Is there a good way to ease the pain from conditioning?

Question

I do lots and lots of martial arts training(Capoeira) and spar a lot of people from other martial arts. I like to kick people's legs out from under them a lot. Which I've noticed has taken a toll on my bones, and I know they are naturally going to be conditioned and get harder, but is there any way to ease the bone pain/soreness until then? I have my leg wrapped right now which helped a lot. I also have pain from being kicked in the ribs and hamstring area, which has been a little more intolerable than I expected.

Answer 1

The moment you have a problem in the ribs, you're headed for severe pain. First off you're going to have to take a break for a few days from training.

Taking a hot bath is going to help relax the muscles and ease up on the pain. You need to have massage therapy on your ribs. That's about the only thing that's going to take down the pain. Ribs take longer to heal then the other areas of your body that have been injured. Ask your trainer about a massage therapist. I'm sure they will know of one.

You need to take some anti inflammatory medication such as Advil several times a day until you start feeling better.

Answer 2

It is definitely better not to kill yourself by training on a serious injury, but I can understand why you might not want to tone down on your training. You know your own body better than anyone, so it is ultimately your call whether or not to take it easy. I found an article that pertains to your problem, particularly the section on impact training: http://www.sammyfranco.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=sammyfranco&Screen=combat_conditioning
You sound like you should take a break from such intense training, and if you do be sure to ease back into it to avoid further injury.

Hope that helps!

Hammad Malik
Contemporary Fighting Arts
http://sammyfranco.com/phpbb

Answer 3

soak in ice cold water it works for gymnists =)