UnderGround Forum >> Rolfing is some amazing stuff

Muzalini - 

Joe Rogan -

What's really amazing is how many BJJ guys I've talked to that have bulging discs.  Either that, or herniated ones.

It's really shocking.  I talked to Marcos DaMatta and he has 3 bulging or herniated ones, and Ricardo Liborio who REALLY freaked me out when he said he has 7 of them.  He still rolls, but he's apparently in constant pain because of it.

I have 3 bulging and my facet joints are nearly gone. How long before you saw improvement with the Rolfing?

2 weeks in I started feeling much looser and better.  I still haven't started rolling again, it's been months.  I'm going in for DRX9000 spinal decompression next week.  It's supposed to be very effective.  Lots of grapplers swear by it.  I'm taking this thing very seriously, and if I can't heal my back up it might be the end of Jiu Jitsu for me.

Joe Rogan - 

Muzalini - 

Joe Rogan -

What's really amazing is how many BJJ guys I've talked to that have bulging discs.  Either that, or herniated ones.

It's really shocking.  I talked to Marcos DaMatta and he has 3 bulging or herniated ones, and Ricardo Liborio who REALLY freaked me out when he said he has 7 of them.  He still rolls, but he's apparently in constant pain because of it.

I have 3 bulging and my facet joints are nearly gone. How long before you saw improvement with the Rolfing?

2 weeks in I started feeling much looser and better.  I still haven't started rolling again, it's been months.  I'm going in for DRX9000 spinal decompression next week.  It's supposed to be very effective.  Lots of grapplers swear by it.  I'm taking this thing very seriously, and if I can't heal my back up it might be the end of Jiu Jitsu for me.

 

Damn, that'd be horrible if you'd had to end your Jits. Hope you get well.

The Principal -  I went once. I've heard people swear by it. Seemed a little bit too pseudoscience-like for my taste, but I would have had to stick it out a bit more to be sure.

Joe Rogan - 

Muzalini - 

Joe Rogan -

What's really amazing is how many BJJ guys I've talked to that have bulging discs.  Either that, or herniated ones.

It's really shocking.  I talked to Marcos DaMatta and he has 3 bulging or herniated ones, and Ricardo Liborio who REALLY freaked me out when he said he has 7 of them.  He still rolls, but he's apparently in constant pain because of it.

I have 3 bulging and my facet joints are nearly gone. How long before you saw improvement with the Rolfing?

2 weeks in I started feeling much looser and better.  I still haven't started rolling again, it's been months.  I'm going in for DRX9000 spinal decompression next week.  It's supposed to be very effective.  Lots of grapplers swear by it.  I'm taking this thing very seriously, and if I can't heal my back up it might be the end of Jiu Jitsu for me.

 

Good call on the spinal decompression.  I had that done for 2 bulging discs pushing into my sciatic nerve.  It will take a week or so to feel the decompression helping but after 3 weeks I felt a million times better

philipee32 - A Ha joe rogan is into rolfing too. That stuff is old already 70's. A good massage therapist aka me, will rape a rolfer any day of the week. Rolfing is like cross between massage therapy and chiropractic theroy except rolfing believes the whole body is stacked nd needs to aligned instead of just the spine and its really deep massage therapy. I think alota rolfers just get lucky and happen to realease the muscle cuz they hit everything, a lot of their work is based on stuff that isn't even possible, like manipulating the spine.

daddy N0 - 

ManOfThePeepHole -

Is that a young Shia LaBeouf

I have a friend who has had bulging disk issues from years of farm work. She now is  on heavy meds for the pain. I  wonder how I can locate someone who can do this in Montreal. Where can I get credible info or whi can I talk to?

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Joe Rogan - 

Muzalini - 

Joe Rogan -

What's really amazing is how many BJJ guys I've talked to that have bulging discs.  Either that, or herniated ones.

