Health and safety tip

**JKDChick** · Posted On: 5/29/2003 10:13pm

*sigh*
I'd love to pull someone's groin.

*looks around expectantly for Crimson Tiger and Asia*

"I'm willing to bet I could **** up an emu real good, if I got the drop on the bastard."
-- KC Elbows, my new hero.

P.S. I'm going to talk to a sports medicine guy tomorrow, so yeah, I think it'll probably be MRI time.

**kryptiq** · Posted On: 5/30/2003 12:10am

That sucks - hope your ankle gets better soon JKDC.

OMG - retinal detachment! I'm hoping that this wasn't caused while training/sparring. If you get it treated early, you'd only need freezing or laser surgery.

On a similar note - I was talking to some guys at my club tonight who've been doing BJJ for years and two have severe neck injuries - they think I have some disk degeneration in my neck. I'm going to get it checked out but I have a feeling this is the end of my BJJ career. Their pain has never gone away despite taking months off (in some cases) and some keep rolling with the steady use of pain-killers.

**JKDChick** · Posted On: 5/30/2003 1:03am

Yeah, I have to admit, retinal detachment trumps anything I've had ... you win you ... uh lucky guy?

"I'm willing to bet I could **** up an emu real good, if I got the drop on the bastard."
-- KC Elbows, my new hero.

**deus ex machina** · Posted On: 5/30/2003 2:56am

I think that many martial arts are like high school sports. Practitioners are encouraged to train through injuries and many times have their careers cut short by these complications arising from the injuries. "If it hurts, that means you're doing good." "No pain, no gain." I understand a little muscle soreness, but for chrissake, if your shoulder is making grinding noises when you move it, get it checked.

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danny

"All this talk about 'newbies' is making me a little nervous. You guys don't have any sort of secret hazing initiation involving wooden paddles and me screaming 'Thank you sir, may I have another?!' do you?"

**Stold3** · Posted On: 5/30/2003 3:08am

Sometimes I have trouble discerning good pain from bad pain.

**Choke** · Posted On: 5/30/2003 3:11am

Seriously injuring yourself or aggravating an injury in training is the complete opposite of martial arts training.

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To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking:
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**Shura** · Posted On: 5/30/2003 3:13am

There is no bad pain! '

How many Zen masters does it take to change a light bulb?

&gt; Two. One to change it, and one not to change it.

**cyrijl** · Posted On: 5/30/2003 7:41am

i hurt my ankle last spet, and it is not beginning to feel better....busted my wrist punching....sent home from docs...still hurts...i am beginning to think i may be Mr. Glass from Unbreakable....so that means there's a superhero coming to find me....(hopefully wonder woman)

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I'm half puerto rican and i know judo so you betta run
judo know if i got a knife
and judo know if i got a gun

**cyrijl** · Posted On: 5/30/2003 7:42am

oh,my point---i did take a break and it seemed to help but then the injury came back a little. Sometimes it is hard to know when you are fully recovered.

I hope JKDChick and OMG recover fully.

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I'm half puerto rican and i know judo so you betta run
judo know if i got a knife
and judo know if i got a gun

**Kuroneko** · Posted On: 5/30/2003 8:12am

hihi, Mr. Glass... we actually have a DR. Glass in our dojo. He's nicked "The Shredder" for a reason...

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