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Questions tagged [injury]

About specific injury while training in your specific art. Treatment and what-might-happen are both off topic.

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Note that general injury treatment or medical advice are off-topic thus you should make sure your question does not ask for medical advise from strangers on the Internet.

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How do you interact with treatment providers who are unfamiliar with martial arts following an injury?

Related: Is there a mathematical model of how much force is applied to joints during various tae kwon do activities? I recently got a fairly serious knee injury (fully torn ACL which will require surgical repair). One rather alarming aspect of the…
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What forms of martial arts are recommended for existing injuries?

If one has existing injuries to areas of the body that may be deemed to be critical for martial arts such as knees and the back, is there a particular form of martial art that will be well suited. The injuries were sustained due to a major…
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How to avoid aggravating a sprain while training in MMA?

I've got a mild pain and swelling in my right hand's palm that I believe is a sprain. How to avoid aggravating my injury while continuing the training?
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kicked in the sternum - tips on healing, time frame? any lingering danger?

I recently (a week ago) got side-kicked with a heel in my sternum pretty hard, enough that it knocked me down (I weigh 215 lbs). Needless to say it was very painful and a week later it still kills if I try and do any pushups or move certain ways. …
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Fitness in martial arts

I'm in my 40s now. And a bit overweight. And with arthritis here and there. I trained in karate and then kung fu years ago. Then recently, about 18 months ago, returned to martial arts after years and years of no training. Here's the thing. In…
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Recovery/healing from a strained thumb from a bad wrist hold

I do theatre work as a hobby. During a recent rehearsal, I was supposed to be dragging a character across the stage. Of course, one is not trying to hurt the other person, so I maintained a relatively loose grip on her wrist, largely using my thumb…
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Could martial arts knowledge be turned towards self with deadly effect, like a spy suicide pill?

Spy movies frequently feature a suicide pill, which a spy would ingest if caught, preferring to die than being interrogated by the enemy. Could martial arts be used to the same effect? E.g., imagine a martial arts expert who was a spy is captured…
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