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I'm just freaking pissed. I haven't competed since July due to injury after injury. Usually nothing to major, but always seems to happen right before a comp. Just strained my groin Monday during wrestling and have Hayastan tourney this Saturday. I've probably had the best couple past months of training that I've ever had and now this happens. Oh well, at least NAGA Charlotte will be here April 9th. I might just do all light cardio until then. ;)
Am I the only one this happens to?
LOL, No.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Helton
I have bad years and worse years.
Yeah I've had a few minor injuries and gotten sick right before competitions. Luckily most of them have been manageable and I've competed anyway. Just more motivation to finish early! Did you not warm up enough or just get take down awkwardly? Hope you heal up quick buddy!
lol. I'm just frustrated. Been looking forward to this comp for a while. Had a couple guys I really wanted to compete against. I just didn't warm up properly. Had some new guys join up the gym this week and I got anxious and started working with one of them without warming up all the way. Dumb dumb dumb.
i have a spider bite on my ankle :(
I've had the same happen but it's made me adamant about always warming up before class. You'll be back before you know it with fists of fury.
i seem to be right there with ya!!!
i have been hurt for 2 years straight. and i am about to be 31. i may never heal :) i feel your pain, dude!
I've been healthy for 3 or 4 months and 10 days out of my first mma fight I have a pulled back and probable broken bone in my foot via landing with my foot on a knee that was checking. I feel your pain bro.
gotta stretch out those hip flexors! Injuries are part of every sport.. and I don't think anyone ever goes through any of them without constant injuries. Just the nature of the game.. I would say fuck it compete anyways regardless of injury etc.. but I'm sure plenty of people disagree with me on that.. being crippled in the later years wouldn't be pleasant. But a pulled groin isn't terrible just uncomfortable.. i'm sure you can power through it or thats how mine have been. Just get a sharp pain here and there.
I just dislocated my finger last week... Good thing I took off my titanium ring before class :) I think injuries are just unavoidable. You just gotta minimize your chances when ever you can. And post injury to take care of it properly.
My neck has been fucked for three years, thats the nature of the beast. Hang in there and stay positive.
I think injuries every now and again are pretty much unavoidable with this sport. You can minimize them by keeping your body in good shape, eating healthy, stretching and getting enough exercise. Also you need to be smart about your injuries. I got a very bad herniated disc in my neck a couple years back. Looking back I realize that the injury was probably avoidable. I had been having off and on neck problems for awhile, but never took time off from training unless the pain got excruciating. I remember my neck bothering me pretty bad, but at the time I had gone down to LA and was within my first week or two of training at 10th Planet, so I was like "fuck it, I'm training no matter what." Well needless to say my neck went out on me during training, and I ended up not being able to train again for around six months. If I had just taken some time off when my neck first started hurting I'm sure I could have been at full strength again within a month. I guess what I am trying to get across is that when you get an injury that is likely to be aggravated with more training you are better off resting it until it heals, rather than trying to be a tough guy and missing much more time in the long run. I still train through injuries when i feel it is just a matter of dealing with the pain and I won't make it worse, but I always take time off to let the injury heal if I feel training could make it worse.
Two things that can make you more prone to injury are poor body alignment/posture and also being "under supplemented".
Athletes need to be on a solid multi vitamin and clean diet minimum.
I'm sorry to hear that brother man. I'll see you at that NAGA. Take care and work the rebel yoga.
I'm with ya man! I hurt my rib cartilage a few months ago.. was out for about 6 weeks, step back on the mat, caught in a really tight whizzard and ended up with a slight tear in my chest muscle .. heeled that up back on the mat hurt my elbow.. it's frustrating.
for me .. .it's slow an steady wins the race!
Shit...if I'm healthy for 3 straight months it's a frigging miracle. The rash of injuries really didn't start till I turned 30 but it's been down hill ever since. 2 torn ACLs, torn mcl, dislocate shoulder, sprained ankle, dislocated tailbone, torn bicept an now a broken pinkie toe. I keep on trucking though...it's part of the game.
Uh oh... this spider bite might be staph. Going to the doctor today. So freaking lame.
:(
All injuries are caused by a lack of attention. Pushing too hard or being lazy.
Consider an injury as a wake up call from your body warning you to stay in the present moment.
Stretching can cause injuries too.
Injuries mean you're doing something/everything wrong.
Hate it when that happens.. I splattered my apendix a copuple weeks before the norwegian open last year..
have ot been able to train or compete since that! Sucks ball!
I tore off most of my asshole the other day shaving my balls. My bottom game is suffering, but my top is sure to improve.
Also, this just in, a fortune cookie monster i just read: "You will be unusually successful in an entertainment career". "unusually successful," wonder what that says about me.
Now back on task, what were we talking about? Oh yes, injuries.
So i turned 32 in January, and shit is fuckin up left and right. Bout 1.5 yrs ago, i tore my ACL & meniscus in my right knee, had the surgery, now i do pretty well. Although, the reminder is always there, have to be careful of how my knee gets tweaked rolling. Know how sometimes you'll be in a scramble, end up in mount, but one of your legs or feet is kinda stuck under the guy...i gotta bail on that shit quick. Little things like that.
