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Cary de Weigh
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:34 pm    Post subject: Knee injury from CX crash Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Knee injury from CX crash Reply with quote

Cary de Weigh wrote:
Apart from the usual RICE technique, has anyone got any other advice?

Don't crash.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Knee injury from CX crash Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
Twisted Evil he knows what I meant.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I always seek expert medical advice on a tinternet forum, its the only way.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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. Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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. Wink


Oh, OK. In that case a swollen top part of your calf is probably Deep Vein Thrombosis. Hope this helps
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