Wrist pain

[Dom66]

Hello, sorry if this thread was posted before
Anyway, i injured my wrist again. Probably strong left hook landed wrong on heavy bag. Last time this happened, i wasnt 100% for about 6-7 weeks. Now, 7 days have passed without training and still feel some pain when hand fully extended to down. I remember breaking both my wrists as a kid (around 12years old). Could that be the reason for more injury prone wrists or just my bad technique ? Im 19 years old and before boxing, i did 2 years of swimming and 6 years of waterpolo so i dont know, maybe that had soften the bones... dunno really. What do you think ?

Thanks in advance

[AlexKid]

Hello, sorry if this thread was posted before
Anyway, i injured my wrist again. Probably strong left hook landed wrong on heavy bag. Last time this happened, i wasnt 100% for about 6-7 weeks. Now, 7 days have passed without training and still feel some pain when hand fully extended to down. I remember breaking both my wrists as a kid (around 12years old). Could that be the reason for more injury prone wrists or just my bad technique ? Im 19 years old and before boxing, i did 2 years of swimming and 6 years of waterpolo so i dont know, maybe that had soften the bones... dunno really. What do you think ?

Thanks in advance

This is TS, he has a severe case of repetitive strain injury

[Ray Corso]

Use extra wrap material around your wrists. Make sure your flexing your fists as you wrap to secure the material and not to over tighten them.
Next would be your techniques!
On a left hook are you pronating just prior to contact? ; pronate= palm down.
Are you punching "through" the bag or snapping your fist off the bag on contact? You should be punching through when throwing power!

An added protection technique is to concentrate on your elbows in close to your body and maintaining a tight arm angle for the left hook.
Squeeze your fists just prior to impact also.

A tennis ball squeeze or computer keyboard stress ball is a good exercise for strengthening your wrists. Also rolling a 5 to 10lb weight suspended from a 2' long broom stick piece of wood approximately suspended with a 3 ft. long rope. Extend your arms forward and roll the rope up around the stick using different grip widths.
Ofcourse a variety of hand positions while working pushups will also strengthen wrists and fingers.

Ray

[Dom66]

Thanks man. Im trying very hard to concentrate on throwing punches right but since the training is very intense, i guess every sixth or seventh punch ends wrong. I bought extra pair of wraps so ill prolly use it next time. Exercises you mentioned seem cool, gotta strenghten that wrist

[AddiX]

Whaf kind of wraps are you using?

Make sure you buy the Mexican style there generally yellow. Those are the longest ones that I know of.

[Dom66]

Well i used 5m 100% cotton... now, i bought 5m semi elastic, but havent used it yet due to recovering... still feel pain in on wrist when hand leaned down

[DinoCop]

Mate I suffer from the same pain, my wrist pain started when I started to throw my left hook with shoulder snap. I figured out my wraps were a little bit short, 270 cm (108 inches), so i ordered 457 cm (180 inches) wraps.
Make sure yours is not also too short.

[BennyST]

Have you been shown how to wrap your hands properly? If you have ongoing issues then you must learn how to wrap your hands and wrists with the most structured support possible. In particular, you've got to make sure you know how to support the wrist and hand bone section properly by wrapping it to create enough support to stabilise it all.

Without that support you can really damage your wrist. If you happen to have bad technique on top of that (not saying you do) then it's a disaster waiting to happen.

From there, obviously you need to have a good look at your technique. If it's your hook, the first thing is make sure you're not slapping. Then make sure you're getting your elbow up behind it. Either of these put your wrist at a bad angle and can cause damage.

Anyway, hope it gets better soon! Wrist pain is nasty and can really stay with you so try to fix it properly now, because you definitely dont want chronic wrist issues.

[scbb]

What was the verdict on this, I did the same same thing a month ago. Did you ever get better?

[DanUK94]

Mate I suffer from the same pain, my wrist pain started when I started to throw my left hook with shoulder snap. I figured out my wraps were a little bit short, 270 cm (108 inches), so i ordered 457 cm (180 inches) wraps.
Make sure yours is not also too short.

What wraps have you found to be the best for support?