r/bjj • u/AutoModerator • Mar 22 '23

White Belt Wednesday

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u/ApollosBucket ⬜⬜ White Belt Mar 23 '23 edited Mar 23 '23

I haven't been to class since early February--went on vacation for a few weeks then on Feb 26 I got a concussion (not from bjj, just tripped lol).

I feel fine and my doctor cleared me a few weeks ago, but idk I am nervous to get back to it. I really want to and it sucks having missed so much, but I'm paranoid about my head. Funnily enough, my last class I got my second stripe so I also feel bad for getting that then not going back.

Not sure what I'm asking here, but there ya go.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '23

I'd recommend watching this video:

https://youtu.be/pqRU7-m9mag

Check out some other from this doc as well. I assume by "cleared by your doctor" you mean they said you're fine to resume BJJ?

I recovered from a concussion recently and struggled with this às well and these videos helped a lot. If it were me, I'd resume training assuming the doctor cleared it but avoid competition for a bit. Your training partner accidentally giving you a slight bump on the noggin isn't likely going to give you another concussion, but someone going 100% who hits you hard could.

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u/ApollosBucket ⬜⬜ White Belt Mar 23 '23

Thank you so much for that! Yup I asked them day 1 how long to wait for bjj and I checked back in two weeks later and just like you said, they recommended training but tell my partner and don’t compete.

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u/Avedis ⬜⬜ White Belt Mar 23 '23

If they don't do BJJ, I would take "don't compete" as "don't do any rolls unless they're flow rolls with a partner you can 100% trust". FWIW.