BJJ practitioners: any concern about carotid artery dissection?

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Never really even thought about this honestly. I’m more worried about the 2 stripe white belt spazzing out on me. I guess if it really bothered me, I would tap the moment someone locked in a choke on me instead of fighting every sub like it’s a life or death outcome.

Other than the philosophical advice..

As a bjj blue belt, either:
1) You are being too stubborn and need to tap earlier. You will be submitted 100s of times so there is no sense trying to tough it out once you are caught in a good choke. Just tap and reset. You’ll get more reps in and progress faster anyway.

2) The person you are rolling with is out of control and dangerous. If you get the feeling that he is trying to crank a choke too hard or is just overly aggressive in general. End the round and say I’m done rolling with you. You need to trust the people you are training with.

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Basically, choke causes microtear in artery Clot forms, which later breaks off and travels to the brain, causing a stroke. LINK

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I had a CAD while running up in Chicago 4 years ago, which subsequently caused at least 3 strokes. We never figured out what caused it but any chiropractic care, neck manipulation, BJJ, whiplash, etc. was the first thing asked by any Specialist/ER I saw. And I saw a lot. That said, I have made a full recovery and was back to running and normal life within a few months. Still scary shite; but it's like it never happened now. A bit of unease knowing it can happen again at anytime, but not gonna live my life in fear over it. I still train heavily (running, cycling, strength) and do everything I was doing before. The only thing I have actively stopped is neck massages when getting deep tissue treatment.