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Mary Malmros wrote:
... when you change functional mechanics in order to "work around" an injury, rather than simply giving the injury time to heal, you may very well be buying additional trouble through your impatience.
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To my experience in many cases this is not a question whether or not to work around an injury or a chronic problem, but a question of how to work around it.
True: Sometimes it's not possible. But very often it is. And can be a very helpfull way to get over it. This can teach a lot!
Well, there are teachers who develloped their specific aikido by working around an injury: Tohei sensei (spine), Endo sensei (shoulder).
I myself experienced this a few time in all those years. Most impressive after I tore a muscle fiber.
You have to have good teachers (or in other cases coaches) I think, a good physiotherapist, and most of all a lot of experience of practice and of your own body.
So to have to work around an injury even can improve your level of aikido. Without doing harm to your body, even in the long run.