…via blunt force trauma, about a week ago.
I honestly cannot recommend my latest mountain biking injury. Circumstances are innocuous.
Trail centre. Rear shock diagnosed as leaking. Ride aborted and resorting to gentlest route down the hill to the on-site bike shop. Three pedal strokes from standstill on flat land with weight forward to avoid loading the shock.
Pedal strike
Ground strike
Undercarriage strike on stem/bars
In the ensuing carnage, I could only discern the amplitude of pain and could not rightly assess where the damage had been delivered. Getting disentangled from the bike was a genuine challenge. Getting upright and hobbling to the nearby car park was challenge #2. As the sensations resolved, the damage felt to be a severely traumatised hip joint. A&E. X-Rays to discount a broken pelvis.
A week on, the hip joint and pelvis are traumatised but intact. The nethers, less intact and more than traumatised. Violated. Bruising beyond conceivable. Unlikely to be participating in conceivable events.
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