For the fighters and contact sport players?

What do you guys do about deep tissue/muscle bruises?

Since I have begun free sparring, I am getting the crap beat out of me, once a week.

I don't mind. But at last once a free spar, I get kicked hard enough, that  feel it almost at the bone, and my leg then remains partially charley horsed for several days afterward.

It is effecting not only my Kung Fu, directly following open spar, but my lifting if I must the next day or two (I have myself scheduled to not lift the day after, but i do go to Kung Fu, although It doesn't always work that way, like I need to lift tonight).


I am pretty sure you guys are going to say massage, and a potion (I'm an old fashioned liniment, girl myself), and suck it up p*ssy, but I was just curios if you guys had any tips, on how to work those types of bruises out, so I can train at proper intensity.

Oh and welts... there is absolutely nothing I can do about that, right?

Hmm.  I'm not exactly sure about what you can do, but what I do know is that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and your body adapts to stuff like this. 

Live with the bruises and pain, and keep lifting.  Your body will adapt, and you will get stronger and stronger every day.

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I tried it once, and well...I'm a p**sy when it comes to punching bricks.

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There is nothing in the world that sucks more when you have a deep thigh bruise.

I've had 2 and the best thing I've found is water, advil, and an ace bandage.

The water and advil are a no brainer, and the bandage may be too but it really helps. If you stretch it out slowly before you use it and get it to the point where you can stand to use it, wrap it and get to work. I usually jog a little and it loosens up. I can usually get to the point that I only feel a twinge when I take a step, I play alot of basketball so thats really my only experience. And I stop all leg workouts.

But stretch it, rub it, wrap it, feed and drug it, and it will be useable for awhile.  

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I have found that after sparring the best thing to do is just make sure that the bruise doesn't result in the area tightening.  I'm an amateur fighter (and as it turns out, a terrible kickboxer) so I get a lot of bruising from blocking kicks with my arms and not blocking them with my thighs.  I just try to stay loose, and whenever that area starts to tighten up, I make a conscious effort to move around so it doesn't get worse.  I'm also working on not getting kicked as often.

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Thanks Chris, your post is common sense but certainly helpful.

BigAngryBill


I have found that after sparring the best thing to do is just make sure that the bruise doesn't result in the area tightening.  I'm an amateur fighter (and as it turns out, a terrible kickboxer) so I get a lot of bruising from blocking kicks with my arms and not blocking them with my thighs.  I just try to stay loose, and whenever that area starts to tighten up, I make a conscious effort to move around so it doesn't get worse.  I'm also working on not getting kicked as often.

In reference to the bold part you and me both!!!!

I am a terrible kicker, unless they are short kicks, and sneaky cross kicks, so as I work on kicking better, my strategy is to come in so that they have to punch, or chop or whatever, basically take the kick away from my opponant. That ends up with me just walking into  a vicious kick at least once. not to mention the vicious kicks that they just hit me with (I am very new to martial arts, 7 month in, and my school is old school traditional Chinese, and taught that way, so I fight people far far, more advanced then myself. It is fun and a great way to learn. The older students have great control, and will tag you hard with out so much injury, but the ones with less experiance, they are the ones who will accidentally break your leg.).

you could always K0 or whatever you do to win before they can give you the bruises =D nah bruises suck get em alot from hitting drills in football.

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Suck it up.lol

Ice, heat, stretch, ibuprofen. I like to get the muscle going doing some light bodyweight work too. Keeps it warm and loose.

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Have you tried diced onions with salt?

Rub it.  It hurts but apply a fair amount of pressure and rub it for a little while.  Then, wrap it up.

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jlp


Have you tried diced onions with salt?

who said who, to the what now??

You said you were a old fashioned liniment girl.

with arnica gel and camphor...give those a try??
motrin?
 your question actually reminded me of those things. It worked for in the past.  

otherwise wear your bruises with pride!!! :)  

icy hot and ibuprofen

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Suck it up.lol

Ice, heat, stretch, ibuprofen.

This plus if you can find a hottub it works miracles.  Light swimming is good too.

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