Punched A Wall, Knuckle Pain And Non-Reversible Damage
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On this page there are A LOT of questions from people who have punched a wall and hurt their fists and knuckles. Some broke bones.
The questions are from wall punchers who hurt themselves very recently and are worried about their hand pain and what it means, to those who punched a wall and hurt themselves years ago and are wondering why they still hurt and have troubles making a fist and what they can do about it.
Rule #1 of Punching Walls And Other Hard Objects: Don't Do It
Rule #2: When you hurt your hand punching a wall/door/car/tree/etc, you better do your best to help your body recover as much and as fast as possible.
We’re all here after we punched a wall
I punched the door frame
😄 well I'm here after I punched my 150 yr old Oak Tree too many times 😣 and I'm also gonna look-up, 'what happens when you're born with no common sense' lmbbo. Sigh...youth 🤗
I punched my brother head and I pretend it doesnt hurt
@@zack1520 same it hurts
Exactly! I punched a cinderblock wall, age 15 and my middle knuckle is huge but the index and pinky knuckles are gone!
if your here it's too late
-.- mhm
my fucking hand feels like a chicken wing
Damn is it that bad lol? I was just stupid curious.
-.- same
Nope I just came randomly
Dont do that? Too late and AH IT HURTS
Yeah...I say the 'don't do that' thing very tongue in cheek....as it's always too late to say it. :)
same
It doesn't hurt when your angry ,and I once did it when I fell off my bicycle ,so the adrenaline made me feel nothing.
Gerhard Scorgie Lol I get angry everytime so I don’t feel pain most of the time
@@gerhardscorgie33 yeah but once the rush goes out you are there alone with the pain
Shout out to all the kyle's 🤟🏽
HAHAHAHAHAHA I have lived up to my name! Shout out to all my fellow wall punchers
as i don’t feel alone that there are more people who punched a wall in anger I feel less bad for my one nukel which is misshaped it doesn’t hurt but feels weird sometimes and is miss shaped
Rip wall, rip my knuckles😤😤😤
CrazyCAO Broked them ?
I hit a hard surface with my knuckles as hard as I can, now I’m in some serious after math pain
How’s ur knuckle now? Is it still fine
Anakin Skywalker same mine is my first finger is all bent and my fist feels like jelly and i cant straighten said finger without enormous pain
@@Anakin-Skywalker. Get another robotic hand
I punched a wall and my knuckle hurts alot
Does it still hurt?
Luckyni broke my pinky
My knuckles are bleeding and swollen
Chen may10 I just lost the feeling In that part of my hand
Done the same thing i was in anger so i hit the wall on the same hand and its left me in alot of pain
"Don't do that ? "
I shouldn't have done that *punches the wall again .
Same bruh
Me too knuckle f up
My knuckle is broken and so is my wall
Punch a door next time. They are softer and on hinges. I punched my way through my bathroom door and my knuckes are fucked up but not broken :)
i suggest u punch the floor next time!! your knuckle will break but the floor won’t 😃👍🏽
@@realityvanguard2052 punched my hydroflask and put a fuckin hole in it. Not sure about my knuckles right now. Some of my hand is bleeding cuz I cut it when I brought my fist out. Knuckles feel numb and weird as shit.
Good thing I live in an old ass house with the most solid wood ever so my wall can't get fucked up unless I throw a train at it, which I have (weights, my chair, etc.) and now the insulation is exposed.
I am laghuing my ass on since my knuckle isn't even in the right place, it is about slightly to the right.
What's it like now?
Mines slightly to the the left on my right hand
Me too
Could be a Sagittal tear. That’s a tear of the band that keeps your extension tendons locked above the knuckle. It’s also known as a boxers knuckle and happens mostly to the middle finger.
“Don’t do that”
I wish I had that smart advice like an hour ago. I have this weird looking hole in my middle knuckle and it’s squeaking now. Help.
Time travel would be my super power of choice.
Read through the comments here and on the page the video links to, for what to do.
Ive just broken 4 of my knuckles cuz i punched a brick wall full force. In a few mins ill visit the doctor, in pain now fml
@@topacybits3576 how is your knuckles now???
@@topacybits3576 HOW IS YOUR KNUCKLE MAN
@@topacybits3576 updates man
20 years ago, when I was a teenager, I punched the wall 10-15 times in anger. In cold weather, my knuckles still hurt and I can't open my hand fully.
Very good experience
Me reading this as a teenager who looked this video up cause i punched the wall multiple times out of anger 💀
@@ytnnrm8365bro I think my knuckles moves back
I was playing bloody knuckles😤 Hey my knuckle May be damaged but hey I still won LETS GOOOO
Vipex -Fortnite I can beat u
You won but at what cost.
how much u win doe
When your crush rejects you
Lol i punched one of those big ass metal garbage bins and broke a knuckle but it healed and its completly fine now and looks the same? It was creaking at the time
Better is good!
I broke my pinky when i punched my brother oww
Yeah I think I just fractured one of mine and it creaks whenever I rub over it with another finger🤔
How bad was your mobility after you hit it, i hit mine a couple nights ago, i can move it but its painful to stretch my hand completely out
Matthew Marion, same here, but i think it's going to get fixed and extremely turn more powerful than before, so don't worry
The man is right but you know life happens and you learn
Better to learn from mistakes of others
Apparently I don't 🤣
Bro it’s to late to learn 😢
Anger issues are a curse i swear. Punched the wall twice. Three weeks ago. Now the second knuckle on my right hand is noticably bigger than the rest. No fracture. But i now have the hand of an ogre. Great!
Dude same my second knuckle on my right hand is much bigger than the rest :/
Same but it hurts as hell trying to put pressure on it 🙂
I had enough on right hand. Now I'm using my left hand.
@@bigboy535me to I put pressure on my knuckle and it feels bumpy and big and it really hurts now but my right knuckle it perfect
My whole right hand was swollen and I fractured it never went to a pro because I didn’t have insurance so it healed wrong but I can still make a fist
I was so angry when I punch the wall that didn’t even hurt the next day my knuckles were purple and it hurt like a bitch ever time y touch it
We’re they broken ?
