June 2, 2012
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Is there a Doctor in the House?
So about a week and a bit ago I was at a Kick Boxing club thing thats held in the local town…and no I wasn’t quite at Tony Jaa’s level
infact this was the second time ever that i’d gone…and I was planning on giving it up after three times anyway.But the first time I was just delivering blows and that was sore but fine, then this time I got to be a pad man (someone who holds a pad and lets others punch and kick him) and this happened to be on a day when the Instructor was teaching everyone the Push Kick…which involves putting a foot on the opponents chest and kicking them backwards.
So I was wearing my pads and receiving these kicks from a rather fit chap for a few mins. Now I’ve never been great with chest impacts and much as I expected it took me quite a while to get used to the pain and push back even with pads, and eventually I was even given a bigger pad to carry aswell (thank god because the wearable one was not thick enough) but during this whole thing I got kicked a fair number of times in the chest and at one point my fist and carry pad handle got rammed into my sternum area quite hard.
After the training I was sore but fine and as usualy gave it a week to recover before even thinking about doing it again…but this time rather than my aches and pains fading the pain in my chest persisted and is now still there even a couple days after the usual weeks recovery time.
The pain is like a sharp burning tearing type sensation just off to the right of the upper midle part of my sternum, it get’s worse if I twist my body or head and sometimes makes my shoulder blades and upper arms ache slightly.
The sharp pain is localized in one very small area about the size of a finger tip but there is also a dull ache that goes out around it sometimes and spreads to the shoulders and arms in varying degrees.
I am going to go to the doctors for a previous chest issue (two cases of Pneumonia in two years) soon but for now I’m not bothering getting this checked out since if it’s somekind of bruise, fracture or tear there’s really nothing they can do for me anyway…but I am curious as to what it might be do if anyone has had something similar or knows anything about the body and it’s workings please help me shed some light
And the moral of the story…don’t let someond kick you in the chest
lol
Comments (17)
Sounds like a tear, sprain, or strain, but it wouldn’t hurt to ask the doc when you go in for your other chest issues. (We love the Saint and don’t want anything serious to trouble you.)
That boy in the top pic could do some troubling things to my chest (kicking not being one of them.)
I have never allowed anyone to kick me in the chest, at least not on purpose
Ouch!
Hope it feels better soon and isn’t anything serious
I suppose you did show a bit of durability but you are borderline wimpy.
Some folks have a delicate constitution, you now know a bit more of your limits.
They do have some special martial arts medicine. One medicine you rub on your hand to make it tougher. Later it can make your hand strong enough to break bricks. (call dit da jow medicine)
@Kellsbella - Hahaha well thanks for the troubling mental image and the concern, I hope it will be healed by then since it’s on the 20th i have to go, but we’ll see.
Can I get another massage? incase that helps
@KnightInCROATIANarmor - Very wise!…I on the other hand am surprisingly dumb at times.
@Megabyyte - Yea I don’t think it’s serious, but it is sertainly unusual so I was curious.
@PPhilip - Yea I am wimpy
I really don’t like those hard force type martial arts, I much prefer the much more technical skill based or technique ones like Tai Chi where you can use the opponents energy against them…rather than just taking massive damage and somehow surviving.
And also yes there are some brilliant martial arts medicines one that i’ve forgotten the Chinese for just at the moment but it smells a bit like coca cola and translates to ‘right bone water’ or good bone water
and thats brilliant for loads of stuff.
@SaintBlue1131 - I guess you’re a hero in the making
aww, be careful bede!
That sounds painful. I hope it isn’t anything serious. That reminded me of the time I got kicked in the belly during sparring, and my wind got knocked out. It was scary because I couldn’t breathe for a few seconds. I know it’s not the same as what you went through, but I hope you recover quickly.
I will kick your chest tomorrow (; (; (;
@wyrdkismet - :) thanks Yumin, i’m not going back there thats for sure…I don’t think I was designed for combat lol
@naughty_virgin - Ooo ouch :S I’ve not had too many stomach blows but I know the feeling when it hit’s just right…not fun.
So what type of sparring was it?…if you don’t mind me asking.
And thanks
I think it’s getting better bit by bit.
@fabolousclown - Yay
i’ll look forwards to it 
But might I suggest you stick to teaching and don’t become a doctor hehe
Jeez man, no thank you! lol. Be careful with that stuff!
@justjase - yea :S I’m done with Kick Boxing I think
@SaintBlue1131 - Probably for the best. lol
@SaintBlue1131 - I was doing tae kwon do. The guy had a brown belt and I was probably one or two belts below him. He wasn’t even wearing any protective gear. I was doing all sorts of punches and kicks, but then all he did was deliver that one kick to the diaphragm, and that did me in.
@naughty_virgin - oh cool
Yea lol knowing where to hit is far more important than how to hit I guess
There’s a point right in the center of the body just where the ribs begin to part from the sternum that just totally drops you if you get hit there, a russian martial art called Systema targets it to great effect….I got hit with a juggling ball there once and just fell over hehe
Ouch! That does sound painful @_@ Hopefully you recover soon and don’t push yourself so hard!
ouch :/ – hope it goes away!
only martial arts lessons I’ve taken are from my girlfriend/fiancee (she’s a real instructor) – that feels much safer than some angry dude kicking my chest lol