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I get it...I teared up when I left my neurologist's office after I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I'm glad they were able to fix the issue that afflicted you champ, and I wish you all the best for the future. 🙏

Too much lol

I'm praying for you brother, you are going to heal

Your friend who said fuck that guy is a great friend

Best of luck with the recovery mate.

Dear Chad, I have really liked your videos and personality and humor. I still use your guard pass for taller players as my number one pass. I hope life is going as good as possible and as a 50 year old BJJ guy who has had occipital neuralgia (which still bothers me) and other BJJ related injuries, I empathize and hope you get better. Eventually, this sport will be over for all of us. Take care and best wished.

I'm sorry man. I noticed you dropped off the map. I hope you can compete again. If not just teach. At least you're alive. Heal up the best you can.

I had 2 bulging discs in my lower back. So severe the doctors were surprised i could even walk let alone train. It caused nerve damage in my left leg. The rehab was alot of nerve flossing, stretching, strengthening and mobility work. A year after the surgery now and i still have some pain but it is dramatically better than it was before but the rehab has been intense. An hour a day everyday for almost 6 months. Now its more like 20-45 minutes a few days a week and its something I’ll have to do for the rest of my life to keep the pain from coming back. There was also some strengthening of muscles and joints that it did affect and ways to protect it. I can say tho now i just have a fatigued lower back but i can train and compete relatively pain free. I would say look into nerve flossing the are then specific strength and conditioning a good physical therapist could be your best friend for this

Sorry that happened, hope you feel better

Thankyou for sharing. Dont sell your gym. Continue doing what you love. May have to make some adjustments. I had to stop due to too many injuries. Also never really too good….therefore more injuries…i gotta pay my bills bro…Question…is it possible to do online juijitsu…Matt Arroyo has one?

PRP and BPC-157. Ask your doctor about low dose oxandrolone for a few months too. They use it in burn units and it can help a lot with connective tissue and maybe nerve repair too. I think therapeutic dose for that is typically 2-10mg/day. Quite a lot less than the "steroid monkeys" use. Friend of mine is a swimmer and a few months ago was in his garage and some electrical unit exploded all over his back and arms. Shredded the hell out of his hands and he lost about 90% of the skin on his back. His hands are a mess with many tendons damaged and several fingers curled up. He's getting local corticosteroid injections regularly as well as a bunch of other stuff. He's about 7 months in.

Goodluck!! Happy that you’re training again

Appreciate you man. I learned a lot from your videos and I still use your techniques that I learned as an early white belt. Hang in there man.

Glad you're back my friend. Been watching you since i was a white belt.

Stay strong

They can never keep the beast down 🙏

Had no idea! Keep going, you’re the man.

Omg I’ve been following you for years even when you were still with Chewie. I’m so glad you are okay

Don't give up Chad I'm 54 been injured for 3 years I'm still trying to get healed . Stem cell therapy bcp 157 peptide. Good luck youngen.

Miss your videos Chad. Sounds like you had neck ribs. I usually work on scalene release. I big component I see besides cervical ribs is overactive scalene muscles. Myofacial release helps. Keep it adjusted too. That helps calm than muscle group down. Look at you cervical curve too. Typically I will see it reversed on TOS. Most time I see that the person is also very wired and has a hard time relaxing. Chest breathers, always tight traps and frequent migraines or headaches They have an overactive sympathy nervous system. Almost like anxiety. Not saying that's you but it's just what I tend to see. If any of that helps it's my payment for showing some of the best side control escapes!

Try intermittent fasting, the body will heal itself if u give proper care. Good sleep, breath work, meditation , good food , no alcohol all is in sync. All goes together by the hand. Keep at it💪

Praying for you buddy! Thanks for all the great content. God bless

Bro! I am SOOOOO sorry to hear all that you have had to endure! Thank you for your humility and honesty regarding your physical and mental health. You have been an encouragement to me Chad. May the Lord bless you with a new vision He has for your life and surrounded you with people to support you and remind you that you are LOVED!!!

