Ma Dongseok also recommended boxing. Be careful of injuries here
Nov 25, 2025
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Boxing is a sport that uses a lot of joints such as wrist and shoulder. Boxing, which focuses on hitting, has a greater risk of joint injuries because it wears headgear to protect the head and face in matches. If you hit a sandbag or throw a punch during a match, you will have as much impact on your shoulders as you have on the other person. Repeated shocks and pressures on the shoulders lead to shoulder pain and injuries. Actor Lee Si-young, who participated in the National Sports Festival as a boxer, also quit boxing due to a shoulder injury.
The most common shoulder joint disease is shoulder impingement syndrome. Shoulder collision syndrome is a disease in which inflammation and pain occur as collisions occur inside the shoulder due to repeated and excessive use. Inside the shoulder is a tendon called 'rotating cuff', which plays an important role in moving the joint. When the tendon is swollen or the bone grows under the shoulder bone, the space where the tendon passes narrows, inflammation and pain occur.
Shoulder collision syndrome usually occurs when you repeatedly lift a lot of heavy objects or when you work for a long time with your arms raised higher than your shoulders, such as plastered and plastered. In addition, it can often occur when you exercise your arms at a higher position than your head, such as boxing, baseball, tennis, badminton, swimming, and volleyball. Even if you don't exercise as you get older, it may occur as degenerative changes narrow the space where the tendon passes.
Usually, pain appears severe when the shoulder is raised 60 to 90 degrees, and most patients complain of pain when the arm is raised 90 degrees to the side while pressing from the top to prevent the shoulder bone from moving. You should also suspect shoulder collision syndrome if you hear a 'stopping sound from your shoulder or if you feel stiff in your continuation.
If shoulder pain occurs while exercising or working, such as boxing, you should visit a hospital and check the pattern or characteristics of the pain, pain-inducing posture, and muscle atrophy through specialist counseling. Additional tests such as X-ray tests, ultrasound tests, CT, and MRI can be performed to find the exact diagnosis and cause.
If shoulder pain is left unattended, the use of shoulder joints can be reduced, leading to rotator cuff rupture, so initial treatment is important. Symptoms can improve by initially reducing shoulder use and avoiding pain-causing postures. If cold compress is performed and anti-inflammatory analgesics are taken, most of them can live their daily lives within one to two weeks.
If the initial treatment becomes chronic due to delayed initial treatment, injections can be given directly around the shoulder tendon or steroid injection treatment to reduce inflammation can be performed along with physical therapy. In vitro shock wave treatment, which reduces inflammation around tendons and induces regeneration of damaged tendons, can also be expected to have good effects. If the condition of pain and damage is severe, you can consider shoulder plastic surgery to remove inflammatory tissue through arthroscopic endoscopy and trim the grown shoulder bones and surgical treatment to seal the ruptured shoulder tendon.
After shoulder surgery, rehabilitation treatment is usually required for 3 to 6 months, and lifestyle habits that strain severe exercise or joints should be avoided. After surgery, rehabilitation treatment is performed according to the instructions of the doctor. The patient's efforts are required because the range of exercise and the amount of exercise must be well controlled to speed up the return to daily life.
Lee Hee-sung (Orthopedic Surgeon) at Ulsan Elijah Hospital's Spinal Joint Center said "In order to prevent shoulder joint disease, you should avoid excessive use of your shoulder joint and take a break if you have pain."When exercising, such as boxing, you should adjust your intensity according to your health condition according to the guidance of an expert and conduct sufficient warm-up and stretching before and after exercising." he advised. He also emphasized that "If you feel pain during exercise, don't leave it unattended, and visit a hospital immediately for treatment, which is the way to protect joint health.'
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
