Cutting your knuckles

[Phil D]

i do a lot of backwork an im allways shredding up my hands, does any1 know anything good to put on them to speed up the healing?

[DeeJay]

Salve.

[TKD_Andy]

backwork? Do you mean bagwork?

just get used to it.

before i had a punchbag, i strapped a 1" thick kids play mat on to a wall and punched the crap out of it. If you get the punch wrong, its broken wrist time.

[compleks]

haha, use some handwraps, bag gloves, and common sense.

[Phil D]

backwork? Do you mean bagwork?
yeh bagwork sorry
its a bit of a bastard, i wear bag mitts but i still reck my hands, i do about 3-4 sessions of bagwork a week so my hands dont really get a chance to heal, i need the fitness aswell as ive got karate camp coming up in october and im grading so im gona get a beasting. Does anyone here use hand wraps aswell as bag mitts?

[Iron Fist]

I don't cut my knuckles anymore (at least not my right hand) but it's still good to wear wraps to protect your wrists. (I fucked mine up recentlyly. No breaking for me :(

[Phil D]

yeh hand wraps can stop your knuckles separating if you do a lot of bagwork, so theyr good even if u dnt cut your knuckles

[Lobo]

I just tiny scrapes to the skin that fully heal in a few days at most.

[Kettlebeller]

yeh bagwork sorry
its a bit of a bastard, i wear bag mitts but i still reck my hands,
The problem is you are using bag mitts? most bag mitts are designed for the fat house wife or boxercise class. Spend a few dollars and get some decent glovesi.e... 14 - 16 ouncers. They will last a life time and will increase your resistance when fatigue sets in as they will be heavier.

[Lobo]

Yes, I think it's more likely that cuts are due to shit gloves/mitts rather than the punching itself. I just wear my weightlifting gloves unless an instructor insists I use their mitts.