Injuries Anonymous

[Little Apple]

Hey Guys, sorry I haven't posted in a while, just getting caught up with school...though come to think of it, there are so many people on this forrum you probably didn't notice my absense, ha ha. Silly me.

Anyway, the point of this thread is that our hobby directly involves beating ourselves up, and from the bad shoulder, to the knee that goes crunch, we're all injured. However, we are not all educated/experianced, unfortunate as that may be. This isn't a place to share war stories so much as a "my left hip hurts when I do this, what the heck did I do, and can it be fixed?" I mean, who better to ask than our friendly fighters right?

So to kick us off, here's a question I have about an annoyance of mine: Is there a martial arts equivilant to the Tenis elbo, and how do you make it go away? Can't wait to hear from you guys!

-Little Apple

[ncalpunker]

I think tennis elbow is just tendonitis (where your tendon gets inflamed inside the sheath).

I get tendonitis a lot. I have has success with taking advil or aleeve before and after training. These both are anti-infamatories.

I have heard that a 5 -10 min ice bath within 60 min of your training is a huge help. An old powerlifting coach says that all the russians have been doing it for a long time and it is supposed to help with the joints and removing lactic acid from the muscles.

I probably will start trying the ice baths as I am prone to tendonitis and getting old.

[chalambok]

Well, it seems to me there are 2 things going on here Cass, the disease and the symptom. Ice baths, stretching, grapefruit juice (which will lubricate the tendons inside the sheath) treat the symptom, pain. Perhaps you should analyze how you are moving your elbow. I have been doing muay Thai for over 30 years now, and other than loose bits of bone (poor technique vis a vis my elbow and someone's head...lol) my elbows never hurt. Just look at how tennis players stress the elbow, leading with the palm and the inside of the arm itself. I can think of nothing other than slapping which uses this movement combatively, unless you are throwing a vertical fist hook. And you know how Master Chai dislikes this, not only because of the stress on the elbow, but also because of the potential for wrist injury. Chok di

[Little Apple]

Thanks, I'll do the ice and all that! About the slappy thingy, I don't think I'm doing that, but I'll pay more attention. The elbo is on my bad shoulder side though, maybe it's not tenis elbow at all, my aunt thought it was, that's why I was thinking about it. I'm reluctant to just say, "it's probably 'cause of my shoulder" because I've gotten into the habbit of blaming all the problems on my left side on my shoulder. I know that some things are because of it, but I should probably investigate them more.

Not really sure what the symptoms of tenis elbow are, I'm not going to lie. Sometimes my left elbow hurts when I lift things or put pressure on it while it's bent. It's sometimes in the elbow itself, and sometime in these cords of muscle/tendon/something-arm-related that goes from the elbow up to my shoulder. They're tight and they roll around when you press on them.

Hmmm, there's a storm and my lights just flickered. I'm going to turn off my computor now. See you guys!

-Little Apple

[BoarSpear]

examine your technique for improper movements and apply dit da jow to the sore spots and bruises....

[Blue Wave Gym]

I should stay the f off this topic today

as I lost it this morning and and will later find solace in a bottle
but> be careful with injuries cause if you ignore things too much you will end up wrecking yourself for life no joke. Here's a question about dating/ma/ injuries, now after coming out of 2 1/2 years of injurie hell i.e. crutches wheel chair 3x, walking with a cane, I consider the fact I can walk a blessing. I can do 15 rounds of boxing type stuff and seated w.l. and swim but that's it. I can't even use an exercise bike cause the arthrits in both my feet and my very badly damaged ankle doesn't' like it(yet people who are like 70 can ride an exercise bike, talk about an ego blow)Actually before all this happend I was a very arrogant little prick via my abilities in the ring and I feel that god used my injury to teach me a lesson about what really matters in life, so in a sense I'm grateful for the experience. Here's my prob of the day. Now that I'm actually looking for a woman of some substance instead of 100% looks based shallow bar/club hooksups I used to do. I'm actually having to get to know what type of things chicks are into, the prob is many are into mainstream sports lik b-ball, volley ball, roller blading,hiking, running(if I could runI'd be training for a fight like 4-6 hours a day right now and this conversation would not be happening LOL)sking ect. ect. ect. none of which I'm interasted in and before the old me would have only feinged a passing interast in this stuff if it got me anywhere with them.Now things are different I can't do any of the normal sports activities that many of the chicks I'm trying to get to know enjoy,so how do I handle this thing without it being a socially akward type situation or me sitting on the side lines like a sucker watching her.BTW alot of the time I wear a colorado brace that basically looks like a normal ankle brace but a little bit longer and if I wear shorts everyone looks at it cause it's like the color of an old school weightlifting belt.so should I always wear pants instead of shorts when going out? Hooking up with chicks on the internet via dating sites is good for me cause the pic I put up is me in a m.a. uniform that was taken while I was in class and without my knowledge, but it's a good pic (the only other pic I have of me is in my army uniform at 17 so it's that or nothing) So when I talk to women in on the phone my hobby/my injury comes up in conversation and I get it out of the way, but when I'm picking up women in other social settings(insert setting) I really don't want a chick to know that I'm kinda messed up physically(male ego thing) she's gonna find out if she sees me going down a flight of stairs though LOL. I REALLY DONT WANT TO DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENED WITH A CHICK CAUSE IT"S A JONNY BRING DOWN TYPE OF SITUATION .Now a true pimp would have parleyed this whole injury thing into a way to get women to feel sorry for him/pick them up but I'm not happy with the whole thing so how should I handle this socially akward kind of thing???????????

