Getting punched sucks. But there are definitely spots that hurt more than others when hit.
In fact, getting punched in one area can instantly cause you to blackout;
another location can literally cause you to pee yourself. We’re about to
tell you where the most painful places to get punched are, so pay attention.
Your body’s core is pretty resilient since this is where many vital organs are located. However,
with precision, getting hit here can be incredibly painful. Professional fighters warn that if you
ever get punched in the liver, it can be one of the most excruciating sensations of your life.
The liver’s main job is to filter toxins and other unnecessary substances out of your blood.
But when you get punched here, it can throw your whole body out of equilibrium.
The liver is covered in nerves, which when struck, send pain signals to the brain.
If you are hit hard enough in the liver you can go into shock momentarily. This means
that the body pretty much shuts down until the brain can get the pain signals under control.
This is one of the reasons why professional fighters keep their elbows tight to their body.
But there is another organ in your midsection that you don’t want to be punched in: the kidneys.
When punched in the kidney, the body feels an intense amount of pain. However,
it is not just the pain from the initial impact that professional fighters warn about. Instead,
when taking a punch to this region of the body, it is the lingering effects that cause the most pain.
In order for a punch to impact the kidneys, the attacker needs to get
up under the ribcage. But if someone manages to sneak a punch past the protective covering,
it can cause some severe damage and immense pain. And even hours after the initial impact,
there will still be lingering discomfort in the abdomen and back.
So, being punched in the kidney is not just painful in a single region of the body,
but can result in long-lasting aches that persist throughout the midsection.
One final region in the core of the body that is painful to be punched in
is the bladder. Unfortunately, there is an unintended side effect to being struck here.
The punch would have to be a low blow as the bladder is located just above the groin.
But if punched hard enough in this region of the body, not only would you double over from
intense pain signals, but you could pee your pants as well. This would happen as a result
of the fist putting pressure on the bladder, causing it to release any urine it was holding.
There is a part of the body that getting punched in is not only painful but can cause
death. The throat contains several vital structures that can cause both physical
pain and life-threatening circumstances when punched.
The trachea is the tube that you breathe through, and it can be very sensitive.
This is why it should come as no surprise that getting punched in the trachea can be painful.
But other threats come with getting punched here. For example, even a light punch could
cause the larynx to collapse and block the windpipe. You would not be able
to breathe until your body recovered, but depending on the damage done by the punch,
getting hit in the trachea could be life-threatening. It is unlikely,
but if the trachea and larynx are damaged by a powerful punch, you could suffocate to death.
Getting punched in the throat can also result in another dangerous side effect.
The pain to the throat from a well-placed punch could be so intense that you could pass
out. This means that all with one punch, you would feel incredible pain, lose your breath,
and lose consciousness. This is why being punched in the throat
is considered by many to be one of the worst places to get hit.
This brings us to the most painful region of the body to get punched in:
the face. According to professional MMA fighters, the worst places to have a punch land are around
the head. But there are several key locations that you definitely want to avoid being hit.
Some fighters claim that getting punched in the back of the head is the most painful place to
get hit because, after the initial impact, you lose equilibrium. A solid punch to the
back of the head is going to cause the brain to jostle slightly in the skull. Obviously,
this is a problem and would cause discomfort, but the fact that the spinal cord connects to the
brain at the base of the skull means there are a ton of nerves in this area of the body.
When these nerves are impacted by a punch, pain signals will flood the brain.
The overwhelming amount of signals can cause disorientation, which makes recovering from
such a punch very difficult. But this is nothing compared to getting hit in the side of the head.
If you’ve ever had your ears boxed you know how dizzy it can make you, but also how much
the initial impact hurts. Following a punch to the ear, you would not only be in pain with a ringing
in your ears, but the world around you would become distorted as you lost balance. Then
after the initial impact, the ear would throb and a burning sensation would persist for a long time.
The nose is one of the most sensitive areas of the face due to nerves running across the bridge.
These nerves contain respirators that allow you to smell,
but with this high concentration of nerves also comes a high concentration of pain receptors.
