You need to listen to your body and train around what you can. My left knee is complete garbage, and my last MRI my dr (who knows me very well, as i basically live at orthopedics) told me we can only do shots, and i need a full knee replacement.

Even just going and watching class is better than not going at all. You can still work upperbody stuff with light weights, etc.

Yeah I've decided to take 6-12 months out of competition and just address the long list of injuries.

I'm watching training and helping with the coaching. I was thinking about doing a lot of work on olympic bars and that.

Listen to your doctor and your body (not your ego). I had my right knee scoped and part of my meniscus removed in April (old football injury aggravated by BJJ). I was back on the mat doing extremely light things by myself or with trusted training partners in about 6 weeks. About a month later I started rolling again going as my body told me was good. After about another month i was full go. I am 36 so i am not young, but not old either.

I grade 2 sprained my left MCL in high school playing football. I was in a brace for 5 weeks, and 3 days after they removed my brace i played in the last game of my senior year. I should have rehabbed it for a few weeks at least. The doctor advised me not to play, but he signed my release. Young and dumb.

Listen to your body. A man has got to know his limitations...

Good advice, and appreciate the timelines. Obviously I know everyone's body heals differently and every injury is different, so nothing is exact. It is just nice to hear someone with a similar injury was able to go back to light training after 6 weeks and not 6 months as I had no time frame in my head if that makes sense?

Very much appreciated.

Did yours completely tear where they need to surgically repair it, or di they just need to put you in a brace to let it heal? If surgery, you might be out longer.

Only a partial tear, they said a brace and physio should be enough to get me back up and going, but if there isn't significant improvement in 4-6 weeks surgery might be necessary.

I've had many injuries and surgeries over the years, and looking at total knee replacements in both knees now.

There's a lot you can still do though. There are guys with only one leg or even NO LEGS that train and compete in BJJ. Listen to you body and your doctor/physical therapists, first of all. Then take a private lesson with you coach on what you need to work on that you can do while recovering. Maybe it's creating frames from the bottom, maybe it's submission finishes from low mount, or maybe you just flow roll at a very light speed and pace without pushing hard enough to aggravate the injury (when you're closer to being healed and get a medical green light to train). Watch dvd/video instructionals and learn more about an area you suck at or that you just want to improve. Watch competition footage and analyze what people are doing successfully. Train your mind when you can't train your body, but there's almost always "some" thing you can train physically while you are healing too.