sore throat..to grapple or not

[Aspen]

I didn't train last week at all, school hit me hard and I had to devote all my freetime to school. Last Tuesday my throat felt sore, I immediantly started on a Z-pak. The meds ended Saturday, and the symptoms are still here. It doesn't hurt as bad today, but I dont know what will happen once I get heated.

I am pretty sure it isn't contagious, yet I still feel like I owe it to the people I spar with to be in good health. So, what should I do? Go and try things out? Or rest up and hit it Wednesday and Thursday?

 

[franz_grinder]

I didn't train last week at all, school hit me hard and I had to devote all my freetime to school. Last Tuesday my throat felt sore, I immediantly started on a Z-pak. The meds ended Saturday, and the symptoms are still here. It doesn't hurt as bad today, but I dont know what will happen once I get heated.

I am pretty sure it isn't contagious, yet I still feel like I owe it to the people I spar with to be in good health. So, what should I do? Go and try things out? Or rest up and hit it Wednesday and Thursday?

You owe it to yourself to stay healthy. Grappling isn't going anywhere.

 

[Newcastle]

Ditto the above. You also need to consider the guys you are training with and the chances of making them sick.

 

[MonkeyNuts!]

go to the doctor

probably viral, but you could also have some antibiotic resistant strain of strep or something.

if you have a fever, chills, rigor, do not go to practice for sure