Why were u angry?
Why are you?
Pretty sure we are all here because we did what we shouldn't have done and now looking for answers
Next time im punching someone ill bring mma gloves ffs
Punched a wall maybe five years ago. The pain was pretty bad at first, but didn’t think I needed to go to the doctor. These days, it will go for months without hurting, and then randomly feel tight and tingly for a few days, and then feel fine again for months. It’s been this process since I punched the wall.
Look at getting a physiotherapist. Go see a Gp, make it sound bad that it’s bothering you, get an x ray and ultrasound and go from there. I punched a wall as well and know my middle finger is slight bent on the other finger and it makes a slight join crack sound when I pull my finger backwards. Fucking annoying that I have to live with it.
@@extremisttotheextremeantid7554 went to a hand specialist and and it’s basically a bone bruise and some carpal tunnel that reoccurs with certain motion. Probably not a big deal but definitely annoying it’s here for the long haul.
@@dgandjsjourneys3416 my man ive just broken 4 knuckles i think cuz i punched a brick wall full force
It sucks I guess I’m not alone lol
I've never had any issue punching walls. But a head on car collision caused my knuckle fracture on impact while holding the steering wheel.
update!
my ring knuckle is (obviously) still sunk, but now it’s starting to bother me especially since i play hockey once a week. my right hand is a lot weaker and gets tired/sore easily when holding my phone, playing video games etc.
i’m going to talk to a hand specialist to see what they can do, since my doctor was persistent that my hand looked normal in the x-rays. although i would love to get my hand back to its normal form, i know the only actual way to do that is surgery. hoping i don’t need surgery or injections or anything to get relief.
Let us know what the hand specialist says.
Gotta thing that shit out my boy
So what happened
My Fist Is Now In 3d Is There any problem In Long Run. Of Writing Issues?
NB. Punched Cement wall For 1 year with Minimal And Some Time Full force
I hit a wall a couple nights ago and i woke up to it still being swollen. Should i see a doctor? I can make a fist with pain but hard to hold a straight hand
Only you can decide whether you should go see a doctor or not.
How much pain when making a fist? How/why hard to hold a straight hand? (because of the swelling?)
I play tennis and I had punched the wall. I got a splint and everything for the pinkie knuckle and they took it off about 4 weeks after , but I play high level tennis and damn my pinky knucle hurts and the wrist even though it never was broken. I'm afraid that there is something worse or is it normal to have pain. I take a lot of impact on the racquet when receiving as well. I'm just trying to get into college through tennis and I'm genuinely worried. So what could be going on with my hand doc?
Hi Sara. It's notmal to have pain. Walls are a lot tougher than fists/knuckles, and it sounds like you hit hard enough to lose the battle pretty significantly. How bad does it hurt, how hard did you hit the wall, what's the knuckle look/feel like (is is deformed/misshapen now, etc)?
I punched a marble wall about 1.5 years ago with both hands. I hit the wall with pretty much everything I had and threw a good 4 punches with each hand before the pain became too much. Fast forward to now and all the fingers on my right hand are slanted to a very noticeable degree. While my left hand isn’t as bad. Will this cause any future complications? Do I need surgery to fix it? Are there any therapy exercises I can do to keep the little dexterity I have left in my fingers?
Will it cause future complications? Depends on what exactly the situation is. Did you restructure your hand(s) in such a way that there's ongoing inflammation/swelling/joint compression etc that will lead to future pain and some amount of (joint) deformation?
May not have said that very well, but what I"m trying to say is that with your hand restructured the way it currently is, there's a spectrum with from 'no future problems' to 'lots of future pain and problem'.
I'm not an expert on the surgical aspects, but I doubt it can be fixed (back to normal, or normal shape), and the damage that would be done trying to fix in on small structures....probably wouldn't be pretty. Again, i'm not the expert on that, wouldn't hurt to have a hand surgeon take a look....but I'd bet a dollar he'd take a look and say something along the lines "it's not worth the risk (normal surgery risks, plus making matters worse) and pain/recovery time post-surgery".
Hi, do you think that long term conditioning like knuckles push ups and punching a heavy bag (from time to time, not full power) can cripple your hand ?
As a general statement, no.
Knuckle pushups should be fine. That's worse on skin than anything else.
Occasional non-full-impact bagwork shouldnt cause any problems, presuming one doesn't punch wrong and actually injure one's fist, which is more a function of user error than heavy bags being dangerous.
@@TendonitisExpert Thanks 👍
Can i fight again doc ..i got some serious problems in my life ..and i need to box it out ..m right handed and damaged my ring finger of right hand ..somehow the pain subsides after a long gap but deformities remains ..the problem is that whenever i fight back and box with my right rand ..a slight contact immediately returns the pain and swelling..i have trained my left hand for quite some time ..but i need my right to defend myself..any tips ?
For me, it's a combination of wall punching and pushups.
To be fair, I tried to hold back and do so softly-as well as pick hollow walls (mostly). But I won't lie and say I wasn't mad sometimes and tested denser ones.
Pain has settled in the pinky's side of the wrist, flairs when I rotate it and even more so when flipping an object in my hand. I can actually pop it by squeezing it with my other thumb, but that might have come from me just doing so out of habit.
Been like this for over a week, ant to get back to push ups. Considering waiting two more weeks while continuing to stretch it, and putting some ice on it.
As everybody learns sooner or later, there is no 'testing' a wall...there is only damaging your hand. Or...there is only losing that contest. Ice and ice dips, the more the merrier.
Gl.
I got involved with other peoples argument at a family event and got hot-headed. walked away after telling them off and like a complete idiot I punched a door. Now 2 knuckles down and a usable but still weak grip a week after the cast came off after having the hand in the cast for 4 weeks. Good life lesson though, 1 second of anger can really mess up things quick.
Yes, unfortunately it really really can. Just takes a second for things to turn south....
