Question regarding boxing, pushups, and wrist pain
Hey all, I've been boxing for a little over a year now. I train at least 3 days a week, at least an hour a day, in addition to my strength and conditioning work. Many weeks I'll go more than 3 times or train for longer than an hour. I'm trying to get a fight but women in my weight class have been hard to find.
Anyway, since I started boxing I've been having wrist pain when I do pushups. I've been able to get around it by doing them on my knuckles but I wonder if I'm masking a weakness or injury. My coach wraps my hands for me and I wear pro-quality 16oz bag gloves for training and 16oz fight gloves for sparring. I've had my coach watch my punching form and he says it's great. I don't have wrist pain at any other time than doing pushups, so what gives? Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.
I don't have any advice, but I wanted to direct you over to www.rossboxing.com, those guys are pretty much boxers and fighters and might have some decent insight as well.
Might not too!
Good luck!
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I got wrist pain when I practiced aikido years ago, and eventually ganglion cysts appeared on my tendons. Now I can't really say what is cause and what is consequence there, maybe wear and tear caused pain and cysts, maybe just pain, and the cysts appeared spontaneously. I did push ups on my knuckles too. Sadly I can't say if the pain goes away eventually, as I can't do one push up now But I think push ups using handles are a better exercise anyway, so it might be something for you to consider!
Thanks for the advice. I've got some hex dumbbells I can drag out and use. I went over and had a look around rossboxing; I'll have to spend some more time there.
Work on developing wrist flexibility and wrist strength. There are various ways to address these qualities but a couple of suggestions are using clubbells and performing sledgehammer movements, which are both excellent for combat athletes. I also advise my clients, when addressing wrist flexibility, to incorporate jump-stretch band complexes into their regimens. If you have developed scar tissue in the wrist area those methods may not help out a great deal, but I would advise you to give them a try.
Question regarding boxing, pushups, and wrist pain
But I think push ups using handles are a better exercise anyway, so it might be something for you to consider!
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