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Say your neck cracks a bunch of times from a can opener, and your ROM is limited all of a sudden from what could be muscle tightness or w/e happens when you're can opened hard. What is a good way to as speedily as possible recover to regain full ROM and to reduce w/e pain one gets from minimal to none?
Also, what's the best way to get out of the can opener when someone is in your guard?
Chiropractic adjustment, decompression therapy, rest, when recovery is far enough along physical therapy/exercise to strengthen stabilizing muscles. Spine injuries put me out of BJJ for 8 months, this route got ME back in the game but may not be for everyone.
Tap early yo!
Can openers are easy to defend early rather than late. If you see it setting up early, you can simply swim in.
If they get the grip, but not the leverage by cranking you still have time to hit an armbar.
If they start cranking and you can no longer angle out for an armbar, you have to let go of your closed guard and use your hands to scoot your butt away from them. It makes it so your butt is under you, instead of in front of you like in closed guard. This makes his crank useless since it would be like someone pulling your head into them if you were sitting down.
Hope that helps :)
Had it happen to me as a white belts that and getting stuck trying to roll out of omoplatas. Hurt and was stiff for a year. Then I started really stretching my neck. The roll over your neck touching knees and toes on the mat like granby rolls. After a couple months the pain and stiffness disappeared.
Hey, I am sorry to know about your neck pain. I would like to suggest you to get the acupuncture therapy. I have also got acupuncture for my shoulder pain. I got the therapy at acupuncture Mississauga clinic.
For can openers I suggest either trying to armbar them, opening your guard, or just tapping. Unless you're trying to compete as a pro grappler or fighter I just don't think it's worth it if you work a full time job to let your neck get jacked up that bad. I know someone that got can opener'd hard and got a couple bulged discs and he's all fucked up.
I'm an evangelist for good massage therapy. Chiropractors can probably help, but I really like massage therapy too because once your muscles are relaxed, an adjustment from a chiropractor will go further, since your muscles are no longer pulling your bones out of alignment again.
1) Isolate the area on your body that is causing pain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enrique "Kiko"
2) Identify the precise location of said pain.
3) Identify muscle with limited range of motion and research what nerve innervates that muscle.
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/cn/cranial.htm
4) Understand that a great majority of rotational deficiencies stem from occlusion of the spinal accessory nerve (Cranial Nerve XI) since it controls your trapezius and your sternocleidomastoid, the latter of which plays a central role in head rotation.
5) Google search for "exercises to strengthen trapezius" or "exercise to strengthen cranial nerve XI" and you'll find exercises that you could do to help slowly strengthen the area. Here, I've done it for you. There are some major tips here to help deal with the pain. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1298684-treatment
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Originally Posted by Enrique "Kiko"
1) Open your guard
2) Place your feet on his hips
3) Use your feet to push yourself backward and disengage from his control.
Thank you to everyone so far. I've read through this thread multiple times to make sure I didn't forget any of the good suggestions and advice.
Often the movement cause by the can opener when you chin is compressed to your chest results in bulging discs as talked about in this thread. No idea if this relates to you but may help if it does.
Like I said in the thread Mckenzies exercises changed my life and it's free :)
http://www.10thplanetjj.com/threads/...ight=Mckenzies
100% agree! Did the same for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Bruhn
I just don't let people crank on my neck anymore. Anyone gets hold of mine rolling i just tap. I am not letting my wee neck get jacked!
How bout this, tell your partner to ease the fuck down lol, but seriously, leave your ego behind u and tap earlier than later, helps for me, "tap early, train tomorrow". sounds familiar? Can openers are illegal in all competitions where I'm from so why even do it, its a douchbag move anyways, its not technical at all. Its a recipe for a hernated disc, u dont want that shit..
For recovery, rest, isometric contractions after 3-4 days of your neck, then stretches eventually. Cold is a bit overrated but its good the first day or too, just dont use it too much, 20 mins max at a time, i'de suggest 10 mins. anti inflammitories im not a big fan of and anyways im not allowed recomend u take it but if i were u I'de only use if u feel u really have to. It's hard to say what u should do since Im not there beside u and i cant do any testing and ask all the appropriate questions, but I hope this helps a bit.
goodluck.
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Originally Posted by Enrique "Kiko"
good advice, but decompression therapy is a bit overrated, some people in Quebec got in trouble for this because they made some claims that were not true. From what i remember, it mostly makes it feel better but does not actually treat it, its definately not bad for u but your vertebraes will come back closer together anyways, something like that.
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I’d say read browse around once more and clear any misunderstandings.
I had chronic back pain from my roofing work for over 20 years. Tried acupuncture, massage therapy and even pranic healing before I got chiropractic manual adjustment at the Erin Mills Health facility here in Mississauga, where I live. Best money I ever spent. I agree that there are scammers around trying to drain money from you everywhere, but chiro is definitely legit.