can I ask who/how were you diagnosed? I fear i may have a similar issue going on.
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I don't know man, partly matters how old you are I guess but. we've seen a lot of fights getting called off due to injuries sustained in training. Also we've seen Forrest Griffin run out of the arena bawling (not crying like a man) and he takes TRT. I'll never come close as a fighter but he's not my role model of choice.
Thanks everyone.
My rib cartilage is my weakness for sure. When I first started BJJ I paid my dues for my first month and went to the first class. During the class my first partner was HUGE. We learned Upa and roll. During the bridge and twist I tore the cartilage in my ribs. Went to Doc, he took x-ray and I had no broken ribs. I could barely freakin' breath. A sneeze sent me to the floor. Since I already paid however, I wasn't going to miss a single class. I very painfully rolled thru it. Since then I have had the same thing 3-4 more times in a couple of different spots. Rolled thru every one. It has been almost 2 years since the last one. I am either just rolling smarter or my ribs have finally gotten conditioned to rolling. Choose your rolling partners carefully for a while. Find people that you can work with but will take it alittle easy on that side for you. With your Doctors permission of course!!
And ICE, ICE baby!!
Yeah, one way to look at it is, based solely off his accomplishments, anything hes says regarding mma has some weight. On the other hand great fighters aren't always the great coaches. You also have to consider the severity of injury. We get mat burns and bruises almost everyday. (I do anyway) but injuries to connective tissues like ligaments and tendons, some cartilage take a long time to heal. One of the climbing gyms I used to frequent had a limit on the number of days you could train on this one particular apparatus. That was because muscle can grow and heal so much faster than connective tissues that you can develop to rapidly and rip you own tendons.
Just keep your mind active, look into things that you didn't have time to before. Remember healing is training too, being patient and taking the time to heal up isn't easy, but theres so much in this world to be learned and nows the perfect time to do it. I blew my knee out in April and have been dying to get back on the mats but nothing would be more disapointing than reinjuring myself and being out even longer. Just concentrate on healing and being patient. In the long run it'll be better, some injuries are worth pushing through and some are better off having time to heal.. In my opinion haha