are so many injuries common?

[highiqfighter]

I have been doing Bjj for almost two years,kickboxing and boxing on and off for about a year. That is not includeing months of time i have taken off. I have in the last six months also been training vale tudo. I have loved training but continue to sustain various injuries. The crazy thing is i never experianced any injuries in compitition only in training(training ju-jitsu ).Three broken ribs, I broke my Anterior fibula twice in the last year(that is the back part of the major bone that runs from your shin to your anlkle foot).I love mixed Martial arts,both for training and to watch. But I have another life too:wife,kids,school,work. Do i sacrifice a part of my life that i love so much and ensure that i can live a relitively normal life(as in not a quadrepligic) or do i do what i love and throw my familys financial and emotional security down the drain. I opt for the latter as my children are my world....but is their another option ? all feed back is greatly appreciated. sorry for the spell errors if any

[Grape_Ape]

Sounds like you're training a little too hard. Training that injures you is pretty worthless. You can't compete and you probably can't even continue training for a while. Ease up and you'll see more benefits due to increased regularity of training.

[doubleouch]

Ditto,
That sounds a bit excessive. If you aren't making a living off of fighting, I wouldn't train at the level that you are sustaining these type of serious injuries. Your first priority has to be your family. If your training takes away from your ability to provide for them then why do it? I would back off or find another gym where this is not happening. You didn't say if it is just you or if others are experiencing these same type of injuries.

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grape ape
"Training that injures you is pretty worthless"

I take it you've never trained hard then?, the reason i say this is a lot of people injure themselves in thaiboxing, kickboxing & other MA just from sparring without even competing from being human & making simple mistakes like clashing knee's or dropping your guard at the wrong moment.

Im not saying that you have to train so hard that you injure yourself but there's still a chance if you train at a very high level it will happen.

BUT if you were to talk about injury's while competing then i would say YES there does seem to be to many injury's (we held a thaiboxing show a few week's ago & had 1 broken foot, 1 damaged foot & someone with a few cracked ribs).
UK Thaiboxing Show 29/6/03 Sunday

This was my injury:
Broken Leg

[Grape_Ape]

I've had lots of injuries during training. Only a couple were serious enough to sideline me for a while. The problem is that the more serious ones tend to be because someone, sometimes me, did something stupid. I think most serious injuries are preventable during training if people slow it down and focus on training instead of going at it like their life depends on it.

[highiqfighter]

Their are a few guys that i know of that have had some pretty bad injuries....but it is not the norm.... To add to my list is a severely injured shoulder(know its severe b/c it hurts worse then my leg when i broke it. I trained today just grappleing...I went really light(as in no strength and all tech) and i was able to hold out for about an hour anda half . I think i wiil just try and train w/o useing any strength(at least as little as possible) untill i start to heal...and i cant lift weights any more b/c it hurts. I try to train 3 days kickbox/3days BJJ weights 5 day split. I dont know i really dont want to injure myself up anymore. should i just say the hell with it all and quit? you guys think just light rolling is a bad idea?

[Kilo5518]

You may just be having a bad string of injuries. Are the other people in your group getting hurt also? That would be the question I would ask.

Also, I don't know what kind of conditioning program you do, but this can drastically change your potential for injuries.

MMA, kickboxing, and BJJ are collision type hobbies, that is just the nature of it. Your body has to be prepared for it and for some reason over the last two years your body hasn't. It could be freak injuries, it could be not warming up properly, it could be idiots in your class that havn't learned that destroying your training partners eventually destroys them. I just don't know. I would need more info.

The only major injury other then broken toes, fingers, spains, aches/pains, and a deep cut above my eye that I have suffered in eight years of BJJ is a dislocated knee cap- which is really painful but not that serious.

I have noticed a few things that were common during most injuries and strains. I was usually hurt by someone inexperienced, I was usually training at a heavier weight then normal (bulked up muscle wise or out of shape), didn't warm up long enough, didn't stretch properly, or injured by someone going full when I was going half speed. These can all be factors.

Your family and income are more important then martial arts but there is no reason why you can't enjoy both. There is a lot of room for compromise considering you are on the most extreme end right now and you could go all the way down to Tai Chi if you had to.

[SweepEm]

Injuries are a part of training. You can box and hit a bag every day and all it takes is a fluke to get injured, even though the bag doesn't hit back. Stretching, warming up and then cooling down the body is important to avoid the nagging injuries.

Just as important is to pick and chose the right training partner. I see some new guys that really don't know what they are doing and the greatest potential for getting hurt.