Forehead cuts/bruises

[gzk]

Is it true that the forehead cuts, bleeds and bruises really easily? The reason I ask is that we use a few defensive structures in shootfighting that come from Rodney King's Crazy Monkey style where your hands/gloves are placed on your head and you move your hand back towards the back of your head as you absorb a punch aimed at your head. Anyway, the reason I ask is that sometimes I don't do it quite right and the heel of my palm hits my forehead as I take a punch. I get a slight jolt but nothing like really being hit properly. I end up with bruises, and they don't even hurt to rub on, it's just the discolouration, and, I assume, bleeding underneath. My Dad sees those, and of course, worries about brain damage. This seems unlikely to me, so, is it true that you can get forehead or facial bruising or bleeding with hardly any impact at all?

[The BB of C]

In my experience, it doesn't bleed easily. I've never been one to bruise either. But that could be just me. I know a guy who's nose will bleed if you punch him in the stomach.

[bushido_man96]

I am not sure about that. I do know that if the head does get cut, it will bleed quite profusely. The bruising may also be true. That may be why people get shiners so easily.

[KarateEd]

Like bushido_man says, cuts on the forehead bleed rather profusely. Ask me how I know!

Ed

[Clash]

Just wondering my friend, but how do you know?

[ps1]

Rate of bleeding has to do with alot of factors. Among them are your platelet count, blood thickness, heart rate at the time, and blood pressure. When you're heart is beating fast (as is usually the case in fighting) then it's rapidly sending blood out to the body. Bleeding will be more perfuse than normal. All bruising is bleeding under the skin. Bleeding and bruising are very much an individual thing. For example...I've been hit in the face alot and have NEVER had a nose bleed. Other people start to bleed when the sneeze.

I think the problem is that you're letting yourself still get hit in the head. Even though you're getting hit in the hands, your hands are then hitting you. If you press them to your head, your then you get the same effect, without any direct head strike. You'll still get the jolt of course.

If you're dad's worried he can always have the doctors give you a CT scan or MRI.