Well, my back didn’t take terribly kindly to me doing BJJ.
I went on Saturday and on Tuesday. I participated in about 75% of class and I rolled in each class. At the time my back felt fine for most of it.
Wednesday I went to the gym and my back felt off. I don’t know how to put it any other way. I did less than half of my work at the gym, went home, and took the rest of the week off of physical activity. Rested on my back. It still feels a bit tweaky.
Thing is, at this point, I can generally feel the difference between a muscular pain and a deeper pain. This was something spinal. Sigh.
So, it looks like overall I’m back to watching. Grr. I will be taking part in the Caio Terra seminar at my gym this weekend, but only actually participating one day and watching the second day. After this I might try to do it once every two weeks and see how the recovery for that is, or if it stays bad I’ll just keep watching.
I’m a sad Jiu Jiu. Ah well.
Don’t be sad. Sounds like you are listening to your body and doing the right things to let it heal properly. Soon enough you will be back on the mats kicking butt and taking names!! 😀
I feel your pain. I just found out I have a herniated disk in my back. I’m out of commission for 6 months. It is so boring not training.
I’m so sorry to hear that. What have you been doing for your back so far?
Chiropractor adjustments and rest.
Injuries can be taxning, and it can be more taxning to get back when you see how bad shape you are. It feel it just after I’ve just had a week layoff because of a cold or something else minor. It takes a lot of me to motivate me to get my things and head for the gym, even though I know I will have fun when I get there. While I do not have the same problem as you with my back, I do have back issues which also halter me at times and it can really put a dent on things.
But just listen to your body and keep on going. For me though BJJ are the training, but also spending time with my training partners. Good luck, and hope you can get back on track soon.
P.S first time I bumped into this blog and it seem interesting enough for me to follow, so keep up the good work!
I’m definitely old enough to have learned to listen to my body. I can even plan in advance. When I do BJJ now I take the next day off completely. Nothing taxing on the back AT ALL. Complete rest.
How did you find the blog? I appreciate the kind words. Thankfully I just got off my butt and posting again!
You’re Alliance? What belt? Which state?
Well my fall is that I kind of have to start doing it, listen to my body I mean. Always been a person that have been pushing thru injuries and such, but I get to pay for it now when I got older, and I’m not THAT old now..31 😉
Actually, I kind of just bumped onto the blog. It’s always fun to see a female take on things too. We also seem to have started about the same time. I hail from northern part of Sweden, from a small city and a small camp named “Obey”, we’re under Gracie Barra at the moment. My current rank are blue, probably will receive my first stripe this year of things goes right. Not that I pay any big attention to ranks, that’s not why I train 🙂