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Riding After Broken Wrist
On Feb 20, 1:03 am, Bob C patnbob@unwired wrote:
Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice about not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! How soon did others get back on the bike? Scaphoid fracture? I'm in plaster with one of those at the moment. Was tentatively back on bike after a week but I had the easy cast without my thumb in it. Went for a check up after 2 weeks and had a new cast with my thumb in it which makes rapid fire gear changing virtually impossible and riding isn't as much fun. Doctor said it was ok to ride though as long as I was sensible but I'm spending more time in the gym because I don't want to get knocked off again so soon and because it's been cold and icy in the evenings! I've found that writing causes much more pain than riding does. Get well soon - I assume you've reported the pothole to the appropriate authority? peter |
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Bob C wrote:
Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice about not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! How soon did others get back on the bike? Recumbent trike - (I use a Trice) |
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Andrew Muzi wrote:
Bob C wrote: Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice about not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! How soon did others get back on the bike? I could not manage to push a file or put weight on the handlebar with mine for 4~5 weeks after I got my new bionic metal wrist. http://www.yellowjersey.org/xray.html I did ride one-handed though! Titanium or stainless steel? Too bad there was not a version with a Campagnolo logo on it! That intersection [1] is actually good looking compared to what most of the streets will look like a month from now. [1] http://www.yellowjersey.org/wrist.html -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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Pete Whelan wrote:
Bob C wrote: Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice about not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! How soon did others get back on the bike? Recumbent trike - (I use a Trice) A Trice would be nice, but oh what a price! I want a Trice Micro to keep my Dragonflyer company. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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Tom Sherman tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us: Pete Whelan wrote: Bob C wrote: Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice about not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! How soon did others get back on the bike? Recumbent trike - (I use a Trice) A Trice would be nice, but oh what a price! I want a Trice Micro to keep my Dragonflyer company. Alas, the "custom" models have been discontinued as ICE can barely meet the demand for the Q & T. One is glad one got one's XXL before this calamity, even if it has been off sick for the last six months. -- Dave Larrington http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk They came for Eamonn Holmes; I think I'm right in saying that I applauded. |
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Dave "Legs Larry" Larrington wrote:
In , Tom Sherman tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us: Pete Whelan wrote: Bob C wrote: Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice about not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! How soon did others get back on the bike? Recumbent trike - (I use a Trice) A Trice would be nice, but oh what a price! I want a Trice Micro to keep my Dragonflyer company. Alas, the "custom" models have been discontinued as ICE can barely meet the demand for the Q & T. One is glad one got one's XXL before this calamity, even if it has been off sick for the last six months. Well, now is not a good time for us 'merkins in the Colonies to be buying imported trikes due to the weak dollar. Greenspeed trikes used to be a real bargain in the US when $1 AUS was worth about $0.55 US, but are much less so now that the Australian dollar has risen to over 90 US cents. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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In uk.rec.cycling Bob C patnbob@unwired wrote:
Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice about not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! Hands are very useful for stopping other more important parts, such as head, from hitting things! It's no so much avoiding stopping with hands as avoiding stopping with hands on the end of straight rigidly extended arms. Keep a bend in the elbow! For best recovery I'd start moving the hand and fingers around as soon as possible as much as possible, in order to preserve range of movement and stop too much muscle atrophy while in cast. After that build up strength slowly and cautiously by doing a lot of what doesn't hurt or feel strained, and as little as possible of what does. -- Chris Malcolm DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] |
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On Feb 19, 8:03*pm, Bob C patnbob@unwired wrote:
Comments on Riding after broken wrist. *Got tipped off on a pothole yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. *Didn't take the advice about not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! *How soon did others get back on the bike? -- Bob C -- Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com Hey Bob just wondering, how are you making out with your wrist ? I reckon the cast is off now. |
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