my ribs went *POP*

[chess zebra]

lol its funny to be relieved to have something "just broken" isnt it?

good luck bro, being injured sucks. try to make it to class anyway just to watch and maintain your connection with the gym. it will make it easier to come back.

really? I thought I would look like a pussy to be sitting on the side watching. Hoping I can start feeling better in next few days and maybe just lift weights for like weeks to try to stay in shape.

Anyway thanks for the words of encouragement. Life kind of sucks lately. Just work and argue with girlfriend. Now cant even work out to.

 

[pauljitz]

is there anyway to lower the risk of having it pop again in training.. like core exercices or go just go very easy for a long time..!?

my ribs poped bad about 6-7 weeks ago and still cant get out of bed propperly in the morning. but i've been doing light cardio (bicycling,running) and swimming for 3 weeks. slowly getting better but i really dont want to go trough it again.

 

[judogido]

is there anyway to lower the risk of having it pop again in training.. like core exercices or go just go very easy for a long time..!?

my ribs poped bad about 6-7 weeks ago and still cant get out of bed propperly in the morning. but i've been doing light cardio (bicycling,running) and swimming for 3 weeks. slowly getting better but i really dont want to go trough it again.

You need to go see a physio who will give you the appropriate tratment and exercises

 

[judogido]

really? I thought I would look like a pussy to be sitting on the side watching. Hoping I can start feeling better in next few days and maybe just lift weights for like weeks to try to stay in shape.

Anyway thanks for the words of encouragement. Life kind of sucks lately. Just work and argue with girlfriend. Now cant even work out to.

Bad luck mate. Still - a rib will heal clean and now at least you know for sure and can deal with it. Cartilage would have been worse.

Sit on he side and just watch or just take some time off. You'll be re-energised when you return to training.

 

[anaconda]

really? I thought I would look like a pussy to be sitting on the side watching. Hoping I can start feeling better in next few days and maybe just lift weights for like weeks to try to stay in shape.

Anyway thanks for the words of encouragement. Life kind of sucks lately. Just work and argue with girlfriend. Now cant even work out to.

I feel that bro.

I've been dealing with a ton of shit since the beginning of the year, and usually bjj is what keeps me sane. In feb, just as I was starting to really pick up my training to get ready for the mundials, I woke up randomly one morning with intense, severe foot pain like I've never felt. It kept getting worse, but I couldnt get an appointment with an ortho for two weeks so I went to a podiatrist. He (wrongly, it turned out later) diagnosed me with a stress fracture and I was on fucking crutches (needlessly) for a whole goddamn month and out of training for five weeks.

I come back to training, feeling good, do a competition and everything is going great. I finish up my last semester of law school, basically quit my job for the summer (to study for the bar) and am ready to train my ass off for a couple of weeks before the mundials. I go to a small local tourney right after finishing my last law school exam. Like, literally right after. I turned in the exam and drove to the tourney.

First match, I'm winning 3-2 with less than 30 seconds left, and from some weird position this 270+ lb guy lands on me and my outstretched arm and dislocates my elbow, completely tearing my UCL ligament in the elbow. FUCK! No training for my two weeks of vacation, no mundials even though I bought the tickets, and besides all that the damn bar is looming.

So I have been out for 7 weeks since then, although I did some light rolling a couple of times (finally!) last week. My elbow is healing wonderfully, but I have the bar in 4 weeks and I dont even have time to train

So yeah, life sucks some times. I'm not writing this for pity, but just so you know I know how you feel. Injuries suck. But if you skip the gym completely you sometimes lose the connection and dont feel like coming back. God knows I thought about quitting a couple of times, and bjj is my one passion. But responsibilities at the gym and my relationship with my instructor kept me there, watching techniques, thinking about my game, etc. Even though I have been out for 3 of the 6 months so far this year, my knowledge of bjj has grown.

My technique is shit, my body isnt responding, I'm clumsy and awkward and I gas. But I know all that will come back.

Basically, keep your chin up. Its not the end of the world. Make sure you take enough time to heal completely though; injured ribs are a bitch. I would take at least one or two weeks completely off anything. Its good mentally too.

 

[Gerbiljiujitsu]

I've had this happen to me on a couple of occasions and it cold be a number of different things. In my case it was the intercostal cartilage popping out from between my ribs. Not painful but it made me queasy and sick to my stomach. It can lead to some pretty severe rib problems if you're not careful. My suggestion would be to wear a rib binder for a little while and see if that helps.

