TWIBJJ 59 with Dr Ethan Kreiswirth on BJJ Injury Prevention

[Budo_Jake]

I had my friend Dr Kreiswirth on the show where he shared his knowledge and experience as being the head IBJJF sports doctor at big events such as the Pans, the Worlds etc.

Think Nogi is more dangerous than gi? Hear what the doc has to say!

I learned a lot from this black belt doctor and I think you will too:

http://www.budovideos.com/blog/this-...reiswirth.html

[Ben Eddy]

Thanks Budo Jake, I think this is a topic that needs a lot more open discussion in our sport. So many people are suffering life long injuries from the intensity of bjj training. There's very little information on prevention and what certain positions are doing to our body long term.

I wish more of the talk would have been about prevention. Currently we are all just learning the hard way.

He briefly talked about de la riva guard and the plastic bag stretching effect it has on our joints, this is the kind of info that really needs to be explored more. It's easy to understand immediate damage from submissions, but long term damage we are doing to our joints by playing certain positions over and over is less clear.

Would be nice to have some more info on a proper regeneration program too.

[Solicit]

When are we going to get some more rolled up episodes? ...Or Glovers Travels?