Broke my toe, can't go to dojo, and I'm gaining weight.

[krunchyfrogg]

This sucks. Should be about 2-3 more weeks before I can get back to class.

 

Sorry, just venting. I am trying to eat very healthy foods, but I still have the appetite I had when I hit the dojo/gym 5 days a week. Very frustrating.

[doubletwist]

Hmm, crunches, knee-pushups, chin-ups...

 

I'm about to have surgery on my knee soon and I plan on being in the dojo working on my hand techniques

 

Just a thought.

 

Hope it heals well and quickly for ya.

 

DT

[ncole_91]

Good luck with your toe, you could always try to go to the gym and do some upper body excersing, that is if your toe is doig horrible. Anywaysm good luck with your toe. Some adivce for eating too much, after you have a meal or something, wait 20 minutes and see if your acutally hungry or your eating it becuase it is good. Also dont eat in from of the tv ro anything becuase you arent actually concentrating on your food, so you tend to over eat.

[aes]

I broke two toes last year and continued to train. I taped the broken ones to the toe beside it and admit I took it down a notch to make sure I did not injure it again.

[Red J]

It's got to be killing you (not the toe, I mean not training). Do some crunches and any other calistenics that you can without putting pressure on your toe. I know it's frustrating. Hang in there.

[Rich67]

Discipline, Grasshoppah!! You need to reduce that caloric intake!! At the very least try these "easy on the toes" exercises:

 

1) Dips on a chair- arms on chair, feet on floor, toes up.

 

2) Pushups with the bad toe/ foot on top of the other...makes the pushups a little harder, too!

 

3) Crunches- no toes needed there!

 

4) One legged squats- these are a BEAR. Same as 2 leg no weight squats, but put the unused leg out in front of you!

 

Do all of these til u max out on each. No rest in between them. After the cycle, rest for a minute and stretch lightly, then repeat the group as often as you can until you are wasted. Try to work up a good sweat and do it at least 30 minutes total. Most of all, ease up on the food!

[shotochem]

He aes,

 

It must be an old guy thing. I broke the 2 middle toes on my good leg and just taped them up. Maybe its because we are always hurting in one way or another. Oh, to be 18 again......

 

If you can walk on it without too much difficulty you should be able to train. Just don't make contact with that foot and do not spar. There is nothing wrong with not going all out while you are injured. Just work on perfecting your mechanics and technique.

 

It sure beats staying at home.

[krunchyfrogg]

I've been doing pushups with my bad foot hooked over my good foot, and only the good foot on the ground. That seems to be helping, as well as the sit ups.

 

Thanks for the advice everybody!

 

BTW, I'm usually a pretty tough guy, and have broken toes before and still trained. This time, I actually broke the proximal phelange of my toe, which is very hard to do, rarely happens, and according to my doctor, is why it hurts so badly.

 

Well, next appt. is Monday. Hopefully I'll be cleared to start training again!

[Hawkeye]

I recently put a nail through my foot and does it ever put a dent in your training when you can't put much weight on a foot! I'm mostly healed now but while I was convalescing, I concentrated on doing more upper body workouts with dumbbells (etc.) and various exercises that I could do sitting or laying down. It helped me not lose too much conditioning as I have a tournament (my first!!) to train for.

 

Good luck with your recovery.

[UncleBob]

I managed to get my upper right arm snapped in the dojo and was in a humerus slab cast for six weeks (partner somehow managed to turn a wristlock/takedown for a knife disarm into an arm bar across his shoulder).

 

Just had the plaster removed, but still have to wear a removable cast for another 5 weeks as the mend isn't as good as it could be.

 

Even though I can now take off the cast to train a little, I'm limited to physio as the bicep has shortened to the extent that at maximal range of movement my forearm is still around 25-30 degrees from full extension, and whilst not as extreme the movement in the shoulder is also partially restricted.

 

It is getting incredibly frustrating as I'd originally been told it was just six weeks, but having another 5 or 6 weeks tagged on top is driving me mad. At least I can drive if I take the cast off though, so I'm not bouncing off the walls with boredom anymore...