Riding with a reinjured inguinal hernia

Hi. I have had this injury for almost 3 years now. I was operated on
april 2007. I had the thing for about a year before that and the
doctors couldn't figure out what it was! I saw about 5 different
doctors! I have a black cloud over my head though. Anyway, I have been
riding ever since except for the postop period. I was loading up on
vicodin, ibuprofen, and lidocaine to mask the pain. (I also had a
skull fracture last year). After the hernia surgery, I went back into
the riding full force and reinjured it. Now the doc is telling me to
stop for a few months cause I have to let it heal. I told him I would
after the season. I'll give it a couple more months. The pain gets
better with rest so i know what I need to do.
Anyway, i love riding, but I am not doing near the amount I was doing.
I was riding about 20-30 miles per day. When i ride I do it for a
workout , not a leisure ride . I have a Trek Madone and bought a
license to race , but I keep getting injured. My question is: I am
trying to figure out what is the best thing to lessen the aggravation
to the injury besides rest(use a lower gear, move the seat forward,
up, etc. ) Thanks

On Aug 13, 5:28*am, chrisc wrote:
Hi. I have had this injury for almost 3 years now. I was operated on
april 2007. I had the thing for about a year before that and the
doctors couldn't figure out what it was! I saw about 5 different
doctors! I have a black cloud over my head though. Anyway, I have been
riding ever since except for the postop period. I was loading up on
vicodin, ibuprofen, and lidocaine to mask the pain. (I also had a
skull fracture last year). After the hernia surgery, I went back into
the riding full force and reinjured it. Now the doc is telling me to
stop for a few months cause I have to let it heal. I told him I would
after the season. I'll give it a couple more months. The pain gets
better with rest so i know what I need to do.
Anyway, i love riding, but I am not doing near the amount I was doing.
I was riding about 20-30 miles per day. When i ride I do it for a
workout , not a leisure ride . I have a Trek Madone and bought a
license to race , but I keep getting injured. My question is: I am
trying to figure out what is the best thing to lessen the aggravation
to the injury besides rest(use a lower *gear, move the seat forward,
up, etc. ) Thanks

I am in a similar situation. I used lower gears, which seemed to work
a little.

Now, I am implementing the only real solution. I am resting. It makes
me depressed, but a re-injury would be just too much.

Since you haven't listened to your doctors, you probably won't listen
to an anonymous internet poster. But rest. Seriously. It's the only
way that it will heal.

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:28:27 -0700 (PDT) in rec.bicycles.misc,
chrisc wrote:

I am
trying to figure out what is the best thing to lessen the aggravation
to the injury besides rest

Troll Alert! either that or you are simply stupid, stupid,
stupid.

LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. STOP RIDING.

chrisc wrote:
Hi. I have had this injury for almost 3 years now. I was operated on
april 2007. I had the thing for about a year before that and the
doctors couldn't figure out what it was! I saw about 5 different
doctors! I have a black cloud over my head though. Anyway, I have been
riding ever since except for the postop period. I was loading up on
vicodin, ibuprofen, and lidocaine to mask the pain. (I also had a
skull fracture last year). After the hernia surgery, I went back into
the riding full force and reinjured it. Now the doc is telling me to
stop for a few months cause I have to let it heal. I told him I would
after the season. I'll give it a couple more months. The pain gets
better with rest so i know what I need to do.
Anyway, i love riding, but I am not doing near the amount I was doing.
I was riding about 20-30 miles per day. When i ride I do it for a
workout , not a leisure ride . I have a Trek Madone and bought a
license to race , but I keep getting injured. My question is: I am
trying to figure out what is the best thing to lessen the aggravation
to the injury besides rest(use a lower gear, move the seat forward,
up, etc. ) Thanks

"I told him I would after the season."
Why did you go to the doctor?
Just to show off?

On Aug 14, 10:15*am, "W. Stief" wrote:
chrisc wrote:
Hi. I have had this injury for almost 3 years now. I was operated on
april 2007. I had the thing for about a year before that and the
doctors couldn't figure out what it was! I saw about 5 different
doctors! I have a black cloud over my head though. Anyway, I have been
riding ever since except for the postop period. I was loading up on
vicodin, ibuprofen, and lidocaine to mask the pain. (I also had a
skull fracture last year). After the hernia surgery, I went back into
the riding full force and reinjured it. Now the doc is telling me to
stop for a few months cause I have to let it heal. I told him I would
after the season. I'll give it a couple more months. The pain gets
better with rest so i know what I need to do.
Anyway, i love riding, but I am not doing near the amount I was doing.
I was riding about 20-30 miles per day. When i ride I do it for a
workout , not a leisure ride . I have a Trek Madone and bought a
license to race , but I keep getting injured. My question is: I am
trying to figure out what is the best thing to lessen the aggravation
to the injury besides rest(use a lower *gear, move the seat forward,
up, etc. ) Thanks

"I told him I would *after the season."
Why did you go to the doctor?
Just to show off?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

No. I needed a new prescription for Lidocaine. Plus , to make sure I
dont have another hernia.

On Aug 14, 1:29*am, (Dennis P. Harris)
wrote:
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:28:27 -0700 (PDT) in rec.bicycles.misc,

chrisc wrote:
I am
trying to figure out what is the best thing to lessen the aggravation
to the injury besides rest

Troll Alert! *either that or you are simply stupid, stupid,
stupid.

LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. *STOP RIDING.

It's the latter. Also, stubborn, stubborn, stubborn!

On Aug 13, 1:49*pm, wrote:
On Aug 13, 5:28*am, chrisc wrote:





Hi. I have had this injury for almost 3 years now. I was operated on
april 2007. I had the thing for about a year before that and the
doctors couldn't figure out what it was! I saw about 5 different
doctors! I have a black cloud over my head though. Anyway, I have been
riding ever since except for the postop period. I was loading up on
vicodin, ibuprofen, and lidocaine to mask the pain. (I also had a
skull fracture last year). After the hernia surgery, I went back into
the riding full force and reinjured it. Now the doc is telling me to
stop for a few months cause I have to let it heal. I told him I would
after the season. I'll give it a couple more months. The pain gets
better with rest so i know what I need to do.
Anyway, i love riding, but I am not doing near the amount I was doing.
I was riding about 20-30 miles per day. When i ride I do it for a
workout , not a leisure ride . I have a Trek Madone and bought a
license to race , but I keep getting injured. My question is: I am
trying to figure out what is the best thing to lessen the aggravation
to the injury besides rest(use a lower *gear, move the seat forward,
up, etc. ) Thanks

I am in a similar situation. I used lower gears, which seemed to work
a little.

Now, I am implementing the only real solution. I am resting. It makes
me depressed, but a re-injury would be just too much.

Since you haven't listened to your doctors, you probably won't listen
to an anonymous internet poster. But rest. Seriously. It's the only
way that it will heal.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I know what you mean by depressed. i hate not being able to ride!
Sometimes I use food for comfort and all the guys at work make fun of
me. They'll see me eat and eat and eat and yell out "comfort food!" I
think it's kind of funny. I weigh 175 by the way. I figure if i made
it this far , I can go another month or two. I just back off a lot.