Staff writer  |  GDCS

 19 Oct, Bengaluru

Contact sports, such as boxing, judo, karate, wrestling and mixed martial arts, are high risk events. Kantharaj Shankar Agasa, an MMA star fighter, had his shoulder dislocated during a training session — an injury that very nearly brought his prized career to an end. 

It might well have got to that point, had it not been for Dr Banarji B.H., an orthopaedic surgeon in Bengaluru. In fact, owing to the successful surgery, Kantharaj is back in the fighting cage, doing what he knows best.

Kantharaj is an Indian star at the MMA Asian circuit. He has many international victories to his credit. Unfortunately, the injury occurred when he was at the height of his fighting career.

MMA fighting, even during practise, is dangerous. Some of the moves, such as the kimura — a way of manipulating the body joints — are aimed at forcing the opponent to submit and give up the fight. In fact, it is not uncommon for players to dislocate or otherwise injure their body joints during such routines.

“In Kantharaj’s case, I had an added responsibility,” says Dr. Banarji. “He was way too invested in MMA to be able to quit it even after his injury. He would sooner have to get back to it, and my job was to ensure his joint held on even then.”

Kanthiraj, had, of course, to take a sabbatical from the sport to allow the wound, post surgery, to heal. It knocked off a year or two from his fight calendar. But once he healed, he came right back into the game, fresh guns blazing, much to the chagrin of his opponent.

(Dr Banarji is an orthopaedic surgeon who treats shoulder and upper limb disorders. He is a specialist in Arthroscopy and sports medicine.) 

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