What is the recovery time before I can start training BJJ / MMA / Judo again?
Many doctors and physical therapists will be unfamiliar with the demands of our sports (it helps if you equate it to wrestling). Here are some experiences from forum members: “Korhal”, a physical therapist who posted on the forum, suggested: o Rehab exercises only and walking x 6 months o Light training drills with no full contact x3 months after that o Hard training at the 10 month mark, but go easy on the free rolling and free sparring. o 1 year, you’re good to go. The above schedule is basically what I did and seems a good, conservative (but not too conservative) timeline. Korhal went on to say: “If you do it this way, you’ll have a good knee for life. If you rush it, you’ll be missing training sessions and icing your knee for life.” One of the risks of getting back into grappling too early, or pushing it too hard on running, etc., is the risk of tendonitis, especially if you got the patellar tendon graft. mrarmbar2you reported that he started jogging 3 – 6 miles 2 month after his g
