Avoiding injuries
in MMA
Stay Safe
Source: mmamania.com
Due to the intense physical aspect of the sport of MMA injuries are extremely common. Most of them aren’t as severe as most
people would imagine, broken bones and dislocated shoulders are fairly
uncommon. Most people suffer from pulled muscles, bruises, twinges and cramp
commonly, and these are things that can be reduced if you seek to avoid them.
Freak accidents are always unavoidable, but you should understand the
difference between fighting hurt and fighting injured. The type of sport MMA is
fighting hurt is unavoidable, but if you are fighting injured you will worsen
the condition and have a longer recovery time.
Warm Up
Source : insidemma.com.au
The best way to reduce and avoid injuries is by ensuring you
carry out an effective warm up and stretches prior to training. By warming up
the muscles they will work better and more effectively, allowing the blood to
follow between the muscles and cells. This will create more energy to use.
Furthermore by correctly stretching you will help your body prepare itself to
the sudden stresses your muscles, ligaments and tendons are about to endure.
Protective Gear
You may also want to consider wearing more protective
clothing and equipment. The danger of head injuries has become increasingly
common within MMA and more focus than ever is being put on preventing them from
occurring. Concussions can affect you over a long period of time as well as
damage your mental health if they go unchecked, so if you get a concussion you
should seek medical advice. During training it is highly recommended to wear
protective head gear so if you do take a knock to the head you would have the
added protection to reduce any risks. MMA training mats play avital role in all the training you undertake so it’s important that you
choose a high quality mat which is built to last and of course protect you from
injury.
Train well
The submission aspect of MMA is also something that can
cause injuries. Since you are purposely being put under pressure on joints
resulting in great pain, it can result in tears, breaks and pops. It is
critical that if you are practicing submissions to only use an appropriate
level of force during training. This is especially true if you are new to the
sport and you are unfamiliar with the limits that the body can be put through.
The advice is relevant to both parties as during training you are wanting to
learn the techniques with a friendly opponent, not a competitor in a live
fight.
Stay Focused
Source : evolve-mma.com
Another recommended thing to do is if your body has been
overworked, or you are recovering from an injury is to make sure you rest. Many
people look to get back to training and fighting as soon as possible, but if
your body is not ready or fully recovered you risk causing more damage
resulting in more time out. Always seek to return when your body is ready and
you have had enough time to recover, even if it means more time off now, it may
stop another long term injury occurring in the future.
Safety First
The safety ofcompetitors is extremely important to the sport of MMA. Despite it being a
contact physical sport, you should always seek to practice it in a safe manner.
