HEADACHES When PUNCHING?

**hayleyjane3011** · 02-05-2010 08:48 PM

please can someone help me, my son is 6 and started boxing about 4 weeks ago, recently hes been complaining of bad headaches when he punches the bags, and when he does tuck jumps, i noticed when he was skipping he came and had a drink from me and i asked him if he was ok and he said he had a little headache, i felt his head and it was boiling and i could feel the pounding pulse pounding on top of his head, the coach has had disscussions about my son as they dont want to train him anymore as his headaches are concerning them, their concerning me too, hes got adhd gets prescribed ritalin, i thought this was the problem so i stopped the ritalin and he still has the headaches, so it cant be the medication, he looks really red and flush, and the coach said you can see the distress in his face when he has the headaches when punching the bags, i brought him home early and he was really quiet and cold, then about 10 minutes later he was fine, this is happening frequently, he enjoys going and i find it upseting that these headaches are stopping him doing something he finally likes doing, and most of all its worrying for me incase there is something wrong with him, hes not dehydrated as the coach said he doesnt look dehydrated he drinks plenty, and my sons consultant said he could be training too hard, but there is younger kids there than him that does the same training with no problem and the coach said that the training aint too much. please could someone suggest anything about these headaches, their really worrying me, i would appreceate any replys, thanks, hayley..

**Andre** · 02-05-2010 09:20 PM

Sounds like his neck is out may stem from between his shoulders or just under the blade or can be 1 inch down half way between the neck and the should too.

What area are you in? there are some great practitioners around that can solve that very fast these days.

If you massage him with your thumbs around his shoulder blades and close in towards his spine as well I bet you will feel some muscles that have formed into harder lumps (they do this naturally when pain or stress is present). If you havent hand strength you can lightly useyour elbow for the pressure.

If he puts his arm up behind his back his shoulder blade will open up so you can work under it a bit and oil him down and run your thumbs or your centre finger knuckles around under his shoulder blades and see what you find.

you warm them up first get the blood moving ,find the lumps then slowly put thumb pressure on the lumps slowly increasing it. On a pain level between one and ten ask him with your slowly increasing pressure when its on a seven and just maintain that pressure until its drops down to a 3 .

Then work it around again get the blood back in there then go other places do those other knots then go back to the main area and try again . For 24 hours after he must drink alot of pure water.

Give him a rest for a day after, then go back and do it again.

I have a knot back there sometimes ,that when pushed and worked on hurts inside my head I know they got the right spot then.

**hayleyjane3011** · 02-05-2010 09:32 PM

thanks for that info, im in wales uk, great info will try that, but the coach there had a disscussion with the other coaches and my son is too much of a liability for them they no longer want to train him because of his headaches, their worried about him, just hope its nothing serious.. thanks for your reply, very much appreceated..

**Andre** · 02-06-2010 08:29 PM

An Mri on his head would be a good thing to get done just to make sure he's ok.

**hayleyjane3011** · 02-06-2010 09:18 PM

im asking the doctor on monday to arrange one, im awful frightened, with all the feedback ive received even though its good feedback, im getting very worried, thank for your reply...will keep u updated, thanks..

**Andre** · 02-06-2010 09:26 PM

Well dont be over worried,its just common sense to tick all the boxes for the little chap is all.

How is he today? Any pain?

**hayleyjane3011** · 02-07-2010 09:09 AM

hi, hes generally fine, has been since, it just took boxing to find out that these headaches occur in training, however like mentioned before by you i think, boxing may not be the cause, but the trigger from underlyeing problems he may have, but if i were to take him boxing which i wont these headaches would come back, thanks, for your concern and asking, many thanks, hayley..