Any of you injured because of practising martial arts?

[kenpolifter]

Have had tons of bumps a bruises, a few brokes cups and bloody lips and noses. The worst injury was a popped right hamstring training for a fight. A big softball for a hamstring. Worse pain I ever felt. I was outta comission for 6 months.

[Rhuarc]

Hello kenpolifter,

 

What are the cups you are refering to? The only cups that I can think of now are the one all brothers out there must wear at their groin for continuing the family line. *smile*

 

Cheers.

[kenpolifter]

Those be the ones.

[ramymensa]

Did they hurt? The cups I mean

[DeeLovesKarate]

Um, partial shoulder dislocation as a result of repeted hyper-extention. Snapping Scapula Syndrome, Patellar Tracking Disorder, Really sucky knee disorder (lol), and black eyes, bruises, insignificant little things. Advil and Ice fix almost everything

[eyeball-san]

Dude! Always wear a cup.

 

I currently have what is believed to be a torn medial meniscus. That is the ring of cartelige in the knee that separates the two legbones. Still waiting to see a specialist to confirm it though. I have a May 6 appointment. Good thing it's not life threatening.

[ninjanurse]

I have arthritis in my knees, wrists, ankles, and lower back from years of training and heavy bag work. Recently I had to have my wrist screwed together because the bones were falling apart. It has been a long road...but I am back to training again (with some minor limitations). I have also had your usual sprains, breaks, bruises and even a few concussions over the years...but risk is inherent in our chosen arts isn't it?