It's really shocking.  I talked to Marcos DaMatta and he has 3 bulging or herniated ones, and Ricardo Liborio who REALLY freaked me out when he said he has 7 of them.  He still rolls, but he's apparently in constant pain because of it.

I have 3 bulging and my facet joints are nearly gone. How long before you saw improvement with the Rolfing?

2 weeks in I started feeling much looser and better.  I still haven't started rolling again, it's been months.  I'm going in for DRX9000 spinal decompression next week.  It's supposed to be very effective.  Lots of grapplers swear by it.  I'm taking this thing very seriously, and if I can't heal my back up it might be the end of Jiu Jitsu for me.

 

give rener a call,his back was thought to be beyond repair.he ended up getting surgery and seems to be 100%

Letibleu -

I have a friend who has had bulging disk issues from years of farm work. She now is  on heavy meds for the pain. I  wonder how I can locate someone who can do this in Montreal. Where can I get credible info or whi can I talk to?

Jason Reinhardt - Thanks Joe. After my neck surgery in 2001, my middle/low back has killed me daily ever since. I presently have 2 bulging discs in my low back. (sciatic pain now) I've tried so many things, you begin to lose hope. I appreciate this. so, thank you for sharing. I hope i can find Rolfing here where i live,(surrounded by cornfields.)

Jason Reinhardt - Muzalin. I'm in frikin' Decatur, Illinois! It's very true, don't we seem to be the last to get anything? I will drive to try it.

Letibleu - 

I have a friend who has had bulging disk issues from years of farm work. She now is  on heavy meds for the pain. I  wonder how I can locate someone who can do this in Montreal. Where can I get credible info or whi can I talk to?

There is a site of Rolfing practitioners

http://www.rolf.org/about

Hong Kong Phooey -

http://www.rolf.org/about

BJJER - I spoke with a guy Doctor who is thought to be one of the highest authorities on spine surgery and is a Brown Belt in BJJ to boot about bjj and back problems.

He said that in his opinion one of the major problems causing so many back issues in bjj people is that the sport is very "front concentrate." I asked him to define that and he said that if you take a long look at bjj you will notice that for the most part the front of the body is always closing and contracting. Over time the front of the body gets very short and the back of the body gets overly stretched out or "hyperflexible." That compounded with the fact that many bjj players seem to find a need to do EXTRA crunches and sit ups, in some instances heavyely included in warmups only makes things much much worse.

If you read McGills books such as "Ultimate Back Strength and performance" this will make very much sense. If you think of the back as a wire that only has a certain number of flexeion repetitions in it before it breaks you can see how BJJ will break your back quicker than other sports.

BJ bashed into McDs mincemeat - 

Letibleu -

I have a friend who has had bulging disk issues from years of farm work. She now is  on heavy meds for the pain. I  wonder how I can locate someone who can do this in Montreal. Where can I get credible info or whi can I talk to?

http://www.rolfingcanada.org/en/find_a_rolfer.html

thank you!!!!! (I had actually attempted google and came up with euro databases only)

Jason Reinhardt - by the way, i've always wondered why so many jiujitsu /grapplers have bad backs? it seems so commmon. I know one thing..it sure sucks!

Joe Rogan -

Muzalini - 

Joe Rogan -

What's really amazing is how many BJJ guys I've talked to that have bulging discs.  Either that, or herniated ones.

It's really shocking.  I talked to Marcos DaMatta and he has 3 bulging or herniated ones, and Ricardo Liborio who REALLY freaked me out when he said he has 7 of them.  He still rolls, but he's apparently in constant pain because of it.

I have 3 bulging and my facet joints are nearly gone. How long before you saw improvement with the Rolfing?

2 weeks in I started feeling much looser and better.  I still haven't started rolling again, it's been months.  I'm going in for DRX9000 spinal decompression next week.  It's supposed to be very effective.  Lots of grapplers swear by it.  I'm taking this thing very seriously, and if I can't heal my back up it might be the end of Jiu Jitsu for me.