Overcoming Anxiety about BJJ Training after a Knee Injury
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Getting back to BJJ after an injury always sucks and there is often a period of nervousness associated with it. No one wants to get injured. So when you get back you're trying to avoid that from happening again.
Recently I received a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu related question concerning returning after a knee injury.
He said that he had an MCL injury but it did not require surgery, just physical therapy. As his injury is healing up he is becoming nervous about getting back into BJJ. The anxiety of sustaining another injury is there.
So the question boils down to, how does he get back into the right mindset for BJJ training after an injury?
In this video I discuss my most recent knee injury and how I experienced the same sorts of uneasy feelings. Then I talk about how I eased back into my Brazilian Jiujitsu training using a slow and gradual process broken up over several weeks.
If you're someone that has recently had a knee injury from BJJ training and you're experiencing the same anxious, nervous feelings that Eric and I have. Then I hope this video is helpful to you.
Thanks!
-Chewy
You time these perfectly for me sometimes. I just rolled for the first time since a knee injury a week ago and have a tournament next week.
Thank you for taking the time and answering my question! you have provided me with some awesome advice!
You hit so many of these tough questions I have right on the head, thank you brother! Just got back cleared after an ACL Tear last month. Love the vids keep them comingg
I think I just tore my acl, my knee is swollen twice it’s size, can’t bend it or straighten it. Feels like it needs to pop and it’s very tight…
How long did it take you to rehab it? Are you back to normal or is there a clear difference before / after?
@@IVIFII2IC hi sorry, only seeing this now. i hope all worked out for you and it was just a ligament strain!
I got a Grade 1 to 2 MCL tear in my right knee. I have been out 2 months. I could probably go back now, but I am waiting until Feb 1, 2020 to be cautious. But no surgery. The key thing is is: DO NOT GO BACK TOO EARLY. I cannot stress this enough. You think you might be ok to go back? Wait another month. Also, do your rehab religiously. But don't do too much too soon. The worst thing you could do is go back and reinjure your knee. Another thing: when I inured my MCL I felt something go POP in my knee....but it wasn't;t painful. Because I was hot and sweaty - I didn't;t feel too bad. I stopped for a moment. I could walk on it - I almost said, "ok, I can continue rolling." But I am glad I was more cautious and did not. Because one I had cooled down and woke up the next morning, I had limited movement and some pain. If you feel something pop, stop.
@@paologallardo8869 Slight discomfort. But I knew I had done something bad as it was laterally unstable. I could walk in a straight line...but any lateral movement felt weird and painful. No swelling really. If you just have an MCL tear, it heals by itself. You just have to do your rehab. If the tear is combined with a torn cartilage or ACL/LCL/PCL tear, you may need surgery. But survey has fallen out of favor for all but the most serious knee injuries.
Hey, i wish i listened to my body more than the voice of me ego ...hurt my knee in last seconds on pan ams 2024. Limped off the mat, took a week of but continued with strength, cardio and flexibility. After a week off I reinjured myself during a warm-up, took 10 days off , felt strong, again could not even finish the warm up. Took two weeks off then the same story again, got hurt really bad just pushing a bit harder on PT. Now I can hardly walk. You are 100% correct DO NOT GO BACK TOO EARLy to anything and baby sit that injury. This sucks as it creates such a void in my life
chewy, unreal seeing this clip. Done my knee (MCL) 6 weeks ago, still cooked. Heading to physio tomorrow but great to see this post. Made me feel alot better!
After a year-long layoff due to a meniscus tear/mcl injury this is an amazing video to have come across.
Thank you for this video bud. Much appreciated. I damaged my knee and took a solid week off from training, thinking that was adequate amount of time, before returning back on the mats. I felt minor discomfort in my knee on my first day back so I took a additional time off but decided to continue to stretch and some how the stretching really did a number on my knee and now I have to take another week off from training.
How’s your knee now?
its so hard to find partners that roll lightly thats the problem
Tore my meniscus at bjj then took time off and went back to work and tore it again. Trying to get confidence to go back but it’s hard. Tore meniscus on my other knee years ago. Definitely tough on the mind
Wow, what a coincidence. I just got back home from a great training session and I open my phone up and there's Chewy's beautiful mug speaking on knee injuries! Today was my first day back after nursing a minor meniscus tear for over a month. I had to force myself to show up tonight but it was so worth it and my knee held up fine! Ossss Chewy!
Beautiful? Haha. I've got a scarred up face, lumps and a big chipped tooth hah. At least I've got a full head of hair. ;)
Thank you for being in my life man.. Thank you!
almost at the end of these broken ribs...I'm glad you covered this!!
been out for months with knee mcl as a white belt been going through the same thing thank mate
i messed up my shoulder and was away from jiu jitsu for a long time. just got back into it again a few days ago and jacked my ribs going inverted. not to bad, but i used to have a ton of confidence rolling with speed and now am very slow and careful.
Dude!! Oh my gosh!! I hurt my knee real good two weeks ago. and I have been worried about the exact same thing!! Thank you for this video!!
I tore my MCL too!
Started 7 months ago and now I've been out for a month thanks to a torn ACL. God, I miss rolling
Went to knee shield as i was getting smashed😭 watched my ankle pass my knee line as i heard the pop. I tapped and could bear weight, even rolled again, but its been 2 full weeks (not training) and im just starting to feel comfortable on it in my day to day. Im stubborn and poor so i dont want to see the doc- i don’t think it’s necessary either? I feel okay but im afraid that im being naive lol
I always get a tad anxiety before I roll because of the possibility of injuries . Is this normal, I know I am not a true warrior but i am not a quitter
I had both of the ulnar collateral ligaments sprained from americanas. 17 weeks later to the day, I had the left one pop again and have been out longer. Really hoping I can heal up stronger so this doesn't keep happening. (I'm a student PTA and I get to do ultrasound to heal the ligament) hopefully it helps
LCL tear/meniscus damage - still out 7 weeks later
same here ! feels like i've been out of the mat for 6 months
Chewy, we all want to stay on the mat for a long time, and that is why we are doing the best we can not to hurt our partners, but how can I know if I'm being TO CAREFUL? I often (very often) feel like I am losing positions and matches just because I am not aggressive enough.
