Hi, guys. I would like to ask a question about the sensations people feel after taking knocks to the head in the ring. My background is in wrestling, but this month I decided to take up boxing. I had my first hour's lesson and then, the second time, only three people turned up (two more experienced guys and I), so we did sparring. Each guy had to go three rounds in the ring against the trainer, wearing a headguard. Obviously, I received blows to my head during the three rounds and this was my first ever experience of it. The thing was that I once had a serious head injury (albeit ten years ago)... and the sensation in my head after I went home that night was the exact same as I would get in the months after I came out of hospital. It is hard to describe, but it feels like I can physically "feel" the blood vessels (canals) inside my head. And they also seem "warm/hot" (which is why I used to love frosty, cold weather back then). No dizziness, stars, headaches, just a sort of "warm throbbing" for the rest of the evening... I wanted to ask the boxers on this forum: has anyone else felt these exact symptoms? I do NOT want to quit boxing, but I seriously do not like having to relive the exact same sensations in my head I had before. Has anyone else had the same things I feel? Or boxed after a head injury earlier in life?
Many of us get headaches and stuff especially when starting out. With your history of brain injury though, I don't think anyone's in a position to say whether or not it's normal. I would seek medical opinion. The internet is great for sharing ideas and tips, but possibly the worst place to ask for important health related stuff. Personally, I wouldn't risk it. Don't fall in love with the sport just to find out you can't do it.
if you are in your second lesson, and you're sparring against the trainer, and you're getting headaches (or some variation of), find some place else to go. if it's like this on the second lesson, you'll have a worse story for us in six to 12 months.
At our gym no one spars without a USA passbook and physical. A person with a history of severe head trauma would NEVER spar without a doctor's release. Even then, no inexperienced boxer would spar without at least 12 training sessions.
2 lessons in and you guys are sparring. Find a new boxing gym. Your trainer is either an ******* or has a very old school mentality. Half the people 6 months into boxing still have a hard time keeping their hands up, why the **** he'd have you going 1 round let alone 3 speaks volumes about his coaching style. If he was pulling his punches you wouldn't be having these weird head sensations. My guess is he wasn't hitting you 100% but he sure as hell wasn't pulling his punches
Sometimes I think trainers feel "sweet" or "cool" when they spar with a bunch of noobies they can beat up. I think being a trainer and sparring with your fighters isn't the best way to go about it. Also we don't know how hard you were hit or any specifics. If you got tagged A LOT, it might be normal. But I think I had like 8 - 10 headaches in the 5 years I boxed. I was a defensive fighter though. I would say you should do a lot of drills to get good at defense before any more sparring though.
It should feel like a massive hangover after you wake up from one to many drinks with you defending yourself from some psycotic bytch trying to stab you with a steak knife through the eye as she jumps on top of you...all 300 pounds of her. In other words just right,not to hard not to light to rattle your equilibrium but just in the comfort zone where you are not dizzy but can adjust and still live
LOL...a little drastic don't you think? Light headed and possibly mild headache is normal. A massive hangover is taking it too far. If that's the case, then see a doctor and learn head movement. Better yet, consider another hobby.
