Bows Respectfully

[aseepish]

Take care of your legs everyone. Those days where you wake up lazy and don't want to work on cardio. Get out there and start moving.

Well spoken.

[Kravist05]

Kravist,
I have a friend who's a BJJ player who sustained a major knee injury and had to have surgery and couldn't train for over a month. And he's training again now. Did BJJ for about two months, switched to aiki/taiji now.

Treelizard,

Thanks for sharing that story. The more I hear about people going back to training the more confident I feel. Dont' know why I got so down on myself. Guess its just one of the moments of weakness. Hearing this story and others opens my eyes to the realization that I can still find a home in one of the many styles of martial arts.

[treelizard]

You may want to try acupuncture if you can afford it... It has helped me with injuries that the docs were scratching their heads about.

[knifethrower]

The more I hear about people going back to training the more confident I feel. Dont' know why I got so down on myself. Guess its just one of the moments of weakness. Hearing this story and others opens my eyes to the realization that I can still find a home in one of the many styles of martial arts.

I was a competing gymnast for about seven years; A lot of those techniques took a tool on my hands and wrists. That coupled with some bad hand condition techniques in martial arts made full power striking impossible. Open hand, closed, it didn’t matter; it hurt too bad to use practically. Nothing I could do about it, just had to bend over and take it. I switched to elbows and head butts and I had a really strong back fist I could use that didn’t hurt (hurt me that is). Any other technique I used was just a fake…it may scare the crap out of them but, I couldn’t knock them out with it.

Also in gymnastics, I hurt my back doing a pretty dangerous trick (double back). My back got progressively worse over a fifteen-year period. It got so bad that if I wanted to continue to train, I would have to go to the chiropractor around twice a month. My neck was also kind of the same way (from gymnastics).

I dislocated my shoulder in an exhibition fight. On that same shoulder, I broke my collarbone and separated my shoulder blade in a bike accident. After that my shoulder kept dislocating…it was just screwed. Some days it was so bad I would just have to roll one handed. Nothing I could do about it; I just rolled with the punches and changed my game accordingly.

I started Tai Chi and in just over two years and all my injuries are gone. I’m not trying to sell Tai Chi; I’m just trying to tell a happy story. I’m in better shape then when I was a competing gymnast. I would say that I am 100% but, I have had to redefine for myself what 100% actually means. I’m better, stronger, faster than I ever have been…and I’m pushing forty. Fuk all those cocksucks that tell you “once you hurt your knee/back/neck/anything it’s just never the same.” There’s always a way, dude…always.

[Kravist05]

Thank You

You may want to try acupuncture if you can afford it... It has helped me with injuries that the docs were scratching their heads about.

Acupuncture? How much does that cost? How long are the treatments?
Sounds like a good idea. I live in Southern California so I'm going to reach for the phone book. I have so much free time now I'm open to anything. Especially if it works.

[treelizard]

Acupuncture? How much does that cost? How long are the treatments?
Sounds like a good idea. I live in Southern California so I'm going to reach for the phone book. I have so much free time now I'm open to anything. Especially if it works.

It depends on the acupuncturist. Usually sessions are around an hour, though the first one is longer because they do a full intake. They'll check your pulse and tongue and ask you a ton of questions. The price can range from anywhere to $35 to $65/session. Some people need to go two or three times a week, though the standard is usually just once a week, and when I went my acupuncturist would only see me once a month because the results he was getting were so intense.

If there's a school in your area sometimes they have students (assisted by their teachers) do the session and then it's always less expensive. I know there's a school in Whittier. You may want to look around a little bit and call the offices and ask questions. Use the same skills you'd use when trying to figure out if you want to train with an instructor. Acufinder.com is a good resource.

Also if you're insured through Aetna they can find you an acupuncturist that I believe is only $35/session and I know Blue Shield of CA offers discounted acupuncture as well... In fact if I remember correctly I think California is one of two states where acupuncture is mandatory coverage under health insurance along with chiropracty... But I'd have to double check on that.