I punched a door and suffered a 5th metacarpal fracture 14 months ago, I went to hospital and got X-rays and had it properly seen to, it seemed to heal for a while but then I developed severe wrist pain and clicking and I can feel the force of the clicking reverberate up in my fifth metacarpal where I sustained the injury, I fear it is linked and the pain has been getting worse for a number of months now, do you have any idea what may be going on? And what should I do from here to attempt to get it fixed if that’s even possible? I’ve never regretted an action so much in my life and I’m ashamed to contact the doctors out of embarrassment and fear of judgement
Impact caused fracture...AND bone/joint bruising of hand and possibly wirst, and pain kicked in tendonitis dynamic of progressive tightness, inflammation process, and nutritional lack.
Possible damage elsewhere in the hand from the impact...but likely it's just the predictable changes to the ecology of the area that result. Basically, tightness (compresses joints thus the clicking) and pain.
hey man, really hope you reply to this, so I basically punched a fridge out of anger but its been about 2 weeks since it happened there is not pain and slightly swollen. It feels like its scraping but causes no pain at all. wondering what you think.
You mean...when you move one or more fingers if feels like there's scraping inside the joint?
Yea
Well, you may have interior joint lining damage from the impact. Or, the interior joint lining is inflammed/swollen, and thus the tissue is grinding on itself (more likely than actual damage.....but can cause damage and/or ongoing irritation and swelling.) (Might be more of a 'squeaking' than a 'scraping'....but probably not a lot of difference between the two.
Primary goal is to decrease inflammation as much as possible as fast as possible.
once my dad got in a street fight and punched the floor instead of the person (yes, he was drunk lmao) but now his knuckle is sharper and more efficient than before, can you explain this?
Say more about 'sharper' and 'more efficient'. I can imagine the former but not sure what you mean by 'more efficient'.
TendonitisExpert I meant more efficient by doing more damage, I might of worded it wrong hahah
Well, depending on the angle at which his knuckle hit the floor, and various variables, the knuckle could have been reshaped, and harden into that shape. A 'pointier' shape would be well advised to NOT puch a hard object like a floor again....
TendonitisExpert ok thank you hahaha
Mine doesn’t hurt anymore, it’s just the cartilage but oddly enough it’s beginning to look more normal.
@Usuario Público I do
Last week I punched a wall for three times. I did not feel any direct knuckle pain in the middle finger except for the skin. But after a day I the knuckle started feeling weird when I moved my middle finger. It doesn't hurt very badly but when I give pressure from the wrong direction on the knuckle it hurts. The knuckle didn't feel weird for 2 days when I only did normal movements with my hand. But yesterday I trained a bit and I felt pain when trying to put on the glove. Should I wait and see if it gets better? Sadly I don't have any access to ice. For now I don't box while doing trainings and I don't have any problems with push ups etc. What's your suggestion?
And thank you very much for the video and for your help :)
Bone/joint bruise, sounds like, It's gonna hurt some, and for a good long while. Icing etc speeds that up.
So, it's going to hurt. Should you train? Yes absolutely.
Should you hit with your fists/knuckles and increase the pain and live with the pain? Probably not. Can you? Yes. Will it hurt? Yes. Will it make you hurt longer? Yes. Is there any real downside to continuing to punch (with thick padded gloves ONLY!), aside from the pain and longer lasting pain? Probably not.
But depending, you can make it hurt so bad that you won't want to punch anything even lightly with padded gloves. It's not damage per se, but it's pain, and pain makes things hurt more and longer, basically.
I have a question if you could reply it’ll help me so much.
so basically I got mad once I couldn’t control my anger and I accidentally punched the metal door without seeing and in formed a bump with swelling and blood, it’s healed since but there’s a bump on the side of one of my knuckles
It's either swelling that will eventually go away, or it's new tissue growth and isn't going anywhere ever (Or you smashed the soft cartilage and that's it's new permanent shape.)
Currently here because earlier in school I punched the wall and my knuckle was so bruised and swollen that the nurse wrapped it. How are y’all doing?
I'm good after a month or so.
I punch someone in the face and had a hairline fracture on my index knuckle. I had a cast for a week and now a bandage with tape and I have GCSEs in a month. WINNING
Is your hand back to normal after 3 years?
Hello! Thanks for the video, just had a quick question: I didnt punch a wall, I punched a very hard Heavy Bag without my gloves / wraps and I connected with poor form, now I have sharp pain anytime my 5th metacarpal is moved(pain might be between 5th and 4th metacarpal), however I can basically move all my fingers normally, even making a fist doesnt hurt anymore. Its been close to 6 weeks with some improvement, but my question is, is there a chance I tore something without knowing? Or would that be very obvious? Only loss of motion I have is when I make a fist, I have a very hard time extending my ring finger, though the finger moves normally otherwise. There is also pain inbetween my 4th and 5th metacarpal if I put too much pressure on my thumb.
There was no bruising, and if there was swelling, it was a very small amount. Also, it looks like the knuckle of the ring finger MIGHT be slightly sunken, like its just barely smaller than the one on my right. Would appreciate some advice 😅
1. So you dont have any reduced ability to make a fist, but it hurts when you do? True/False
2. It hurts when you move it how much? A lot/A little When you move it how?
3. How sharp a pain, how intense, how long does it last?
@@TendonitisExpert
1. False. No reduced ability. No pain when making a fist. Slight pain when squeezing my fist, this pain used to be much worst.
2. Pain is very sharp, only when I move it and my ring finger together. By that I mean, when my pinky and ring finger are pressed together, and I try to bend/extend my pinky, I get severe pain along my 5th metacarpal starting at the knuckle. When my fingers are spread out, I can bend my pinky with no pain. It also hurts in the same area when I pull up my pants with my thumb.
3. The pain is quite sharp, only when I move it in the ways described, or if something presses on the knuckle. It goes away instantly. The pain is sharp, but also feels tight, if that makes sense.
