How do you guys take care of your joints?

[Douglas]

^lol

Any way... diet is key... fatty acids etc.

But I think I know the root of your proplem... they hurt when you fully extend whilst shadow boxing?

Don't fully extend your arms when you do shadow, you run the risk of hyper extending them because of the momentum. keep a soft lock.

Yes, one punch the wrong way by locking them out fully extended can hurt the cartilage in the elbow so that you're unable to punch for a week+.

[yvonne]

Light stretching before any work-out is key.Weather its joint pain in your fingers,elbows,knee's,ankle,any where on your body.A good old streching session on your full body from head to toe for 15-20 minutes before you shadow box will work wonders,as it will slowly warm up and slacken up your tendons around your joints.I suffer from a dull pain sensation in me left ankle that makes a loud CRACKING sound every now and again when i put pressure on it.The dull pain you mentioned will be the tendon stretching over your joint.Your joint will be really tight thats why your getting the dull sensation.You need to gently stretch it so that your tendon over that particular joint(elbow,fingers,ankle,etc)becomes slack and extended.

Really good advice there from other good minded folks about taking GLOCOSAMINE SULPHATE and well as good old FISH OIL(cod liver,Salmon).Here is another tip...try a hand full of mixed "NUTS"a day.Theres really good fat in NUTS that will help your joints too.And try JELLY too.Yum YumFacts!!!

[donnydarkoIRL]

Before every fight, spar or training session I do a whole body joint treatment.
I move each joint slowly and loosely on it's hinge, ball or floating action and prime the synovial fluid.

Andre has a great nack of describing how the above is done best.

If I've got any problematic joint or muscle areas I use Tiger balm to address the problem.

Fish oils are a supplement I take daily, to aid synovial fluid.

In the instance of prolonged injury due to joint injury, Swimming is a great exercise thats not too demanding on any joints.