Protecting Damaged Knuckle

I damaged the knuckle on the index finger sparring about 2 months ago so I stopped contact training (using the bag / sparring / pads etc) until it cleared.

I felt no pain with it so I decided to spar on Saturday. I put a sponge underneath my wraps over my knuckles to give a bit of added protection and it felt ok sparring.

I did some pads though yesterday and I could feel it again, even just throwing light jabs / left hooks.

Can anyone recommend anything else I can put around the knuckle in question to prevent the pain? It's driving me mad not being able to train properly.

Maybe a better way to wrap it / things to put on it when doing pads etc..

Thanks

 

Cheers fellas.

It's driving me mad, only trained about 33% the last two months.

Just wondered whether there was anything I could to limit the impact on it.

Is there anything that can help speed recovery? I regularly iced it and took anti inflammataries for the first couple of weeks.

 

No mate.

I have no pain from it when i make a fist. It's literally only when punch the bag / pads.

 

I have, for 2 months..

I'm only asking for possible ways to reduce the impact and ways to speed recovery.

 

Would you say an osteopath over a physio then?

I initially went to the local walk in centre a couple of weeks after I did it as it still wasn't improving. The nurse examined it and said that she didn't think it was broken but to rest it and see a GP if it didn't improve. She said that it looks like it could be damage to the muscle / tendon at the back of the knuckle.

I left it another couple of weeks and could feel it slowly getting a bit better but I didn't do any contact punching at all in that period, only shadow / circuits / sprints etc.

This weekend I felt no pain in it whatsoever so decided to try punching the bag with a sponge on and sparring gloves and could still feel a sharp minor pain every time I used my left.

I agree mate. I've still ticked over with my training, doing shadow boxing focusing on technique and also staying to a decent fitness level. Just want to find a way to speed recovery.

 

Cheers :good