The worst pain is when I try to keep my pinky and ring fingers aligned, and bend them. Sharp pain. No pain at rest
1. Ok good to know. 2. and 3. More details make a more clear picture, thanks.
Ok so your probable scenario is this: You have a small tiny tear in there somewhere. You can have those pains without one, but either way, you have the pain you have. If you do have a small tiny tear there's really nothing to do about it, medically. Maybe a surgeon would say something else, but in general the structures are so small and the tear so small...there's nothing surgery can do do help...things are so small can't reconnect them, surgery would do more damage than is already there, etc.
You could get an MRI or equivalent and see what a doctor says, etc....but unless you're a pro boxer or something...it's unlikely to be worth the effort and the likelihood is that it would be a lot of effort/cost just to hear that there's nothing they can do but put you in a splint and hope the pain goes away, etc.
That's just kind of the reality of it....it's not so bad a doctor is even going to bother investigating because unless your knuckle is half ripped off there's really nothing they (or anybody) can do for it . That is an exaggeration of course but you get the point.
So.
1. Ice dip as described on here/my site in various places. This decreases pain and increases circulation etc. Increase healing times to whatever degree. (May or may not not even be anything to heal, depending on what exactly tore or if anything tore).
2. Keep things moving. Don't splint the hand. DOn't overdo it, but keep fingers/fist moving. THis is very good in a variety of ways.
3. Shadow box. Speed bags maybe depending. Heavy bag with other hand.
4. Give it a month, then check back in and let me know how things are. (Even if ice dipping reduces pain and/or your pain goes away fast, don't hit with that hand for a month. Just because you don't feel pain doesn't mean your hand is ready/able to withstand impact again.)
@@TendonitisExpert Thanks for the answer doc. Have to say was really hoping it wasnt a tear, I honestly thought I just fractured it. Im not a pro boxer or anything, but I do like to box to work out and for self defense training. Is there a chance I will ever be able to hit with my left hand again? I can deal with the pain, id just like to be able to use my left hand like I did before. What do you think tore, ligament, tendon, or is it impossible to tell?
In 1 month should I just contact you here in the comments, or is there some better way? Also, I notice that sometimes it can be worst when I wake up, should I wrap it or anything when I sleep?
Yes high likelihood can hit again etc. When you start back into it, start real light and over a couple weeks build up slowly. If there's an edge (as in, push the edge), creep up on it don't blast past it and suddenly have a bunch of pain again.
You may not have an actual tear. Could have just overstretched some supportive connective tissue, that would hurt bad. Or that sheet could have a full or partial tear. Lots of little stuff in there, hard to tell. PROBABLY not a big future problem, just from what you've described. Having said that let whatever there is heal before going back at it, for a lot of reasons.
Might not even have any overstretch etc. Coulda just done whatever and it hurts with no actual damage. Verly likely there's at least microtears. Point being, it's PROBABLY not a big future problem.
It's way less likely that you have a fracture. Certainly possible, but in general from how you described the hit, symptoms would be way worse if you'd hit it wrong enough to fracture bone.. Again, no downsides to getting it visualized with xray and/or mri other than $ cost. Same advice if there's a fracture. Let it heal.
ALmost certainly not tendon, possibly small small ligament or any of various bits of connective tissue throughout the area.
Comments here is good/fine, can use the contact form on the site too if you want.
Hello, I recently broke both of my 5th metacarpal bones in both hands due to a boxing class, I defeated my opponent but ended up breaking my hands. When the dr got the X-rays he told me I don’t need a closed reduction and/or surgery I put in a cast then a splint, fast forward 6 weeks I just took off my splints and at first I wasn’t feeling or seeing my knuckles, now I do just I don’t see them like before kind of like sunken, but they’re improving in appearance. Im now starting to see and feel the bones at my pinky knuckle/metacarpal bone, I don’t know if it will be like before or if I need to give it more time to fully see it like before. Also my other knuckles (third and fourth on right hand) seem a little tilted I don’t know if this is because of how the splint was squeezed on them or if they dislocated a little. The dr told me nothing on the X-ray shows that. When I make a fist it hurts me, and feels stiff I guess because it just healed but not fully solid yet. My question is, will my pinky knuckles every show again when I make a full fist? And will my other knuckles straighten again or will I need to put certain stresses on them to align them again? (They’re not that tilted, you can’t see it with the naked eye, im just a little detailed) I’m not even sure if they titled or if they just look bigger at an angle, however I feel my hands got stronger and my knuckles look slightly bigger. The dr told me I can be back at boxing again in 4 month after full recovery.
1. I don't know what things will look like in the future. As a general statement, they'll never be the same (depending on what damage was done...) 2. Pinkie on both hands, ouch. 3. Hand(s) can be mishapen after being in cast if things were pushed into a weird shape. Maybe probably go back to normal but you may have to do some work to open up the shrunken (tightened up sheets of connective tissue) so it -can- go back to it's original shape. Time will tell a bit on that one. 4. Were you wearing the big boxing gloves?
@TendonitisExpert how are you doing sir? Thank you for your reply, I didn’t reply back to you because I don’t have notifications to let me know. So it’s been a month since I told you, my knuckles now look good as new or better, however the 5th knuckles on both hands (where I had my metacarpal fractures) still not showing like the rest of the other knuckles next to them. The left one looks much better and is starting to appear, not so much with the right hand because I had a bigger fracture there, it’s showing better than a month ago, when I make a fist, it’s still a little swollen, and the knuckle bone is not showing completely. I’ll just have to wait and see. My concern now is for my 5th pinky knuckles to show when I make a fist. And no I was not wearing those big boxing gloves when I was punching my opponent all over the place. I’m not a professional boxer yet. I just started. That’s the main reason how I broke both of my 5th metacarpals in both hands.
I rather break drywall, than hurt someone I love! I hope that person understands. I know I need work no question about it. Trying to change is hard.
Good. As you should. Violence against someone you love is a terrible idea.
Having said that, try a mattress, a couch, etc, instead of a wall You love yourself, yes? Don't damage yourself.
@@TendonitisExpert Respect. #JesusIsKing
What about someones face?
WHat about someone's face? Shouldn't be hitting that against a wall either....bad things happen.
