Health, Injury & Hygiene

Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) is a contact sport, and staying healthy is part of the skill. The practitioners who train for decades aren't the ones who never got hurt — they're the ones who prevent the avoidable injuries, manage the ones they can't, and take mat hygiene seriously enough to never lose a month to a skin infection.

On the injury side, learn how to prevent and manage the most common jiu-jitsu injuries, what cauliflower ear actually is, how to tape your fingers to protect your grips, how to return to the mat safely after an injury, and how to keep training injury-free as a masters athlete.

Hygiene matters just as much, because skin infections spread fast in grappling. We cover why it matters more than beginners think, how to prevent and treat ringworm, how to keep your gear clean when you train daily, how to wash and shrink your gi correctly, and how to get stubborn odor out of gis and rash guards. Look after your skin and your joints, and you'll still be rolling long after your training partners have burned out.