management, Gronkowski might have helped shift the league’s policy.
Readers, we want to hear from you! Do you use CBD products for pain management or your mental health? Leave a comment below, and let us know which celebrity you want us to profile next!