My fist plus my brithers face equal beat up little brother and me with a broken pinky
Watch out for teeth thats infection waiting
I punched a dude with glasses and now my pinky and wrist hurts and has for about six hours is that damedge?
Six hours? Dunno. I'm replying 5 days later...how is it now?
I punched about 2 years ago wall with fist closed and i had pain in my middle knuckel for 1 week. About 5 months ago i had fight and after that my knuckel was in pain again for about 1 week..it is now soft and not sharp as before and hurts litle bit on touch and i cant do push ups on fists, is there any solutions like operation for this or no help?
There's no surgery repair to make it good as new that I know of. Pretty sure then can do some injection/replacement kind of thing to restore shape and look, but once the original structure is damaged weakened the knuckle/cartilage can't be made 'good as new'.
For pain reduction help see the page the video links too and read through the comments and my suggestions throughout there.
I tried to swing to the left with my right fist and it was clenched up and only the 2 mains knuckles were bruised and it seems to be greyish
2 days back I punched a concrete wall with with all my might in anger, now my pinky knuckle is still in pain, hope it recovers quickly.
I used to do knuckle push-ups.
@@Surya99999 how long did the swelling last
@@jackz6143 I needa know too mine is f’ed and I’ve got things to do 😅
@@5hydef712how is yours now did you go to doctor?
i punch a solid iron bar thats like 3stories high at work and now my pinky and ring finger knuckles are non existent lol its just flat with no shap and a huge swelling
I did punch a wall like 4 months ago however my knuckle only hurts when I apply pressure to the specific area and I have no problem moving the finger whatsoever I went to the doctors and he said I was lying but my knuckle hurts whenever I apply pressure to it or punch something lightly? Any tips
Get a new doctor. Not that a better doctor is going to be able to do anything about it, but calling you a liar is an immmediate 'you're fired'.
You have a bone/joint bruise. Long and slow to go away. You can speed it up some amount with icing.
i have 3 messed up from a bike wreck. it stills hurts. it happened 4 or 5 years ago. what do i do?
Simple take the pain
I was swinging my arms, and then it happened. It really hurts.
Did the same and now i got a broken index knuckle
@@moodyunruly6304 the same bro my index knuckle broke during a fight my hand is fine but the shape of the knuckle is weird
I was trying to keep something from falling out of the fridge and somehow punched a shelf in the process. I can't flex it at all but I can move it as long as there's no pressure working against it.
I punched a tile wall today with about 75% of my full strength and my middle knuckle is pretty swollen, I don’t think it’s fractured and I can clench my fist with a little pain. Hurts a little when I massage it but that could just be the pressure I’m putting on the swelling. I’ve been putting ice on it until a few hours ago any thoughts?
Lots of thoughts. See comments in this thread, and the page the video description links to.
Doesn't sound so bad just from what you've described, comparatively. I'd go with ice dip over ice packs.
Thanks for reassuring me....
Reassuring more like snap back to reality
Rip my knuckles and my broken wall
Hello my fellow friends with fucked up hands, I need advice from anybody who either does box’s or punches a heavy bag, I broke my 5th metacarpal a few years ago knuckles appear somewhat sunken, and when I’m punching the heavy bag my left the hand I injured hurts, the right is fine, does it ever go away after a while, can they be reconditioned ?
I have no option to go to the hospital but I’m an artist and can’t leave it untreated cuz apparently that’s bad and I need my fingers, can I fix it myself?
Dunno. How bad did you mess it up?
My knuckle is swolen
Your knuckle alright now?
reptile king 101 python same
Are you ok now?
Same
same
I got into a fight around 7 months ago and it’s still swollen barely on the knuckle. It’s also painful a little bit. I can’t bend it as far back as my left hand. The doctor didn’t know the issue nothing was broken as x rays were taken so I’m left clueless
Check out the page linked under the video. That expains everything (plus lots of Q&A). Basically, you impacted the dense tissue of the knuckle, it's swollen (and thus the joint is pressing into itself), inflammed (pain and swelling), etc.
TendonitisExpert I did the same
Yeah mee too i just got on a fight with somebody like a week ago and my hand still hurting
I broke my hand twice fighting, the second time you could barely see it on the X-ray
Same thing here
Well I had weird shaped knuckles and now they're kinda normal now lol
Tell me more. (And what age range and time period
are we talking between 'weird shaped from wall punching' to 'kinda normal now'?)
I did about ago it's still got the same shape but it always hurts when applying tight pressure to it
Is it gonna be like that FOREVER???
I have one question, I punched a plaster wall on the corner so I hit the steel part. This happened on October 30, and the next day I could not put pressure on my finger or Knuckles because it would hurt, or even move it much. That was 5 weeks ago and now I can put pressure of my finger and knuckles easily, I can even move it properly the only problem is that I think it is mangled since the knuckle to my pointer finger is slightly higher when I make a fist but other than that there is no pain. Also I wanted to learn what I have is not going to allow me to box because I really want to get into the sport. Is it dangerous to crack my finger since I have this.
How badly did you mangle the knuckle? Meaning, how much damage was there, or, how misshapen is it?
When ever I make a fist my pointer finger is slightly higher than the others
Give it more time to recover, extra magnesium and collagen/protein. Probably you'll be fine to box. BUT, don't hit anything without gloves on ever again (seriously). You've compromised your structure. If you JUST damaged some knuckle cartilage, it's not the end of the world. If you did further damage, time will tell. But all in all, let it recover more and help it along with ice dipping and nutrition and some time (but not just time by itself). Then ease into boxing workouts slowly. Gloves always. See if you can get a water filled bag (they're awesome) instead of a (hard) sand filled bag. Again, gloves always.
Being 'tough' is great and all, but there's zero good reason to damage your hands while training.
This has happened too many times in my life and I have finally paid the price especially someone who had a nice right hand its been a year or two since I injured my middle knuckle and I fear it's a wrap at age 22
Riley Keogan don’t worry I ruined my knuckle at age 16 and I’m still 16 😢
Same, but I'm 18 😂
Omg same here, it was from drinking fml!