Tore my bicep training and had distal bicep repair, I'm fully healed but have yet to come back to jiu jitsu, my age 41 and being the sole provider for my family is why but I miss it lot. I hope you heal 100 percent God bless.

Did you get the clot shot?

Hey brother, I used to watch you a while ago and it was when I was in medical school. I just wanna say that unfortunately doctors dont really understand the weight of their words when it comes to things that stray from the "conventional" path. like training bjj or trying to compete and stuff. I feel for you as I have also been on that other side of the conversation, albeit not about thoracic outlet syndrome. As cliché as it may sound, you must write your own story. Continue to fight for the life you want, sometimes it wont be as ideal as we would imagine it but we can get close somehow,,,someway. Keep fighting for the life you want and try to make it work. Take care of yourself and your mental. I wish you a speedy recovery. All the best brother.

Pregablin (Lyrica) can help with nerve pain. Can defo help with the neck pain you're experiencing and reduce the pain and horrible nerve pains from the surgery. It can make you more sleepy too, so you might find that you don't get as much done in a day. The drawback is withdrawing off of it is meant to be hard (I'm yet to come off of it though so can't tell you my experience) but I can tell you it is helpful dealing with a neck injury or nerve related pain, especially if you feel pain is a factor that holds you back in training/competing and getting your mental health right. If you aren't doing them already cervical snags help you restore that mobility in your neck when looking left to right, CZcams it, you'll need a towel. Getting the neck mobility back is essential, if not you will find that the problem won't go away so don't get lazy with PT. Get your upper traps and neck dry needled too, if you've never had it done or never had massages after training for years and years, you probably have crazy tight muscles and knots which don't help the situation and contribute to pain. I've unfortunately crushed my little finger down to the bone (broke it too) and had that restitched up. Plus had another hand surgery on my knuckle. I thought the nerve pain wouldn't go away and it was horrible. Over time it has lessened soo much, including the scars which were once hypertrophic, although sensation is still a bit weird (these surgeries were within the last like 4 months for me). Maybe get some bloodwork done generally. See if there is anything you are deficient in. I would say generally add in high quality Magnesium, omega 3's and either supplement or eat foods high in all the various types of B vitamins as these help with nerve pain and help when you're training. With supplements if you buy cheap, you're usually getting a ass end product, Thorne and pure encapsulations are very reputable companies and for essential supplements I normally only go with them (if you care about your health expensive supplements might seem like an drag but it can save you money in the future in terms of diminishing health). You could look into PRP injections. I don't want to write a lengthy essay, but in short compared to longer term steroid injections that doctors sometimes use to relieve pain (that if you keep having it in the long run ruins your collagen production) it might help speed up the healing process by using your own blood in the effected area. Neck pain can cause migraines, if you're unfortunate enough to get them too. Dark room, sleep mask, ear plugs, good pillow and Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) all helps. I'm from a different country to you, so I know this would all likely be an expensive endeavour potentially and it depends what way you want to go. Good luck with the healing process, I'm recovering from post concussion syndrome that killed my dream of going pro in MMA and then two hand surgeries later I'm in a similar situation to you, so I understand how it feels. All the best !

Sometimes when I feel down, one thing I’ll watch is the video of Chewy promoting you to black belt, and it never gets old. I hope you’ll get back to being able to train without major limitations. But if not, I hope you can find a way to work around them. Look at Jean Jacques Machado, for example. You are and can continue to be an inspiration. I believe in you, buddy. 🙏

Damn man hope to see you training and competing again. I remember being a white belt watching you on chewys channel

I know it sounds crazy, but consider researching urine therapy. It can help regenerate nerves.

Hope you heal and get to enjoy bjj again Chad. All the best.

Thank you for posting this, being in this situation is very lonely. After 8 years, the accumulated damage was too much. Not nearly as severe as your case. But I was exactly where I wanted to be. Gym owner with some badass white and blue belt students and stepping away was like having everything taken from me. In hindsight it's not that big of a deal, I rolled a bit last week and didn't really miss a beat (my cardio is awful). I just was not healing anymore and would get stronger but no muscular growth. Looking back I was completely burnt out but like you said at the peak of my "career". I go through periods where I can feel the nerves growing back (itchy) and my body composition has completely changed. The biggest healing factor has been time and deep breathing. Using the diaphragm to fill inflate the torso has been crucial. Especially around my shoulder/collarbone area. Wishing you all the best in your recovery and thank you again for posting this, means a lot.

