John Danaher has seemingly announced that it is very possible he will not be coaching at a high level anymore – after his hip and knee replacement surgery.
He explained that he started the sport with what he calls a “crippled leg”, which with time necessitated a hip replacement surgery.
However, the issues returned four years later, necessitating another one – but Danaher put it off.
Now, however, the issue is as such that he has to undergo the treatment.
He shared the news via social media:
This year I will have to do four surgeries to try and get a satisfactory body back.
I started today with the easiest surgery – a bilateral inguinal hernia repair that I’ve been putting off too long.
Then I will have to schedule the much more serious hip and knee replacements (after that I have to get lens implanted my eyes to get my deteriorating vision back in order).My last hip replacement took about six months to a year to fully recover from.
The issue will be the more complex and generally less robust knee replacement, which in my case will be attached to a femur that already has a hip replacement on the other side of it.
Danaher then explained what this could mean for his coaching career:
The doctors say that generally this is the end of any kind of Jiu jitsu type movement at high level.
As such I will most likely have to make a reappraisal of my role in Jiu jitsu coaching.I hope that given enough time I can return to high level coaching but it may be that I have to switch focus to more recreational Jiu jitsu coaching.
He then added:
Despite the uncertainty, there is something of which I am very sure.
If I do have to step away from coaching professional athletes, my students are without exception, truly outstanding teachers so I am extremely confident that they can represent what we espoused far better than I ever did and contribute greatly to the sports continued growth.
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