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Can You do BJJ with a Herniated Disk in Your Back?

Gary Berger — Thu, 23 May 2024 04:08:16 +0000

Back pain SUCKS, especially if you’re trying to train BJJ. Now I’m NOT a doctor, but this is the story of how I recovered from back pain supposedly caused by a herniated disk, and I’d be very interested in hearing YOUR story in the comments too.

For more on this topic check out:
https://www.grapplearts.com/dont-take-injuries-lying-down/]
and

Fixing Bad Backs in BJJ

And download my free PDF checklist taking you through the fundamental techniques, positions, and strategies of BJJ at https://www.grapplearts.com/book

Good luck with your training and healing your injury!
Stephan Kesting

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Improve Spine Mobility With 3 Exercises #shorts #mobility

Gary Berger — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 14:26:03 +0000

Three simple exercises to improve rotation if you have a stiff thoracic spine (mid back).
1. Open Book Stretch 5 x 5 sec holds
2. Reach Through 5 x 5 sec holds
3. Thoracic CARs 5 x

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Try The Open Book Stretch For Back Tightness #shorts

Gary Berger — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:25:22 +0000

Open book stretch.

5-10 repetitions per direction.

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Back and Shoulder Mobility and Warm-Up For BJJ

Gary Berger — Wed, 17 May 2023 16:57:33 +0000

Focusing on a solid warm-up can pay huge dividends to improving your mobility and performance in grappling. Using a wall as a tool to assist with mobility is a great way work on this as well.

Here is a quick sequence that I do as part of my warm-up before BJJ class to get my body ready to train.

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3 Exercises For A Stiff Mid Back #shorts

Gary Berger — Wed, 10 May 2023 20:37:01 +0000

3 Exercises To Fix A Stiff Mid Back
1. T-spine extension over form roller 5-10 repetitions
2. Shoulder flexion with foam roller 5-10 repetitions
3. Thread the needle 5-10 repetitions per side

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How Fix A Stiff Mid Back (Part 2) – Shoulder Raises Over A Foam Roller #shorts

Gary Berger — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 19:50:57 +0000

10 repetitions for 5 second holds

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3 Essential Core Exercises

Gary Berger — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 19:00:02 +0000

In this video I show some of the absolute best core stability exercises, “The McGill Big 3.” These exercises were created by Dr. Stu McGill and can be found in his book, “The Back Mechanic.”

Here is a quick explanation of each exercise and my reps and sets recommendations:

1. Modified Curl Up: 1 set, 5 reps, 3-5 sec holds

Lie your back with one knee bent and one knee straight, this puts your pelvis in a neutral position and the muscles of your core in an optimal alignment of pull to avoid strain on the low back. Place your hands under the arch of your low back and ensure that this arch is maintained throughout the curl-up. Start by bracing your abdomen and maintain alignment with the neck and upper back. Pick a spot on the ceiling and focus your gaze there, lift your shoulder blades off the floor and slowly return to the start position.

2. Side Plank: 1 set, 3-5 reps, 10-15 sec holds

Lie on your side and place your elbow directly under your shoulder. With your legs straight, place your top foot on the ground in front of your bottom foot. Maintain a neutral spine and try to keep the back straight (don’t forget to engage muscle around the shoulder blade).

3. Bird-Dog: 1 set, 5 reps, 5 sec holds

Start on your hands and knees with your hands under the shoulders and knees under the hips. Maintain a neutral spine. Lift your arm in front and kick your opposite leg straight back while keeping your hips level (avoid rotation). Return to the starting position and repeat on opposite arm and leg. That is one repetition.

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Unlock Your Stiff Mid Back After BJJ Training

Gary Berger — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:00:18 +0000

Stiffness and tightness in the mid back (Thoracic spine) is a common issue due to the positions of Jiu-Jitsu as well as every day life that includes extensive sitting among other activities that forces our spine to round.

This can lead to a rounded posture, decreased mobility, and general stiffness in the mid back which can impact neck, shoulder, and low back function.

In this quick series, I show you exercises that I focused on after I experienced tightness in the mid back after BJJ class.

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Back Pain in Sport and How to Fix It, with Dr Stuart McGill

Gary Berger — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:09:27 +0000

00:30 – How to become a world class expert in spinal mechanics and back pain
08:04 – Studying spines in the lab and what that tells you about spines in athletes
13:56 – Disc herniations and pain
19:30 – Dr McGill’s work with Olympians and elite athletes
23:48 – The athleticism of MMA fighter George St. Pierre
29:43 – Principles for avoiding back pain injury
34:27 – The power of the neutral spine
45:12 – The advantages and dangers of developing power through spinal rotation
50:52 – How elite strikers hit so hard
54:16 – Posture and spinal position in jiu-jitsu
1:00:55 – Hip morphology and leg flexibility of great jiu-jitsu fighters
1:05:54 – Books and other resources by Dr McGill

Back pain is incredibly common in sport, including all combative sports like jiu-jitsu, MMA, boxing and judo. That is why I was thrilled to talk to Dr Stuart McGill, one of the world’s leading experts on back pain.

Dr McGill spent 30 years researching and teaching spinal mechanics at the University of Waterloo in Canada. He has published more than 300 scientific papers, written 3 textbooks, and has worked to improve sports performance with countless athletes from almost every sport.

His book, “Back Mechanic: The Step-by-Step McGill Method to Fix Back Pain” has become a classic manual for living a painfree life and “Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance” is a guide for many coaches to bring their athletes up to the next level of performance while avoiding a debilitating back injury.

Injury is the enemy, and avoiding injury is the key to a long and successful athletic career, so I hope you enjoy this episode!

You can also catch my conversation with Dr McGill on episode 301 of The Strenuous Life Podcast in audio-only at the links below:

The Strenuous Life on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/strenuous-life-podcast-stephan-kesting-grapplearts/id320705565?mt=2

The Strenuous Life on Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2tlc3RpbmcubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=

The Strenuous Life on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5NTGdrtMZv8JcxpUBcdREx

The Strenuous Life on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stephan-kesting/grapplearts-radio-podcast

Cheers,
Stephan Kesting

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Stay at Home Back Pain Flow | 48 Hour Exclusive | Yoga for BJJ

Gary Berger — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:31:47 +0000

This video is part of our back pain program and is designed to help you try and attack that back pain we all suffer from in jiu jitsu. Take some time in the positions, listen to the details and enjoy doing something restorative and not too intense.

Yoga for BJJ is designed to help people improve themselves on and off the mats. Using yoga specific stretches and flows that are relevant to jiu jitsu to help you increase your flexibility, rate of motion, balance and injury prevention.
Whether you are grappling once or twice a week or a full time athlete we like to make sure we have videos for everyone so if you need the complete startup program or our “yoga for rocks” program or even our yoga for 40+ series we have it waiting for you.

We offer 300+ videos organized into programs. They include tutorials and they cover all of those areas that grapplers need to work on the most. Stiffness in the lower back, hips, hamstring, shoulders, neck, legs… can all be a thing of the past.

We don’t offer magical results, but feedback from 1000+ members and our experience makes us confident that you can extend your career on the mats with consistent yoga practice.

Try one of the free classes on our channel then head over to www.yogaforbjj.net and sign up to unlock video programs specific to your needs and start improving yourself today.

New videos every week for grapplers that want to optimize the body for BJJ and life!
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