@@savageg8999 wait what happened? Are you good now ?
@@tommy.vercetti2003 i am fine but my knuckle has bumped up will it get small back to normal???
This happen to me 😭 i punched and my knuckle didn’t go back I for real I wish I could’ve watched this video before but I never knew this would’ve happen before 😭
Same bro
Same... is ur knuckles smaller than the other
Help please! Last summer i accidentally right hooked someone on the side of the head bare knuckle and my middle knuckle took all the impact as i dint follow trough with the punch but like snapped him, ever since my knuckles has been swollen it hurts when i punch very lightly on hard surfaces and the knuckles itself poppes up when i make a fist. I want to do boxing competition and am desparate to heal this thing my knuckles are very uneven my middle knucles takes too much impact and now it pops up anything i can do to make it tougher or put it back at its place? I also cant crack the joint ever since. Please give advise i want to give my life to the sport and i feel tied to a tree because of this
Read all the comments under the video, go to the page the video links to and read everything there. Do what is suggested to do, let me know what happens.
What's your opinion on punching a heavy bag without gloves? Any risk or ok?
Of course there's risk. The harder you hit, the more risk there is. With gloves is better. With thicker gloves is better. A water filled bag is even better.
A big sand packed bag is harder/denser than your fist structures. Speed work, good. Conditioning work, good. Movement/footwork, good. HItting it as hard as you can, and repeatedly, not so good.
I punched my bed frame my hand feels dead
I mean as long as your hand still works it is all good
yee its all good it still hurts a littlebit nd the bone is a bit swollen
Sir I guess I broke my ring finger's knuckle, when I punched a guy after some minutes I saw that I wasn't able to lift my ring finger, it was swollen from the front and back (ring finger) then I went to a doctor and when he saw the X Ray he said there is a minimal crack/fracture there and he covered my hand with a plaster (hard bandage) and then he said come back after 15 days will see it again now please tell me will I be able to get it back? As I used to have it before :'( ?
I don't know. Probably if the only damage done was a small fracture.
How to heal it if possible? Like using ice pack or something like that?
I always punch brick walls and my knuckles are gone hard and I never injured myself
I punched a wall when I found out my partner cheated on me for 11 months. It’s been a week now and my hand/knuckles still hurt. It’s still bruised. I can’t fist it anymore cuz this isn’t the first time I punched a wall. I guess I damaged my hand pretty badly this time
How are you doing now?
I just punched the wall today and I'm struggling to sleep because it fucking hurts my right hand significantly looks more swollen than my left I can still move some fingers and somewhat bend them but only to an extent until it hurts more... I don't know what my case is.. at this point I just feel ending it all. 💀
Oh dude. Thts oky.. I wuld hav burnd the house. You alryt. Evrythng alryt
You'll be fine in two months.
So I punched my wall in my room one day as I was pissed off and I broke my third metacarpal bone... My knuckles seem to be ok? I don't remember how they used to look perhaps as how my other hand did idk but yeah after 8 weeks in a splint i was eligible to use my right hand again... But looking at it now compared to my left hand it looks thicker, and I mean THICKER on like my upper portion of my palm is thicker than my left hand is... Idk if that's callous or calcium growth as I've heard... But does this go away or can I get rid of it?
Cause it seems as if when I punched the wall and my hand immediately swelled up and probably stretched out my skin.. and so after the days of it healing and the swelling subsided it just left my right hand with some loose skin.. like an obese person losing weight... Feels gross idk what's your take on... If I can or cannot get rid of the fatty look of it.. :/ thanks anyways
It depends on what is acctually swollen. If it's soft tissue (fluid in the skin ad connective tissue around the area, that can/will/should mostly go away over time.
If it's from new bone growth from the broken bone/impact, then that's permanent.
Realisticaly, it's probably some variation of both.
But the soft cartilage within your fists is a hold back it prevents you from making your fist stronger right???
That implies like 'a stronger fist' that can, for instance, happily punch a steel/concrete object, is an attainable thing.
I guess technically the answer is 'yes, the soft cartilage is damagable so you can't make the fist itself stronger'. But, if the cartilage isn't there, it's not like your fist would be able to get stronger/able to happily punch walls with no downsides....
I am probably really dumb for doing this but I live in a college dorm and I play a lot of NBA 2k. Basically, almost every time I played it I would end up getting extremely mad after an hour or two and I sat close to the wall so I would punch it. The first time I did this it hurt pretty bad as you can imagine but the game made me so mad I couldn't help it. Since then I have probably punched the wall 40-50times (I get really mad) and my knuckles have definitely taken a new shape. Note the wall is block so I'm doing no damage to it and it's doing all of the damage to me. The most I have punched the wall in succession is about 6 times with each hand. After doing that many punches I was barely able to open my hands for the next two days and they were extremely swollen and purple. The tenderness took about 2 months to go away and I have since quit playing the game for obvious reasons but my knuckles instead of becoming mangled and deformed looking are actually, for the most part, regular but I'd definitely say that they have doubled or tripled in size. The last time I remember punching the wall I was able to hit it 3 times rapidly at about 80% whilst causing little pain to my right hand at least. The reason I am typing this is that one of the last times I punched the wall a sharp pain shot through my middle left knuckle. It has been about 2 months since I have had this happen and now I am unable to punch anything at about 20%+ with that knuckle without causing immense pain(the pain is kinda similar to hitting your funny bone but hurts much more). I want to know if I could have caused irreversible damage and I will have to live with this sensitive knuckle for the rest of my life or if it's just something that takes a really long time to heal. My right knuckle is crazy strong and hard now though which is kinda cool and I can pretty much punch anything I want with little pain as I am pretty sure I desensitized it significantly and I feel no restrictions or weakness when I open and close my hands and my sensitive knuckle is really my only con. Sorry for writing a whole book but any input would be helpful.
