getting hit in the head hard

[FLYBOY]

im a beginner so obviously my defense isn't that good... still improving my defense. so i've been getting hit in the head a lot in sparring lately. and it gives me a sore neck and usually a head ache the next day.

what do you guys do? how do u deal with it?

[KnuckleUp]

Start doing neck excercises to strenthen that neck and most importantly start moving ur head...... head movement = less headaches

[alza1988]

The chin the beard the knockout rossboxing

[fraidycat]

Getting your bell rung happens. Get good headgear -- it helps -- and strengthen your neck.

Don't spar with a headache. Ever.

No matter what you THINK it is -- and whether it's muscle strain, a slight cervical misliagnment, stress, vasodilation, or a mild concussion that your trainer didn't catch, getting popped in the head will make it worse. If your head hurts, DO NOT SPAR.

[FLYBOY]

Getting your bell rung happens. Get good headgear -- it helps -- and strengthen your neck.

Don't spar with a headache. Ever.

No matter what you THINK it is -- and whether it's muscle strain, a slight cervical misliagnment, stress, vasodilation, or a mild concussion that your trainer didn't catch, getting popped in the head will make it worse. If your head hurts, DO NOT SPAR.

ok thanks for telling me that... but is it normal for everybody else here to get head aches also when u get hit in the head?

[celeritas]

The first few times i sparred i got a headache, and i still do now, only after a really tough session though....and they always go away before the next morning.

[Gato2012]

i never really get headaches. Only time i ever got headaches was in science class in high school. True story, i never get headaches but whenever im in a lab or somethng or learning about science i get a headache.

['ENRY COOPER]

If I got a headache when I wake up normally just back a couple vidocin with a quart of Jameson.

[KostyaTszyu44]

Getting your bell rung happens. Get good headgear -- it helps -- and strengthen your neck.

Don't spar with a headache. Ever.

No matter what you THINK it is -- and whether it's muscle strain, a slight cervical misliagnment, stress, vasodilation, or a mild concussion that your trainer didn't catch, getting popped in the head will make it worse. If your head hurts, DO NOT SPAR.

your making it sound like he will drop dead the instant he steps in the ring with a headache

i say as long as the headache isnt terrible and you can concentrate without being too affected by the headache get in and spar...it'll toughen you up

what you gonna do in the middle of a fight when your ears are ringing and ya heads aching? quit? you gotta learn to deal with pain

[fraidycat]

your making it sound like he will drop dead the instant he steps in the ring with a headache

i say as long as the headache isnt terrible and you can concentrate without being too affected by the headache get in and spar...it'll toughen you up

what you gonna do in the middle of a fight when your ears are ringing and ya heads aching? quit? you gotta learn to deal with pain

I said spar, not fight.

There are plenty of things you can do at your gym the day after you get your bell rung. There's no need to spar heavy two days in a row

And Second Impact Syndrome WILL kill you dead.

Unless you go to a doctor and have a full neurological workup, it's hard to know whether or not your next-day headache is benign. Most of the time it's probably just a muscle strain. The other times it's a concussion, and mild concussions are more common than you think. (I used to hand out concussions like some people hand out sticks of gum.) Who wants that chance? If you had a mild concussion the night before, and you get another one, YOU CAN DIE.

In a sport like this one, that combines full-force blows to the head with unnecessary chest-thumping machismo and often a staggering ignorance of physiology, the safe bet is to go ahead and work out, just not spar.