Also another little gift from the lord of hosts, I have allergies now. Really? Allergies? At 30 I develop allergies? What a faggot. I mean the shit got so bad that i was hyperventilating cause i couldnt get enough air in and my whole face would go numb like a stroker. Scary shit. I have to get a shot in each arm now once a week for a year and a half...and wear breathe right strips...and take allergy medicine. This makes me a gay fag and i'm not happy about it. Also, has destroyed my cardio, i suffer like hell at every tourney i enter now, its tough. Gettin better, but still plagues the hell outta me.
Its always something Johnny 5, and you ain’t alone!
I've been getting injured since my 5th day of training from head to toe. My coach says "welcome to the sport." =D Injuries are part of the game, but that won't keep any of us away will it. I find that a solid warm up and stretch, in that order, really helps prevent injury in multiple ways.
I hear ya brotha! Coach used to say if he had to bet on anyone walking out of class with an injury on any given night he'd put his money on me. Between regular ol' jiu jitsu injuries (ribs twice, knee, more back pain than is reasonable at my age, etc) and the direct and indirect problems caused by my Crohn's it's a wonder I've progressed at all with my jitz. Consistency is the name of the game and if you could describe me in one word it would INconsistent. It sucks. I've put in a shit-ton of mental reps though! For two months I was on a 15lb lifting restriction which included an Eddie seminar (dammit!) and all I could do was mental reps. Better than nothing but man, three straights months of health on the mats would be awesome... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by VJ Bella
Man, you see on average 2 ut of every 8 UFC fight gets cancelled or rescheduled with different fighters due to injury. When you train hard, it is unavoidable.
Tore my groin muscle getting an old school sweep in a tourny, I couldn't finish the match had wimp out. I was out for a month and still have tightness in the crotchel region lol.
fucked up my knee pushing a car in the cold and I had to have surgery and was out for a year it sucked my knee still clicks and the pains probably gonna be there for the rest of my life but I can train at 100% so it's not the end of the world. feel better dude it happens to the best of us.
I think the anatomically correct term is the "crotchular region" or the crotchimus maximus...or for some crotchimus minimus. Mike, you actually got me a little skurred. I'm going to make the assumption that all purple belts in the system can do a full on, knees down to the floor, head touching feet or floor butterfly stretch and you STILL pulled your groin? I've pulled other muscles, never the groin, and I'm just imagining it's pretty up there in the pain department.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Dewitt Jr
Damn you Irish!! Im convinced you via this thread put a hex on me. Fight next thursday and crunched my ribs yesturday on top of a respiratory infection. Im still fightin, but this is gonna make it more interesting. :)
and dude remember whatever happens you can always bounce back and push through.
when I got my knee scoped, the doctor said I had plica syndrome and had never seen that much plica buildup and damage in his entire life (and he was a sports medicine doctor and was like 65 years old). he basically told me it would never get better, but I'm back to performing at 100%, and only after 1 year. Remember man the human mind can overcome anything.
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Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren
Ha ha ha! I'm right there with you bro. I'll be 32 this year and I've never rolled at class or in competition healthy. Somethings always tweaked but once I'm on the mats I just don't care. Probably not gonna be able to walk when I'm 35.
I've been learning/training (with Jon and Co) the past few weeks and in a span of 3 weeks got a sore back, then had my nose tapped (light blood thank God for my mouthguard absorbing most of the impact) and this week tweaked my ankle. I'm 29, so glad I started picking this up now.....
I am also pretty injury prone, I leave each class with a new injury and they are healing slower than I get them. Lower back, shoulder, tennis elbow, left rear ribs, right knee and added a jammed finger yesterday. What I realized over the last couple months is that I give most of these injuries my self, trying a weird pass or an all strength/athleticism type sweep. Moves that are not based on technique tend to put a lot of stress on bones, joints and tendons hence most of the injures. You can't prevent all of them, but by rolling smart you can avoid a great deal of them.
daaaaaaaam that was wise as shitQuote:
Originally Posted by AndyK5
I dont know what it is about me but I am not injury prone. Ever since I was a kid I have been a skater and have taken some nasty fucking falls, the kind most people break limbs and shit, and only come out with scrapes. As for bjj, the worst that has ever happened was that my arms get sore after rolling and that doesnt even happen to me anymore! To be fair, I am pretty flexible, I make strectching/yoga a HUGE part of my fitness, not just a quick warm up before I work out or roll. Seriously been in way too many scenarios that I should have been severely hurt and only got minor injuries. Oh and I heal rather quick too. Either I am just plain lucky or I am wolverines cousin...
My friends and family call me the most injury prone person that they know. Lol...sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Helton
I barely walk now (without looks anyway), and I'm 30.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matthew Edlund
This is exactly what I needed to read. I've been getting injured a lot the past 2 years. Bruised sternum, pulled muscles, possible torn groin (which Im nursing right now), and a jacked up shoulder. My gf told me last night that maybe I should quit JJ all together. Um..NO! I refuse to die. Im almost 31, and am not getting any younger. Time to heal and get back in there. But knowing that Im not the only one this happens to, makes me feel a little better.
I just got my arm hyperextended from an over zelous blue belt. Im 33 and have never been prone to injury, always been into sports like skateboarding, snowboarding, dirt bikes, grappling ect, but man this SUCKS ive been out for a week and i still cant straighten my arm! so now i can say i feel your pain bro!
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