Hope u feel better!

Totally get it, I was in a car accident that completely destroyed my body. Hip broken, sacrum fractured, brain bleeding, was in a coma for a while. I didn’t get rehabilitation even though I needed it, I was forgotten about by the health care system, & my family. It took me awhile to walk without smashing into walls. That was about 9 years ago, now I’m starting Jiu Jitsu, mostly training techniques, but I want to do more sparring. This might seem weird, but I would actually recommend looking into somatic processing for trauma, & other trauma healing techniques, surgeries are major traumas to our bodies. I have seen major shifts in my body from trauma healing techniques, getting to expressing the unexpressed emotions trapped in the body. It’s is real healing, from the Inside-Out. The trapped emotions literally manifest disease & physical issues. I have directly experienced healing emotional wounds & it having an instant effect on physical issues, usually it’s more gradual which it’s why it’s hard to study, hard to gather evidence for. This stuff gets labeled as fantasy a lot, & we go through life trying to find a physical solution as we think the root cause of the issue is physical, but that might just be (and usually is in my opinion) a symptom of an emotional disconnection. We all have trauma, or unprocessed emotions, stuff we think we “Don’t have time for.” The physical focused healing stuff is great too, not saying to throw that out keep searching that way, but focus on the other end of the duality too, the emotional. Wishing you good health, & thanks for your Jiu Jitsu videos! 😊

god bless bro good luck

Hate to be that guy. But did you take the covid vax and if so did these symptoms arise are the 2nd dose?

I would recommend trying the carnivore diet for at least 90 days. Do a slow transition first. Plenty of carnivore doctors here on CZcams to help, e.g. Dr Ken Berry, Dr Anthony Chaffee (neurosurgeon), Prof Bart Kay. Sounds very tough what youve been through. I'm wondering what caused it in the first place, and the first thing that always comes to mind with modern health problems is a modern, unnatural diet.

Good luck to you, man.

Bro ALLERGIES!? Some Drs literally do not care

Chad, I've been training for about 8 years. I started watching your videos while you were still with chewie. You have always been one of my favorite online instructors. I'm glad to hear that you are going to resume training. Good luck!

Really happy to hear you’re on the right track Chad. Wishing you all the best in the future.

Peptids are a miracle for me and others. Bpc 157 and tb 500 improved nerve and muscle issues that were bothering me for years in 3 days. Every cycle I feel permanent improvements.

Did you take the vaccine

You have so much knowledge and experience there's no reason you should quit teach or sharing it. It still has value even if you can't do it like you used to. ❤

Good to see you back man. Even if you weren’t able to get it fixed we still would have watched any content you put out of you talking about training or getting two students to show the moves while you teach them through it. It may not be how you want to present the information but you have a wealth of knowledge and people out there still respect that.

I’m glad you found a doctor that was able to help you. Man I’ve been following you for years now, love what you put out and definitely hope to drop in and train some day. Will say a prayer for you to continue recovering!

Praying for you brother. Praise God you’re doing better. Hope you get 100% better and get to keep on grinding. 👍

Hey Chad, this might be the most ridiculous suggestion to your problem, but I think it could help. Go to a Pentecostal church and get prayer for healing. I myself have literally had demons cast out of me and I’ve prayed healing over people before. They don’t always get completely healed BUT they’ve always felt better after. Even if it’s the last thing you consider doing, if you’re “willing to try anything” try that. Good luck to you. Love your videos!

Two suggestions: 1. Chiropractor treatment 2. Massage treatment. Sorry, i do not know this condition, just a thought... Sending you positive thoughts and healing vibes 🙏🏽📈✌️

That sucks man. I'm glad things are going better. I had thoracic outlet syndrome in 2015 and they removed the rib and scalene muscle.