Knuckle fracture?

[Hot Ice]

I've heard of hardening your knuckles etc.
You get them harder by ummm.. hardening them somehow.


Well, less than a month ago I once got so mad I hit a table as hard as I could three times mostly with one of my knuckles.

It took a while to recover
but yesterday I was playfully fighting with my step-bother.
So I hit him with that knuckle and it hurt quite a bit.
I think I have a minor fracture in my knuckle.
Ok, It will recover...
...But my question is, after recovering, is it harder than it was before or did it make my knuckle weaker?
You know fractures aren't so good.

 

[Soshyopathe]

The asian martial artists have been breaking their knuckles for years to make them stronger. My sensei had to place his hands between two 2x4's and have all his knuckles broken. Aparently you only do it once, or else you might have serious complications. But like every mended bone, it will be stronger.

 

[Hot Ice]

Right.
So nothing to worry then.

Funny how even the shape has changed a little bit

 

[Captain Anonymous]

If you regularly punch things, like punching bag or something, your knuckles will wear down and will hurt a lot less when you punch something seriously. Once worn down, they are less likely to fracture (or chip... ouch) on impact, and less likely to split the skin over them.

Don't know if this is hardening them though.