IF you find yourself losing often, especially to someone you feel you shouldnt have lost to... then you were probably too careful. I understand youre in for the long haul but youre doing yourself and your partners a disservice by holding back too much. Do what i do...im pretty aggressive (controlled aggressive) through positional advances such as passing guard but i will immediately dial it down once i feel ive got a good position or I have a submisison to threaten with. Also, when i "lock" a submisison in, I rarely fully apply it. I let my partner know i have it and them let them work out of it.
I had ny knee pop a year ago and now I started rolling again. Someone got me in a straight ANKLELOCK and my KNEE poped again with very not much power. Any advices on how to strengthing it?
gradually get back into it, dont rush it :)
How can I do endurance workouts and how often to stay in shape if iam out for 3 to 4 weeks do to knee injury? I will defently be lifting but I also love doing endurance workouts to stay in shape for junitsu
Chewy do you know a good Tornado Counter? I constantly have guys passing my guard with that move :[ Thank you !!!
I dislocated my knee cap and started pt this week. Do you think I’ll ever be able to come back to bjj :( that’s all I want to do but I’m scared of getting hurt again
I did the same and I'm slowly getting back into it, can't even run anymore and it's scary to go back into bjj
@@vaniakeane3054 it’s been 6 months since the injury. I got cleared from my pt 2 months ago. I’m back at a regular gym I’m jogging and working towards being able to run like I used too. I’m lifting weights and continuing my pt program on my own. Also doing knee over toe guy zero program. I’m aiming around this summer to be back in either bjj or kickboxing. Advise is please just listen to ur Pt and take it easy don’t rush a injury no sport is worth it. I’m not back to a 100 percent like I used to be but I’m slowly getting there better then I was 6 months ago.
Chewy
I have a question that s start to bug me.
I be been doing Jujitsu for 3 month now at one of the main nation chain famous Jiu Jitsu gym where I live.
one of the issue I m noticing that the instructor teaches a technique and he puts us through it ... great ...
but when it is time to put it to the test and we scrambling with higher level belts who know the technique and know how to counter it, it's mostly ineffective.
this is start to bother me....
example the other day, he showed us the back chock .. great ..
we put in training where we have to escape it .... he didn't show us the escape... so I got chocked every single time.
the day after it was the same chocking techniques... however I knew that, so I start getting on you tube and watching how to scape the rear back controll and rear back chocks and it worked.
my question is that normal method of training in Jujitsu?
is it OK to feel aggravated or just go with it and it will come to me eventually?
any advice is appreciated.
a bit about me I am a heavy weight bodybuilder and black belt in one of the other main Martial Art. (when I was younger )
thank you
Popped my knee a week and half ago. Initial it was too painful to stand on the first day. Now I can walk on it and move with minimal pain feeling nothing crazy. went to the chiropractor they did some range-of-motion they don't think anything's torn but I'm scared of going back. The idea of my knee moving side to side is cringy.
I did the same thing 3 weeks ago. Looks like a tear in the lateral meniscus, left knee. Go to an actual doctor not a chiro. Got some good antiinflammatories and rolled for the first time in 3 weeks last night. Still thinking that maybe it's to soon to train again but just have to make sure your partner is aware and you're going to spend most of the training concentrating on your knee not the roll. Bettet to give up positions and realise the normal sweeps just aren't going to happen with one knee so have to try something different.
@@l1ght217 it's been 3 weeks today. I have no more pain from it at all. sometimes it might be a little weak bit that's about it. they said they think it just might have stretched not tour.
Hey Chewy Im a 15 year old boy whos been training for about 7 months in the fundamentals class, i get my ass kicked by newer people because theyre using their strength, however when i go to an open mat and people in the advanced class roll with me (same size) i do alot better, any suggestions on how to counter this
Well if they're using strength, counter by techniques and skills. You can always do strenght training too that might help.
They should not spaz out on you !! Pretty bad behavior
Please help me I’m a junior in hs and I want to start jujitsu I played soccer all my life and football last year, but I had a dirt bike fall accident and tore my ACL and meniscus and had hamstring reconstruction surgery. My older brother trains jujitsu with a very good “coach” and I want to start but I’m scared af to do wrestling with my bad knee, even tho I loved wrestling with my brothers before the year. I’m 6 months out and can do almost all soccer training non contact, I lift daily, but when I’m cleared in a couple months for jujitsu I’m feel like I will tear it.
Do you think its worth it for someone with bad knees to get into bjj? I am looking for something to get into now that my knees cant take basketball anymore.
Kyle Johnson if you can’t do basketball one of the least physical sports idk how you’ll do i BJJ, maybe swimming
Most BJJ dont do leg locks so you should be ok
I want to join but can't afford an injury.
don't roll like an idiot there are 50+ year olds that roll every day sir
sean knot Can you give me an example how not to roll like an idiot?
Find people that you trust to roll light, roll higher belts generally they will either 'go light' or have better smoother technique & you wont get elbowed & kneed.
seeach flo-drills or flow rolling
Just find the right gym !! Not all gyms attract the same folks
Haven't trained BJJ for 4 months, still waiting for doctor to fix my knee :(
see a sports physio & find a work out routine that works for you. Taken me like 8 years to get it right. What he is saying is spot on. most the time knees take minimum 6 months & work on the muscle balance between the two legs
From a leg lock ??