should pain - boxing

Hello,

In addition to light weight training, I recently took up boxing for
fitness/cardio purpose. I've been working on
using heavy bag,

I notice that if I through straight punches, jabs, or "very
controlled" hooks, I'm ok.

But if I try and deep, looping punches ... my left shoulder has a
somewhat unstable feeling, near the back of the shoulder ... right
shoulder is just fine

I've hurt the left shoulder playing football in the past, I guess
there still something wrong there.

I will see a doctor/physio soon, but would appreciate any information
I can read up on so I have some background info.

Thank you

On Mar 20, 4:59 pm, "dave" <dave8...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In addition to light weight training, I recently took up boxing for
> fitness/cardio purpose. I've been working on
> using heavy bag,
>
> I notice that if I through straight punches, jabs, or "very
> controlled" hooks, I'm ok.
>
> But if I try and deep, looping punches ... my left shoulder has a
> somewhat unstable feeling, near the back of the shoulder ... right
> shoulder is just fine
>
> I've hurt the left shoulder playing football in the past, I guess
> there still something wrong there.
>
> I will see a doctor/physio soon, but would appreciate any information
> I can read up on so I have some background info.
>
> Thank you

Sounds like it could be a rotator cuff injury, but anyway, any online
diagnosis is going to be pretty useless compared to a doctor visit.

P.S.: You shouldn't be throwing haymakers (i.e., uncontrolled hooks)
at a bag, in the ring, or on the street.

"dave" <dave8421@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1174435163.706738.125170@y80g2000hsf.googlegr oups.com...
> Hello,
>
> In addition to light weight training, I recently took up boxing for
> fitness/cardio purpose. I've been working on
> using heavy bag,
>
> I notice that if I through straight punches, jabs, or "very
> controlled" hooks, I'm ok.
>
> But if I try and deep, looping punches ... my left shoulder has a
> somewhat unstable feeling, near the back of the shoulder ... right
> shoulder is just fine
>
> I've hurt the left shoulder playing football in the past, I guess
> there still something wrong there.
>
> I will see a doctor/physio soon, but would appreciate any information
> I can read up on so I have some background info.
>
> Thank you

Sounds like you need to visit a boxing gym and have someone show you
some technique.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

"throatslasher" <implicit_differentiation@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>P.S.: You shouldn't be throwing haymakers (i.e., uncontrolled hooks)
>at a bag, in the ring, or on the street.

It worked for Jerry Cooney. Just ask Ken Norton.

>
> Sounds like you need to visit a boxing gym and have someone show you
> some technique.
>

not the case ... a regular hook punch is causing the pain

perhaps my post was poorly described, its not some crazy out of
control punching

again .. right shoulder is 100% ...

Thanks for all replies.

I think I made it sound like I'm throwing out of control punches ...
not the case.

I only tried "looping" type punching in *one session* to test the
shoulder ... ok, still a bad idea, but its not a general practice for
me

I only throw straight punches, jabs, body shots, hooks, and rarely
some uppercuts

A normal hook punch, and uppercut will cause problems, so i'm staying
away from them for now ... pretty much ok otherwise

anyway, will look into rotator cuff problems before I see the doctor

Thanks again

"dave" <dave8421@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1174444580.436274.21200@n76g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>
>>
>> Sounds like you need to visit a boxing gym and have someone show you
>> some technique.
>>
>
> not the case ... a regular hook punch is causing the pain
>
> perhaps my post was poorly described, its not some crazy out of
> control punching
>
> again .. right shoulder is 100% ...

Someone who is familiar with the mechanics of punching may be able to
point out what the issue is. There are plenty of movement I know how to
do well, but when I have someone watch me, they observe a problem that I
wasn't aware of, and such problems are usually on one side only. I
didn't mean to suggest you didn't know what you're doing, but that
doesn't change the fact that an expert pair of eyes can be helpful, and
sometimes more helpful than a visit to the doctor.

Just my opinion, worth what you paid for it here on mfw.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com