{"id":931,"date":"2016-07-14T10:35:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T09:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.art-of-bjj.com\/en\/?p=931"},"modified":"2018-04-04T20:28:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T19:28:54","slug":"injury-when-you-start-to-miss-bjj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.art-of-bjj.com\/en\/injury-when-you-start-to-miss-bjj\/","title":{"rendered":"BJJ & injury : when you start to miss it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people will agree when I say that Brazilian Jiu-jitsu\u00a0<\/strong>makes you totaly become addicted to it. Once you get caught up in it, trainings will quickly give your daily life its tempo and hold an important place.
\nI always have been aware of that but only get the scope as I had to stop to train. A few months ago I ended up at the casuality department because of an herniated disc<\/strong>. Nothing too serious (It\u2019s just a \u201csmall\u201d one but I don\u2019t want to know what a big one is!) but I got the verdict : no more jiu-jitsu this season<\/strong>. I never did a long break so it was a small hammer blow for me.<\/p>\n

Dreaming about jiu-jitsu<\/h2>\n

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\nI understood that I was really addicted to BJJ<\/strong> as I was bedridden. Besides the fact that I missed training, I have been surprised by some of my reactions. One of the first nights of my convalescence I already dreamt about BJJ and submissions came one after the other on the mat\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Watching (too much) BJJ videos<\/h2>\n

So I watched many Brazilian jiu-jitsu videos<\/strong> to pass the time. I was happy because I finally took time to find new techniques. I saved those I want to work on later and created my \u201cto do list\u201d… Until I became aware that I saved about ten videos in just a few days! At the time I thought I have to slow down the rythm….<\/p>\n

Herniated disc : a common injury<\/h2>\n

Between these videos and some Grey\u2019s Anatomy episodes (well, I tried to pass the time as best as I could while being beridden all day long, moreover Mc Dreamy always makes you feel better\u2026), I was looking to learn more about herniated disc and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu<\/strong>. I read that THE mestre Rickson Gracie<\/strong> had 7 and that his nephew Renner<\/strong> \u00a0just like Tanquinho<\/strong> recovered well from herniated discs. A real ray of hope (unless it was the analgesics or the muscular relaxing medicine effects\u2019s\u2026). So I decided to follow willy-nilly the latter\u2019s advices :<\/p>\n

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  1. Keep calm (well i didn\u2019t really had the choice ; the slightest movement was painfull)<\/li>\n
  2. Seek expert assistance<\/li>\n
  3. Don\u2019t go off half-cocked<\/li>\n
  4. Patience, a trait of jiu-jitsu<\/li>\n
  5. Physiotherapy is discipline (and make up for the gap left by the training in my schedule).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Despite everything I felt the call of the mat. As soon as possible I went to the academy to watch the training<\/strong> (but I left the gi in the wardrobe: rule n\u00b04!). I found the atmosphere again, my friends\u2026 As strange as it might seem I even missed the smell of the dojo (at that point I started to ask myself questions\u2026).<\/p>\n

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    \nWatch the training to keep on learning<\/h2>\n

    I spent many weeks watching the training, keeping in mind that Helio Gracie learned jiu-jitsu by watching his brothers train<\/strong>. Following the class, watching the other work on techniques and rolling are ways to maintain a foot on the mat. A substitue that makes you feel better but \u00a0I stilll had pins and needles in my hands because I wanted to hold a Gi or step on the mat.
    \nWhen you move from several trainings per week to none you also start to get quite desperate. So in addition to the injury, a feeling of physical and moral unease appears. I was as limp as a rag, unfit, highly sensitive (I felt a bit sorry for my colleagues\u2026). The first reeducation exercices sounded like a relief (I know I really look like an addict).<\/p>\n

    Reeducation everywhere even at work<\/h2>\n

    To optimize it I put money into a gym ball to partially replace my office chair (its quite uncommon in France, people find it funny and talk about me). So I improve my posture (well if I have a bad one I fall down) and do soft lumbar strenght exercices.
    \nIn addition I also do daily exercices from the McKenzie therapy (3 times\/day). This method puts pressure on the nucleus pulposus (core of the disc) to put it back into the disc (I won\u2019t go into details ; you will find more information on the McKenzie Institut\u2019s website). Between the ball and my gym I looked like an oddball at work!<\/p>\n

    Start again softly<\/h2>\n

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    \nThe doctor advised me to do sport again starting with a soft activity and suggested to go swimming or riding. I had the choice between a sport that bore me and that I found unconfortable, and swimming which I haven\u2019t practised for 10 years because I was traumatized by the sport exam of my high school degree.<\/p>\n

    I chose swimming because it needs less equipment and above all with the number of swimming pools around my home, I have no excuse to get around it. A good choice for me: I get reconcilied with this sport (no, its not because of the lifeguards…), complete my lumbar strenght exercises and improove my cardio. Furthermore I managed to convince some of my BJJ friends to go swimming with me! I have no more excuses.<\/p>\n

    And yet BJJ is still being missed<\/h2>\n

    I manage to counterbalance but the desperation is still here. When you cannot practise it you find yourself thinking about jiu-jitsu in unexpected situations. A friend who\u2019s also injured told me he used to drill on pillows. While I was sitting on the floor at a concert I surprised myself imagining how to attack the person standing next to me…There\u2019s no doubt about it: I live, I breathe, I think BJJ.
    \nFinally there\u2019s no miracle recipe to conterbalance the not being able to do Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Listening to my body and patience (rule n\u00b04) are for me the pillars all along my convalescence. And you, how did you deal with your injuries?<\/p>\n

    *Gracie Mag<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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