Punching bag

ohmijord
ohmijord Posts: 25 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hey guys, I've been hitting the bag a lot for exercise and I seem to get some really rough red marks in between my pinky's. It looks just a blood blister but it's under the skin. My anatomy teacher said that it's microvascular damage and that I need to try different gloves. Does this happen to anyone else?

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  • uconnwinsnc1
    uconnwinsnc1 Posts: 902 Member
    Don't punch with your pinkies. That is how you break a finger. Punch with the strong fingers. Find gloves that help you do that.
  • ohmijord
    ohmijord Posts: 25 Member
    I have been hitting the bag square. I don't think I hit it on my pinky side of my hand
  • mreichard
    mreichard Posts: 235 Member
    I used to get something similar (red/purple bruising by my pinkies) when I hit the heavy bag --- even when I was doing it without gloves (I did a lot of MA stuff like hitting a makiwara to toughen my hands, so my knuckles were calloused). Hitting with no gloves, I was absolutely hitting with just first two knuckles but even so I got bruising there (and not by first two knuckles). It was never that serious for me, so I just ignored it.
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