 

[pauljitz]

You need to go see a physio who will give you the appropriate tratment and exercises

my guy is on vacation, not back 'till end of summer - that goes for most specialists around here. I had two diffrent docs give me a statement and both said that I probably would be back on the mat after a month or so(6 1/2weeks ago). one of them's a specialist in sports injuries (the one on vacation). I think they don't understand how much pressure the ribs have to withstand during rolling.

anyways I would guess I can do light grappling drills within 3-4 weeks and Im slowly getting able to do leg raises, "on knee push ups". front crawl(swimming) etc. so I think its time to start some specific rehab training..

any words of advice?! :icon_conf

 

[bzjitz]

You tore the intra costular cartilage which connects your ribs to your sternum. Smae thing happend to me. Youll be out for 2 weeks to a month.

Is that what it's called? Same thing happened to me about 8 months into my training. I was getting armbarred and was holding my arms crossed. I think I was turning away a little also.

Apparently, this is VERY common.

It felt like someone had placed their thumb on the place where the rib meets the sternum and just pushed my rib under my sternum. I "popped it back into place" but it kept coming out until I just stayed still for a couple weeks. I was out of gym for 3 months. Now it's fine. Now my shoulder/clavicle is jacked. Damn. Rough sport.

 

[pauljitz]

my guy is on vacation, not back 'till end of summer - that goes for most specialists around here. I had two diffrent docs give me a statement and both said that I probably would be back on the mat after a month or so(6 1/2weeks ago). one of them's a specialist in sports injuries (the one on vacation). I think they don't understand how much pressure the ribs have to withstand during rolling.

anyways I would guess I can do light grappling drills within 3-4 weeks and Im slowly getting able to do leg raises, "on knee push ups". front crawl(swimming) etc. so I think its time to start some specific rehab training..

any words of advice?! :icon_conf

ttt for ^

 

[chess zebra]

I feel that bro.

I've been dealing with a ton of shit since the beginning of the year, and usually bjj is what keeps me sane. In feb, just as I was starting to really pick up my training to get ready for the mundials, I woke up randomly one morning with intense, severe foot pain like I've never felt. It kept getting worse, but I couldnt get an appointment with an ortho for two weeks so I went to a podiatrist. He (wrongly, it turned out later) diagnosed me with a stress fracture and I was on fucking crutches (needlessly) for a whole goddamn month and out of training for five weeks.

I come back to training, feeling good, do a competition and everything is going great. I finish up my last semester of law school, basically quit my job for the summer (to study for the bar) and am ready to train my ass off for a couple of weeks before the mundials. I go to a small local tourney right after finishing my last law school exam. Like, literally right after. I turned in the exam and drove to the tourney.

First match, I'm winning 3-2 with less than 30 seconds left, and from some weird position this 270+ lb guy lands on me and my outstretched arm and dislocates my elbow, completely tearing my UCL ligament in the elbow. FUCK! No training for my two weeks of vacation, no mundials even though I bought the tickets, and besides all that the damn bar is looming.

So I have been out for 7 weeks since then, although I did some light rolling a couple of times (finally!) last week. My elbow is healing wonderfully, but I have the bar in 4 weeks and I dont even have time to train

So yeah, life sucks some times. I'm not writing this for pity, but just so you know I know how you feel. Injuries suck. But if you skip the gym completely you sometimes lose the connection and dont feel like coming back. God knows I thought about quitting a couple of times, and bjj is my one passion. But responsibilities at the gym and my relationship with my instructor kept me there, watching techniques, thinking about my game, etc. Even though I have been out for 3 of the 6 months so far this year, my knowledge of bjj has grown.

My technique is shit, my body isnt responding, I'm clumsy and awkward and I gas. But I know all that will come back.

Basically, keep your chin up. Its not the end of the world. Make sure you take enough time to heal completely though; injured ribs are a bitch. I would take at least one or two weeks completely off anything. Its good mentally too.

Sorry to hear about your elbow. Best of luck in a quick recovery and good luck with your law career. I am a physician. The rib injury is feeling better every day. Really the part that I am miserable about is the crap with my girlfriend. Dont know how much I should put up with and I dont have enough social outlets right now besides work and her. Kind of sucks. Gotta find something else social to do. Sorry to talk about this kind of BS here.

It is really cool that you compete at BJJ, and at that weight. Wow, I think I want you as my lawyer, if I ever get in trouble. Intimidation factor for sure

 

[pauljitz]

is there anyway to lower the risk of having it pop again in training.. like core exercices or go just go very easy for a long time..!?

my ribs poped bad about 6-7 weeks ago and still cant get out of bed propperly in the morning. but i've been doing light cardio (bicycling,running) and swimming for 3 weeks. slowly getting better but i really dont want to go trough it again.

ttt

 

[judogido]

Go see a physio.

There is not much you can do other than rest/time.

 

[chem31]

Just off a rib injury.

3 weeks+ and Still feel some pain when I roll.

You have to take a week off training atleast. Then you can start easying in slowly.

Talk to you doc to make sure its not a break.

 

[Bedlam]

Is this injury common in BJJ? I've had two ribs pop in the first three classes.