This means getting punched in the nose will shoot pain signals directly into the brain causing the
eyes to water, involuntary motor reflexes, and enough pain to cause you to blackout for a moment.
The crazy thing about getting punched in the nose is that it doesn’t even need to be hard.
Even a light punch can cause bleeding and pain. But if the punch lands with enough force,
it can cause the bridge of the nose to break, which would result in severe pain until the bone
could be reset. And although it is highly unlikely, a punch could shatter the nose
sending shards of it dangerously close to the brain itself. If you were very unlucky
some of the bone fragments could penetrate the nervous tissue and cause brain damage.
If you’ve ever been poked in the eye by accident you know how uncomfortable the feeling can be.
Now imagine getting punched full force right in the eye.
This is often mentioned as being one of the worst places to get punched by professional fighters.
At the back of the eye are a series of connective nerves that lead directly to the brain. When
someone gets punched in the eye signals are shot through these nerves and intense pain is felt.
On top of that comes disorientation and the loss of depth perception. A punch to the
eye could also rupture blood vessels which would not only be uncomfortable but messy.
However, the worst part about getting punched in the eye could be the long-term effects.
If the impact is hard enough, it could damage your eye beyond repair.
This means from a single punch you may be temporarily, or permanently, blinded in that eye.
In really extreme circumstances the entire eye could pop out of its socket by a strong punch.
This would be so painful that the person would go into shock immediately. If this happens,
the eyeball would likely be stopped by the eyelids, but with enough force, the eye could
leave its socket and dangle from the hole in the face by the nerves connecting it to the brain.
Needless to say, this would be one of the most painful spots anyone could be hit in. Being
punched in the eye might just be really painful, or it could be the worst experience of your life.
However, the most painful place of all to get punched is not where you might think.
According to several professional fighters,
a punch that connects with the chin is actually the most painful of all.
Many fighters recommend always covering the chin even if it leaves another part of the body
vulnerable. The reason for this is that if the chin gets hit, the pain is so intense that even
the toughest fighters get knocked out. In fact, many professional fighters have stories early
on in their careers where they made the mistake of not protecting their chin, and the next thing they
knew, they were on the ground looking up at the ref who ended the fight on account of knockout.
But why is this area of the body so painful to be punched in? The reason is that there is a
high concentration of nerves around the chin and jaws. Since these nerves are so densely packed,
a hard punch to the chin sends an overwhelming flood of pain signals to the brain. The massive
amount of signals being sent all at once overloads the nervous system and causes you to blackout.
The difference between being punched on the chin versus other parts of the body
is that the puncher doesn’t need to be very accurate. In this case, it is the amount of
force that matters. If someone can punch hard enough, and connect with any part of the chin,
it is going to be incredibly painful. Whether the punch lands squarely on
the chin or just clips the side of it, you are going to go down from the punch.
This brings us to the last painful place to get punched. It should come as no surprise
that being hit in the genitals is considered by most people to be the most painful place
of all to be punched. These low blows are not used often in professional fighting,
and when they are, it is normally by accident.
Being punched in the groin will cause different sensations based on the sex of the person,
but for both males and females, intense pain and discomfort come from being hit in the genitals.
For a woman who is punched in the vagina,
the impact will cause a throbbing sensation that travels all the way up to their midsection.
Luckily, their ovaries and uterus are concealed within the body itself, which does offer some
protection, but a punch to the female reproductive organs will cause a massive amount of pain.
Males on the other hand are slightly more vulnerable as the testicles hang outside of the
body. This means a punch could strike one or both testes head-on. This would send a massive surge of
pain signals to the brain. The stomach would cramp up, and the person would double over in pain.
The male and female genitals need to be sensitive areas due to their main purpose which is pleasure.
However, the reason that sex and orgasms are so pleasurable is because of the number of
nerves that run through the genitals. The more nerves there are, the more sensitive an area is.
Unfortunately, those same nerves are also capable of sending pain signals,
which means that the genitals can deliver just as much pain as pleasure.
So, where is the most painful place to get punched? If you
ask a professional fighter they will most likely tell you it is the chin.
However, for the rest of us, the genitals would definitely be at the top of the list.
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