[seppuku]

wow that was a depressing post. poor you mate. beware internet dating, it is NOT the way forward. but beware the bottle more. thats worse. can you say what actually happened to you to get you in this state? if you dont want to thats cool, but it would be nice as something to avoid.. i feel sorry for you man. thats not how shit is supposed to go

[Blue Wave Gym]

no It's cool

wow that was a depressing post. poor you mate. beware internet dating, it is NOT the way forward. but beware the bottle more. thats worse. can you say what actually happened to you to get you in this state? if you dont want to thats cool, but it would be nice as something to avoid.. i feel sorry for you man. thats not how shit is supposed to go

as opposeed to picking them up in bars/clubs or hwerevr else, once I get em on the phone it's basically the same as getting the digits anyhow /i'm just saying that it's a convient way to explain what's up with me physically/my hobby of fighting cause it's not the type of thing one starts talking about while picking up a chick in a club. as for my injury a number of years ago I basically folded my foot all the way over high inversion sprain and didn't get it looked at cause I just started a new job nad didn't want to miss work so I had to like hold on to the wall to walk,I trained ran and fought with a jacked up ankle for a number of years and the wrestling shot from mma didn't help I don't think, then in sept or oct of 03 I steped off a curb and blew out my ankle 4 life, then fun began I lost my job which payed well that I just started(the job involved some walking) the last time my ankle went out on me was a few days after christmas I spent a few months bedridden and in a wheeel chair so I'm just glad to be walking and throwing punches> So basically even if I do the 3 sugeries to fix my ankle/foot, I'll never be able to piviot on my right foot to throw kicks and I risk further injury/crippling myself if I do according to my doc. I'm going to 2 other doc's for a 2nd and 3rd opionion though so maybe there's some ray of hope out there.I'm a differnt person than I used to be so for that I'm grateful for the experience but I still miss fighting

[Little Apple]

Wow.

Well, the moral of that story seems to be take care of yourself and go to the stinkin' doctor when you need to. Ok, so does anyone know anything that could help this guy? That's the point of this thread after all. All I can say is, as opposed to a normal doctor, try a sports doctor if you haven't yet. They can often help when a normal MD just stands there looking official.

As far as women go buddy, don't look for them in places you don't like to be. I know way to many guys who like, say martial arts, or maybe philosophy, but look for women in bars instead of studios and libraries. And if you're not interested in skiing, don't try to be. Chances are you're a good person, and the more confident you are about youself, the more you will be able to just Be yourself instead of projecting this "I'm an invinsible manly man" persona. That openness will atract more women to you than you know what to do with. So chill out, do what's right for your body, and think more about expressing your real thoughts and attitude than what others (especially women) will think of you. It works, I promiss.

[Gunza Kicka]

Blue Wave Gym

Hey man,
sorry to hear about your injury,

bout the girlies thou, just be yourself when talking to them, it seems to work 100% better in my opinion. like previously said, dont say your keen on something if your not but they are.. i`ve noticed the nights i go out with my mates for beers and i`m not thinking on 'picking up' are the nights i pick up the most.. its weird how it works like that. just be yaself i say !

as they say.. plenty of fish in the sea, but who would want to kiss a fish???

[seppuku]

just something that came to mind then... ive been told theres planty more fish in the sea before. ignoring the spanish or whoever catching all our actual, water based fish, it seems to me that the phrase is indirectly calling the girl you like/liked a fish, or is trying to encourage what im only gonna describe as "fish love". consequently ive decided to avoid the phrase as much as i possibly can, having no romantic impluse towards fish and no inclination to describe someones ex/current girlfriend as a fish.

mindless babble over, please continue...