The handwritten schedule looks like any recovering patient’s daily routine. Wake up. Breakfast. Walk. Recliner. Ice. Repeat. Except this one belongs to Justin Thomas, and for someone who makes a living chasing perfection under pressure, doing nothing might be the hardest thing he’s ever done.

Thomas posted the detailed recovery plan to Instagram on November 26, following his November 13 microdiscectomy at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The surgery addressed a herniated disc causing nagging hip and back pain. Now he’s home, and the restrictions are clear: no bending, lifting, or twisting for two weeks.

“Doing nothing is not something I’m very good at,” he wrote. So he’s created a structure—red light therapy, bone broth, supplements, icing throughout the day, no alcohol. Anythin

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