'I was so scared' Chemmy Alcott admits regret over avoiding solution for ski injuries

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Dragonfly CBD, which she credits with managing her pain.Looking back at her career, Chemmy admitted that she regretted not trying the alternative sooner.She said: "I wish I knew then what I know now because I wonder how good an athlete I could have been because I thought it was quite inhibiting when I was performing at an elite level."And I didn't see a management way around it even though I had a physio and everything."I thought I was trying everything but nothing, nothing targets that like the CBD that has happened to me in the last year," she added.Chemmy added that she was terrified of drug testing during her skiing career which caused her to "ignore the potential" of what CBD could do for her.She explained: "I found it really late in my life and I think I was so scared of CBD and being an athlete who has drug tested my whole life."I'm so scared of THC and what that might do to me because I'm a control freak that I kind of ignored all the massive potential of what CBD could do to heal my leg and to help me be pain free."And that's a regret I have," she said.Tetrahydrocannabinol, known commonly as THC, is the main compound found in cannabis, however, it is not found in CBD oils.Reflecting on her injuries, Chemmy went on: "I don't have any regrets about crashing because those are moments where I was charging."I have regrets about not being more open-minded about solutions to my pain."She added that she was in "persistent" pain following the crash for over a decade.Chemmy said: "I had it all the way until January last year, I had this Nick Faldo size golf ball of swelling on the front of my shin that I squashed into a ski boot all the time."I always call him Nick Faldo, I name everything to personalise it, and I'm like,.