Swallowing hurts (like when I have a bad cold) since someone did a neck restraint to me during BJJ sparring 8 days ago.
As the symptom is still there I'm wondering if I don't have something "broken" in the throat, or something. Is that possible?
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Sign up to join this communitySwallowing hurts (like when I have a bad cold) since someone did a neck restraint to me during BJJ sparring 8 days ago.
As the symptom is still there I'm wondering if I don't have something "broken" in the throat, or something. Is that possible?
It's likely you strained a muscle or bruised your esophagus.
This has happened to me 3 times. The first time I went to the doctor and she prescribed me prescription strength ibuprofen and said to come back if the pain did not go away in two weeks. The second time I simply took Advil (over the counter ibuprofen) and the pain went away in a few weeks. The 3rd time the pain lasted for almost 2 months but it did go away. I should note in all three instances I did not return to BJJ until my neck was completely healed.
Assuming you don't have any existing medical problems in your neck, then, with the massive disclaimer that I am no medical expert, I wonder if you have simply bruised your neck. It can happen.
That said, I would urge you to get it checked. It's inevitable that you'll get sprains and bruises from martial arts training, but the neck is kind of important, being as it houses your airways and the blood supply to your brain. I wouldn't ignore any neck injury. I think it's unlikely after 8 days, but you can't rule out the slim but dangerous possibly of the injury swelling, and closing up your airways.