Timeline of a Judo injury

[u/No_Cherry2477]

This is a timeline of a Judo injury I am going through now. It was from Tai Otoshi defense. My opponent was strong, and his Tai Otoshi is strong (which I knew), but I have strong defense for Tai Otoshi, so it was a chess match.

The timeline is roughly 4 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours.

I was outweighed by quite a bit. I didn't factor in the added weight in my defense, which led to the audible tearing sounds that happened twice during the match. I fought the last minute one-handed because I knew the tournament was over for me but my opponent deserved to say he won with me giving my all.

I'm back in training already, but obviously avoiding that entire half of my body. It's a great opportunity to work on one handed foot sweeps.

[u/trinli]

"Audible tearing sound?" Like similar to a muffled sound of tearing paper? Sounds and looks like you have torn a tendon.

-I'd recommend a visit to your doctor. This time you might actually want to listen when they inevitably say "you need to rest." You might need surgery and probably will need physical therapy to get your arm back in order.

(edit: "tendon", not "ligament")

[u/BraveSirWobin → u/trinli]

A torn ligament doesn't give that kinda of bruising, does it? I've torn one in my elbow recently and had zero bruising or swelling, but i guess if the distortion of the joint is intense it could.. I'm thinking if a tendon snapped somewhere in the elbow,

[u/YouthSubstantial822 → u/BraveSirWobin]

I tore my acromioclavicular joint years ago, audible tearing (or at least I heard it internally?) but no bruising. That said, you could both tear a ligament as well as damage soft tissue in the process.