Does Ice Help or Hinder Injury Recovery? Lachlan Giles Explains Cristiano Del Giacco October 7, 2017 Fitness and Health, Interviews, Local BJJ News Recently, a trend against the use of ice in injury recovery, which – if you believe the Internet - has been steadily gaining momentum in the athletic community. Could it be true? Have we been wrong to ice...
Fist full of hernia part 2: So you’ve blown your guts out. Now what? Adam Thomas July 27, 2015 Fitness and Health There are different places a hernia can occur. The most common are Femoral, Inguinal, umbilical, abdominal and hiatal. Each of these hernias has slightly different consequences on when you can return to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). For the purposes of this writing we are to focus on the recovery (i.e. once you have been formally diagnosed and operated on). There is not enough space to cover diagnosis, non-operative treatments, and consequences of non-treatment.