Self defense class had mixed results this afternoon.
Worked on sparing again using the hand wraps for my left hand. Unfortunately I experienced the same issue. Pain centered on the thumb and inner wrist when punching or blocking a punch. This has now also moved into my right hand.
In each class the intensity of the sparing is increasing and along with that the intensity of frequency of pain around my thumb joint and inner wrist. It has finally reached the point where I can’t ignore the pain. It reminds me of the type of pain you get when you hit the crazy bone in your elbow. It’s long lasting and kind of makes me sick to my stomach. Today it also started to happen in my right hand.
This is a real disappointment. I pushed myself to get to the point where I was OK in taking punches and getting much better at delivering punches and starting to enjoy the sparing activity more and more each time.
For now we have decided to stop all sparing. I don’t think this is an issue of something needing time to heal and get better. I fear this is just the way my hands and wrists react to the impact.
I can’t help but think about the increasing issues I am having with my ankles/heels along with this issues in my hands and wrists. They are seem to be over reacting to impact. Jumping for my feet and punching for my hands.
If I go to the Doctor and say my hands hurt when I hit things and my feet hurt when I jump up and down they might suggest less hitting and jumping.
I am just going to put the sparing out of my mind for awhile. There is a lifetime of others things for me to work on in class. We have already planned to focus on stick combat and kicking for the near future.
Also worked on two new drills, the chainsaw and the windmill.
Next class on Tuesday evening.