Even getting a wall felt more painful. Whatever had happened to him was more than just some hallucinations. He should have probably tested things out beforehand. Dean was not the best testing opponent.
He coughed and was about to climb to his feet when Dean helped him up for him. Alec still knew how to fight, but whatever Dean was, was stronger than Alec. Despite Dean's hands around his neck, Alec still tried to quip something, but ended up only making a few hoarse sounds before this time Alec tried to kick Dean to hopefully get the guy to lose his grip on him.