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I tore something in my hip practicing single leg takedowns two Tuesdays ago. Thoroughly warmed up and stretched, we were half an hour into a class, at more or less the point at which I'd expect to be least likely to injure myself...but I was wrong. Normally, when I've hurt myself lifting or climbing or in jiu jitsu, there was a moment going in where I thought to myself "gee, I shouldn't be doing this right now." Trying to squeeze in a workout super fast when I didn't have enough time, or feeling a stiff back and trying to muscle through it, or going for that extra rep or that extra five pounds when I knew it wasn't feeling it, or trying to fight my way out of a guillotine choke when I should have just tapped, etc.
But this time, it was absolutely no warning, I've never had hip problems up until I went down for a penetration step and couldn't get back up. Pop, sharp, instant pain. I was able to get up and walk it off, but when I tested it again I couldn't get down and up, so I went home. I was so upset thinking that I wasn't sure how long it would take to recover, that I briefly went online and considered buying a ski-erg because I thought that might be the only workout I'd be able to do. But it recovered pretty quickly, so glad I didn't pull the trigger. Took most of the week off, and after a day of mild discomfort it quickly felt fine. After a couple days I felt ok on the bike, so I stuck to that for cardio. Went back to BJJ Monday, rolled a few rounds starting from the ground, felt fine, no soreness after. So Tuesday AM I go back to the same wrestling/stand-up class...and it's fine for the first half hour then the exact same thing happens. The exact same way. I hit a bunch of penetration steps and shots, I was moving well, but then I felt that same pain.
So I'm mad at myself for being a moron. The pain has faded now, I only feel a mild twinge when getting in and out of my car. But IDK how soon to go back to full sparring with no limits, or to hip dominant exercises like a deadlift or KB snatch. For the moment I feel comfortable doing BJJ on the ground with certain partners, but it's going to be a long time before I'm ready to try stand up again. Which bothers me because I felt like I was making real progress towards a decent standup game.
The one problem I've had with BJJ is that it sucks up all the energy from everything else. I'm always too banged up or exhausted or busy to get much of another workout in. Which, combined with hitting middle age, is what has me liking biking more as cardio, because I'm less focused on the numbers right now and achievement, I'm just going out and enjoying the ride. I guess I needed to be reminded I'm middle aged on my birthday.
My condolences. Times like that are usually when my wife steps in and reminds me I'm old, and to stop trying to hurt myself. I probably defer to her judgment about half the time. Then probably about half the times I think "Naw I'll be fine" I wind up hurting myself.
I miss biking. We've been talking about buying bikes for the family so we can all hit various trails together. The kid is dying for a 12 speed or whatever, having long since mastered her fixed gear learning bike. There is a pretty flat paved trail in town that goes about 10 miles or so for the whole thing, and then a few light mountain biking trails that might be good for the family once we've gotten our biking legs back. I haven't biked in like, 10 years?
Thanks. Hopefully it's like all the times I've hurt my shoulder or elbow, I stay off it for a week and while it might ruin a project it doesn't permanently change anything. As opposed to the first time I hurt my lower back, after which it's never been the same.
I've really enjoyed taking it back up. My wife joked that as a white male professional, I hit a certain age and my biology kicked in and I needed to go get a road bike and some spandex like every dentist around here.
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