Frequent nose soreness/bleeds from sparring, long term effects?

[chris5]

I've been sparring at least once to twice a week now and have been taken a few jabs to the nose to where it it gets a tiny trickle of blood and is sore for a few days. Today i took a jab that made it bleed profusely but the pain/swelling isn't that bad. How do I know if i have a broken nose and what are the long term consequences of frequent punches to the nose? I'm an actor so kind of curious not only for cosmetic reasons but also long term breathing/health issues. Thanks!!

[Ray Corso]

Well first off "act" like you know some defense and stop getting your nose whacked!
If your nose was broken you'd know it by the touch and it would swell inside abit.
You have alot of nerves that need to be desensitized and blood vessels that need to acclamate to the "taps"!
One think you can do if your bleeding increases is to roll up some gause, slightly wet it make it about
3" long and as thick as your pinky finger. Stick it up to your gum line in front of your top teeth. Ad some pressure with your tongue and that should stop the blood flow pretty quckly.
Thats an old cornermans trick to hault alot of blood flow.

Learn to feint, slip, block then perry and start counter punching back.
Ray

[Rockin']

Blood is just part of learning the skill. Nose bleeds mean little when starting out. For about the first year my face and clothes, not to mention the white canvas and opponents, were covered with my blood that was leaking from my nose.... but it never stopped me from going back the next day to do it all again. I bled buckets..................

The common man is trained to be shocked or stunned by the simple sight of somebody elses blood, but they become paniced and uneasy when seeing their own blood. You are not a common person, I know this because you stepped through the gym door, joined up and jumped in to throw some fists. A common man would never even think of doing that.... well, they day dream about it...... A little blood from your nose is normal, don't let it throw you off track.

When I got home after a sparring session that my nose was bleeding in this is what I would do. I'd stick my finger up my nose rubbing the wound with the tip of my finger until it started to slightly bleed again. I would prepare a glass of water with a bunch of salt mixed in there. Then I would stick some damp tissue up there to collect the blood. Then I would take a swab and dip it in the solution, clean up the blood on the cut with a damp tissue and then I would put the swab inside of my nose and inside of the cut and press it in there good to extract the solution from the swab. It just might sting a little though, LOL. Rejuice the swab and reapply to your liking, but do it a couple times at least. And BE SURE to get plenty of vasiline up your nostril on that cut when you spar, to soften it up so that when you do get hit, and the scab inside of your nose is torn off, the scab will be wet instead of dry and it will not tear as much since it was already moist. Then go back to the gym and repeat.

In time the cut/cuts in your nose will scar up heavily and the nose bleeds will stop. Or maybe you learned to move your nose out the way.... or maybe both. Either way, if you continue on the nose bleeds will stop in time, so be patient.

Every champion had to deal with nose bleeds to some degree when they were just getting started.

[SalimShady1212]

I use to get a sore nice all the freakin time but eventually your nose toughens up and you learn to move your head.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

You will know if it's a broken nose. You will see it broken, most times pushed to the side. Your eyes usually swell and it bleeds a lot.

If it's just a nose bleed, even if it's profuse, it isn't necessarily broken. I think you are just a bleeder, it happens.

I wasn't a bleeder, didn't swell much or cut, I was lucky. People are different and there's not much you can do to be honest except not get hit.

[SplitSecond]

When you're dehydrated you cut easier and your nose will bleed easier. Make sure to stay hydrated, your resistance will increase exponentially. Or it could be adrenal fatigue, even if you're just naturally a soft chap, eat well and get lots of sleep.

I've never been made to bleed yet in boxing somehow.

[chris5]

Thanks for the replies! it's good to hear this is normal. Usually i spar shorter guys (i'm 6'0 143lbs) so i could see the jabs coming and parry them. lately i've ran out of sparring partners and have to fight taller fighters and this is when i have to get in their range to land my punches and i'm getting popped w jabs b/c i'm not used to having to slip and block my head. i think i wait until i see the punch coming to slip, and then it's too late. like you guys said, with time i will start to get a feel for when the jabs are coming and slip and block them with my hands instead of my nose lol. thanks!

[KidDinamita]

I had to cauterize my nose once last winter due to a lot of nose bleeding during sparring. Just in case you still have a lot of nose bleedings just visit a doctor and he'll cauterize your nose. you just need to skip training for a week.

For me it helped me a lot. till today no bleedings