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Cary de Weigh
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| I took a hard blow to the knee in a cyclocross crash on Sunday. The abrashions are healing but the knee is still very swollen and stiff. I just tried ten minutes on the turbo and the outer top part of my calf started to swell up in an alarming way. Apart from the usual RICE technique, has anyone got any other advice? |
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Roy Gardiner
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DON'T.
Wait for it to calm down. Make sure you can walk, do knee-bends, all that stuff that you could do before. Then try the bike.
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Dogma Dave
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:43 pm Post subject: Re: Knee injury from CX crash |
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| Cary de Weigh wrote: |
| Apart from the usual RICE technique, has anyone got any other advice? |
Don't crash. |
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SteveO
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:13 pm Post subject: Re: Knee injury from CX crash |
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| Dogma Dave wrote: |
| Cary de Weigh wrote: |
| Apart from the usual RICE technique, has anyone got any other advice? |
Don't crash. |
Or ride cross.
Simples. |
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Joursans
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Roy Gardiner wrote: |
| do knee-bends, all that stuff that you could do before. |
and don;t hold back on the pain killers if they help with the movement.
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Roy Gardiner
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Joursans wrote: |
| Roy Gardiner wrote: |
| do knee-bends, all that stuff that you could do before. |
and don;t hold back on the pain killers if they help with the movement. |
 he knows what I meant.
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Hans Datdodishes
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| Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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I always seek expert medical advice on a tinternet forum, its the only way.
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Cary de Weigh
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Thank you for the helpful advice. I'll try not to crash but I'm afraid I'm hooked on cross.
Hans, in my experience medical professionals are a last resort for advice on riding again after injury. They invariably say something like: "don't ride your bike again for months", which is clearly the wrong answer.  |
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| Cary de Weigh wrote: |
Thank you for the helpful advice. I'll try not to crash but I'm afraid I'm hooked on cross.
Hans, in my experience medical professionals are a last resort for advice on riding again after injury. They invariably say something like: "don't ride your bike again for months", which is clearly the wrong answer. |
Oh, OK. In that case a swollen top part of your calf is probably Deep Vein Thrombosis. Hope this helps
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