Desinsitization (local nerve damage, techinically), yes. Yes absolutely you could have caused irreversible damage. Hopefully nerve is just being compressed from inflammation swelling and that will subside when the swelling does. YOu could have broken/fractured bone. Repeated wall punching can make bone bigger and stronger...but then it causes crumbling (basically)
That's awesome you have full ability to open/close hands, that's a huge plus with such an increase in size.
Punching soft inanimate objects you put against a brick wall is not dumb and a great way to channel bursts of anger as described (with little to no self punishment/damage). From this point forward, however punching a brick wall is officially dumb.
I have a boxers fracture
All the doctors said “the wall always win”
Well they're certainly right about that.....
landed my first knuckle on heavy bag with full power, it's swollen and a little black. i don't want to go to doctor. is it necessary. how much time willl it take to heal
Unfortunately, there's nothign a doctor can or will do for you, other than tell you to rest it and use ice and anti-inflammatories.
That's all there is to do, really.
I don't know how long to heal. Depends on if you gave your self a bruised joint or not. Depends on if you damaged cartilage or not.
I have 5th metacarpal fracture. Knuckle very sunken, no sugery. Into my 3rd week recovery buddy taped and stretching the fingers can’t make a fist at all. Will it all come back over time? I’m worried
Bone fracture will heal. Sunken knuckle won't refill back to normal shape. Can't make fist because lots of inflammation/swelling.
Bucket of ice water. As many 10-20 second ice dips a day as you are motivated to do for a week. Report back.
I mean i did punch my brother in the face and his skull gave me a broken pinky, i guess he is hard headed
Every human skull is hard especially the forehead(frontalbone) punching should be done with the first two knuckles wich have to both connect on impact targeting any area under the cheeck bones should be fine
That is proper technique, yes. And, it's all great until you damage the fist/knuckle tissue that is less hard/dense than bone, etc.
i punched someone in the face my left index knuckle is broken its split in half and caved in F for my irrelevent knuckle
I think I did the same thing my knuckle hurts on my right hand
I'm pretty sure the person you punched experienced more pain
I've been punching walls since I was a kid. The first time I did it my knuckles were wounded but now no matter how hard I hit I don't get bloody knuckles. Is that a problem?
Skin is just superficial, it's rarely a problem (other that rip/tear/cut/bruise/etc).
If there's no pain, you've (probably) killed the nerves, so no sensation of pain etc.. No bloody knuckles....skin has presumably toughened up, and/or you hit dead on (versus with some shear which causes cut/tear).
I have being practising punches on walls and floor helped me to reduce pain and punch faster. I hope I don't overdo if this is the case
My knuckles became flat because of the wall 😭😭😭
I can easily punch a wall
It's your hand, your knuckle structures. Go for it! :)
Well sure you can still fight with it...though it may hurt a lot (depending on the current state of your knuckles). You won't lose punch impact per se, though the more the knuckles hurt, the less your brain will be willing to punch and the less often you will consciously want to be punching.
Knuckle structures are soft cartilage. It sounds like you destroyed the structural integrity of that cartilage, so now it's 'soft'. This isn't the best analogy, but kind of like plastic bubble wrap. It has a certain 'stiff' structureal integrity, and then you pop all the bubbles and then you have a bunch of loose material. The smashed knuckle is a lot like that..it's 'soft' because the tiny structural bubbles were popped and now it's 'loose'.
Unfortunately, that's permanent. Meaning, it's not going to heal back to it's original shape/structure/density. There's a small possibility of that as you're young etc, but in general...I wouldn't be holding your breath for it's return.
You'd have to talk to a surgeon about possibilities there. My guess is that there's nothign a surgeon can (or will) do for you...maybe that ligament can be repaired/reconnected, but there's nothing they can do (that I know of) that can restore that knuckle to a 'I can punch as hard as I want' state.
I'd love to be wrong about that, and if there's a good way I'm happy to learn about it.
" I really want to get into boxing " You definitely can. BUT, you have to be smart. No macho bullshit. You learn and practice the skills. You practice the coordination, the speed, the explosiveness, etc, you DO NOT practice hitting the heavy bag as hard as you can with just wraps on (though you probably can with the big gloves on).
If you're going to be competitive you're going to have big gloves on in the ring. If you're doing MMA, I wouldn't train on a heavy bag (speed and coordination yes, power no) with the mma gloves, big gloves only (because you're going for longevity).
You don't punch a wall ever again. Bare knuckle fighing would be a bad idea (for all the reasons it is) because if you hit that bad knuckle just right on a skull or a cheekbone or a tooth...you're going to be very unhappy about that.
Do what you gotta do on the streets, of course (by which I mean, don't get into a fist fight), but as a general rule hard object impacts on that knuckle are going to result in exponentially worse outcomes. YOu did say you've hit walls since then, so maybe you didn't hit that knuckle, or you did and you survived it pretty well, but in general...avoid that at all costs.
" I've also been having this sensation to want to pull my finger to crack the bone an kinda pop it back into place releasing that fluid that's inside the knuckle" That's happening for one ore more of a few reasons, including internal inflammation/swelling, and definitely due to forearm muscle that turn into tendon and attach to the finger being too tight and thus compressing the finger joints, so that unhappy joint is constantly getting compressed a little bit more than it's happy with.
"but my knuckle has been making progress every since that day it almost feels normal " Well that's a good thing. Maybe there is hope. In which case, I'd definitely read the thread/page the link under this video points to, and, for instance, ice dip like a crazy man for a week and tell me what happens.
" I will still do my best to conditioning it " If by that you mean 'toughen up the knuckle by hitting it against objects'....that's a bad idea. Increase your protein/collagen intake, yes. Smash the knuckle against a wall with mild to moderate force...personally I wouldn't.
I punched a wall and screwed my whole hand up and the nurses called it a "idiot fracture" and its now been 3 months since with great recovery I had a cast and splint for long time and did no sport yet whenever I punch pads or workout my hand is still sore, although my hand is a little deformed as in the bones are obviously in different spots its fully healed and I'm just wondering if this pain will ever go away, thanks :D
Idiot fracture. Lol, that's my new favorite name for something!
