Sorry to hear about your condition. Hope they can find a solution quickly. Is this an old injury from training?

Yes it's from herniations I got from a neck crank back in the early 2000's. Got neck cranked bad by a black belt after a seminar. I wasn't even spazzing. I took his back and he made me pay for that insult. It flared up a few times but I've always avoided reinjury. This time it just flared up while I was sleeping at 3am in the morning Sep 1st. No real warning signs other than wrist and shoulder pain that I thought were other old injuries. I don't know.

Most likely the flare up was caused by the flare down of the Italian saga with no pizza available and everyone's gone onto other issues

I've got a crapload of injuries, but I'm wondering if anybody is currently dealing, or has dealt with these issues: 1) Frozen shoulder: I injured my shoulder almost a year ago now and I still have limited range of motion and it can be pretty painful. 2) Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head (hip): I was diagnosed with this condition in 2016 when I underwent a core decompression. The doctor says the joint's just going to fall apart on its own within the next 10 years, but I'm 'too young' for a total hip replacement, so I'm in this horrible twilight zone of being permanently gimpy until my hip joint completely implodes lol. I train BJJ and Judo 7+ times/week, and I've obviously modified my game over the years to adapt to my lack of abilities so I'm wondering how others are also adapting! Any tips/suggestions you have (except for 'don't train BJJ', which is obviously the wrong answer) would be appreciated!

...and get cortisone shots and that helps for about 6-9 months and then it slowly gets worse and worse until I get another shot.

Yes it's from herniations I got from a neck crank back in the early 2000's. Got neck cranked bad by a black belt after a seminar. I wasn't even spazzing. I took his back and he made me pay for that insult. It flared up a few times but I've always avoided reinjury. This time it just flared up while I was sleeping at 3am in the morning Sep 1st. No real warning signs other than wrist and shoulder pain that I thought were other old injuries. I don't know.

What an ass! So much for leaving your ego at the door. It's those injuries that flare up out of nowhere that really suck. My sciatic nerve gives me hell sometimes from an injury prior to BJJ. I can usually keep it under control by staying active and keeping my weight down. Training BJJ helps keep me loose. As for injuries on the mats, besides the usually bumps and bruises, I've popped a rib and almost ripped off my pinky. Recently, I got diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis which my doctor believes contributed to tearing both my shoulders within the past year. I also have carpal tunnel in my right arm.

It was a different mentality back in the late nineties early 2000's. It was kill or be killed at all belts and the black belt was viewed like a superhuman being. Injuries were part and parcel to training afterall they were trying to weed out the weakest folks in those days. Terrible business model but the art was pure and the gatekeepers were happy and had a constant stream of new victims to hurt and get rid of all sanctioned by the presiding Demi God Black Belt instructor. Not at all like it is today where everyone is helping each other get better and trying to keep injuries down so they can maximize their training and actually get good at BJJ. Fun times /rant

Small hamstring tear yesterday. Rolled a good blue, he was trying to get my leg on his shoulder for an under/stack pass, I was pressing down hard to not let him. Small pop, quite much pain.

Small hamstring tear yesterday. Rolled a good blue, he was trying to get my leg on his shoulder for an under/stack pass, I was pressing down hard to not let him. Small pop, quite much pain.

Hope you have a quick recovery

I am much better already 48 hrs from it happening. Not behind knee, higher up. Defo a muscle tear.

still sucks to be hobbling around but wishing you a speedy recovery

My neck isn't hurting as bad as the last few weeks. I'm actually sleeping on my back and side again and getting full nights sleep. YAY! I'm going to try and teach class tonight. Hopefully I can get through it without any difficulty and pain. I should have my MRI results by tomorrow. Tonight is a fundamentals class for beginners so it should be fine since there will be no inversions LOL. If all goes well, I will start to teach the advance classes again next week and see how it goes from there. I am feeling pretty optimistic and of course I will find a way to stay on the mats.

Great news, good luck!

Goddamnit. Nothing new to add to the list, but today, again, dislocated my kneecap during sparring... A weird hook placement while on bottom and half turned away from the partner, and he sprawling on the leg caused a multiple loud crackly pops, so here we are again. If 2020 had one thing going for it, it was the lack of injuries... :p Anybody have advice on dealing with constantly dislocating knee(cap)? The first year this happened, it happened 3 times, but now been fine for well over a year. I know it's a quick recovery to a 'ok' status, and I can probably start squatting heavy etc. soon, but I also know that pressure from certain angle (happens a lot in BJJ) can make it easily dislocate again. I guess the ligaments are a bit loose at the very least (maybe torn from the earlier dislocations). Takes a while to gain back confidence for the leg, which sucks. I use a 7mm knee sleeve that's keeping the shitty joint together, and had it also on today.

Other than that, I had to re-evalute the game I played. Butterfly went out the window very quickly. Embrace half guard.