3 months isn't that long after an injury like yours, you're lookking at minimally 6-12 months, presuming you can heal to a pain free state, which you -probably- can. Fractures heal, the tenderness takes a long time to go away for various reasons. Depending on the deformities and whether your joint function and/or interior surfaces are affected, a pain free state is or isn't attainable.
@@TendonitisExpert alright thanks for the response :)
I played bloody knuckles way to many times and now it hurts to move and push in the area between my middle finger and ring finger
anyone have any advise for me, i punched a steel pole like 6 months ago and i didnt do a straight punch i did a side ways fist, the knuckle isnt mishaped or anything i dont have any pain or lack of range of motion what happens is when i press on the side of the knuckle is hurts like not overall but just in that area i wonder if its the bone thats busted but i dont get it why when i press on it hard enough the pain goes away and it doesnt hurt until the next day, the pain is not constant its just when i push on the knuckle the pain is sharp but not insane pain PLEASE i need help figuring out what to do, it really stresses me that ill never live pain free with this
Went for x ray no fractures however my middle knuckle still feels tight and slight pain when clinching fist any ideas ?
There's more tissue there than just bone. And can be all sorts of short term and/or long term problem wthout a bone fracture.
I punched a wall years ago, I cut my knuckles ever since then my middle knuckle has been discoloured and turns purple when I’m cold, is this some kind of permanent tissue damage, I also have slightly thicker skin on that knuckle and it gets dry and cracked at times.
May or may not be permanent, but sounds like you damaged the circulatory system/the body's ability to get blood/fluid in/out of there.
So should I go get my hand checked? 🤔 I punched a wall a week ago. The swelling has gone down and I can move my pinky, just can't move it all the way up like before 😔
If you are that concerned about it, then getting it checked is probably a wise thing to do.
And, punching walls results in what you describe...there's not much a doctor/hospital is going to do for you (or can do for you) other than tell you to immobilize the hand/rest/anti-inflammatory/ice pack/etc, whether there's a fracture or other damage.
Hello , I have been punching walls (not with full force) and i find that the first two knuckles are bigger and a bit flat ,they are little soft when compared with my other hand .I dont feel pain while making a fist , So what's my problem Doc?
Your problem is you are smashing a hard object with objects that are less hard, so your knuckles are getting damaged.
@@TendonitisExpert thanks doc ,I just did that to strengthen my knuckles . Is there any possible ways to strengthen my knuckles?
Well, if it actually did strengthen knuckles, that would be cool. But it doesn't really, not how you think it would/should.
It damages the tissue. The tissue does harden up some...but...that hardness doesn't allow the body to repeatedly punch objects that are harder than the body/tissue.
The problem with that 'hardening', is that it hardens because of damage, and that hardening is not structurally stronger that it was before. So one may be able to hit hard objects without for a while....but not for long, and the whole while more damage/down sides are happening.
'Bigger' and 'flatter'. That's the result of damage. Bigger isn't better. Flatter is bad. It's the structure being damaged and reshaped.
Hello sir i punched a wall bare handed and my middle finger knuckle is swelled up but i dont have color change but it hurts when i press it 😔 so can i know that will i heal back to previous state or i have to live with this weak knuckle for my whole life??
When did you punch a wall?
I punch a steel, and the top of my knucles and my palm grow suddenly a lump, idk what to do pls help.
I'll just told my ex hit the dresser when we broke up and It was like 5 months ago his hand hurts every so often. Any suggestions on cream to put on his hand
I don't have any suggestions, because no cream is going to help anything in that scenario.
Hello sir are you talking about articular cartilage which is present between our knuckle joints?
That can be affected, but I'm mostly talking about the soft tissue that forms the pointy part of your knuckle when you make a fist, that makes contact with surfaces one punches.
@@TendonitisExpert sir my pointy parts are absolutely fine but I am only having slight stiffness in ring FINGER can that be a sprain ? I AM HAVING A PERFECT FUNCTIONING IN MY HAND .Can I find the real problem in MRI?
I punch walls everyday , I have increased the force slowly and my knux kept getting conditioned I guess , now punching walls doesnt hurt . Is it still bad or is it only bad when you punched a wall too hard without conditioning
Walls are harder than your body is. It might be ok now, but it only goes one direction....badly. Sooner or later.
Maybe you can get away with minimal downsides if you do it 'carefully' and condition slowly and never hit anything too hard, but chances are, you think you're conditioned, so you're going to hit hard things harder than you should and then....
I got some other problem - whenever i close my fist and strech it i got a very hard strech and pain in the nerves,viens or arteries or something else i am not confirm what that tube like structure is lying above the knuckle
Did you punch someething hard? Then, same problem.
@TendonitisExpert yeah I had punched on wall too and I got my knuckles bleed but they recovered then now I faced this new problem that the vein on my knuckles are causing pain
I punched a wall and broke my hand my pink hand bone and now it’s super thick and always hurts feels like it has no blood flow for the past year and pops when I stretch my pinky please help do you have any advice
What exactly is super thick and what always hurts and what feels like it has no blood flow and what/where pops?
I was punching my bag,and I wanted to give the right hook,how do I repair the fist shape
If you damaged/destroyed the cartilage of the knuckle, you don't.
Ive punched walls for conditioning and most of my knuckles are flat now, what does this mean for my fighting career and are my tendons torn or what?
Also i Can move knucles easily and punch without pain.
If you don't have pain etc, then there's no downside to your fighting career. Torn tendons is an entirely different topic...you'd have much larger complaints.
Then how do you explain iron fist training?? And if people want to do it, should they?
If people want to very lightly repetitively hit their fists against a hard object over time, that's not so bad. But you want to smash bricks etc? Then you're going to end up with mangled deformed bones and joints, and arthritis and reduced ability to use your hand/fingers etc with age.
There is no such thing as an 'iron' fist.
i punched a wall 3 years ago, one of knuckle sank and i think i broke the bone on top of it, but i just left it as is. Now the area where that knuckle is located have sum bump, and i cant straighten the finger and it hurts when its cold