Good for you John
At my local hospital it seems stuff like that is impossible.
Mrsstu works for the NHS and even after her boss had spoken to the surgeon (who he knows) he was never able to see me for one reason or another.
Was told he wasn't there on one occasion only to see him walk past at the other end of the corridor...
Hopefully my referral to a different hospital will see some better results.
@BadlyWiredDog I’m going up the wall after 14 days with no bike riding and a further 6 weeks before I can attempt another ride. Well done for coping with your lay-off.
At least on Friday I can go for a walk outside (post surgery recuperation here).
I don't really have much choice tbh. All I can do is rest, eat well and focus on recovery. On the plus side, I seem able to do gentle resistance training using a TRX without kickback and I'm about to stick the cross bike on Kickr to start some very gentle pedalling.
Good luck with the recovery and enjoy your walk 🙂
Ssstu - you've hit one dead end. Keep going and don't even think of stopping until you've hit 20. I'm not saying people are deliberately obstructive, it's just easier and "normal" in a lot of circumstances. But I've found (and I'm an avid "thank you" email writer) that when you do land on somebody who can make a real difference to your life it makes them really happy.
And that thing about"he's not here". If the consultant is there for private clinics, they're not there for NHS that day, and vice versa.
Sorry to hear your struggles Stu.
I broke my back in 4 places in March so I'm over 8 months in now - recovery has been slow and steady & thankfully I'm back riding and walking (I've got a thread going elsewhere on here about my new bike - arriving next week - decided to treat myself!)
Anyway, I've spent a lot of time thinking about what "kind" of cyclist I want to be, once recovered. This involved watching loads of youtube videos, which got me watching/reading/investigating more "adventure" and touring riding, which sounded really appealing knowing full well I was unlikely to get back to where I was previously (I have high expectations of myself - I was a nat squad level rider as a youngster on road and track).
All that re-evaluation, and the first few rides when I got to thepoint I could tolerate riding, led me to conclude that pootling around, cafe stops and just being ut in the fresh air and countryside is all I need. And I've been loving it!
So, whilst trying to get treatment and trying to get fixed, spend a bit of time thinking about yourself, the things you enjoy, the things you can look forward to doing post-recovery.
Good luck and Stay Positive.
Yep, this year's been pretty rubbish even discounting covid, I've had two very hefty operations this year (de-rotational tibial osteotomies). Basically my feet were severely rotated outwards (approx 45 degrees) resulting in knee pain for years and pretty much guarrentied arthritis in later life without treatment (I'm 25).
So I had to have my tibia and fibula in each leg broken and realigned before being pinned back together. Not fun.
The first time was 5 months until I could road cycle then another couple of months until I could go hard on the mountain bike. I then got a couple of months in before the second operation. I should be good to ride around march after having the second operation last month.
I found not riding really tough, especially the social aspect. The main things that helped me were planning trips for when I could ride again to give something to look forward to, and building a gaming pc to give me something to whittle away the hours. Managing to have both operations both a covid lockdown also helped a lot as I don't feel like I'm missing out hugely.
Finally when I could walk but not ride, I spent a lot of time in the woods digging to get outdoors and make a new trail to look forward to.
Slight hijack, but my issue isn’t as severe...
I fell off one of them hover board things at Christmas 2018 and slammed my wrist hard and bent it right back. I never went to A&E or anything, I just rested it and strapped it up... nearly two years later I’m still struggling. It’s not constantly painful, but it aches. its uncomfortable riding and is in pain afterwards. Likewise I can’t put much force through it, tried to push a heavy door the other day and it just gave way. Press-ups are impossible and just picking up the kids or dogs gives we shooting pains...
I’m not sure what I should do about it? I don’t wanna trouble A&E; do I see my gp, call 111 or pay to see a physio??
I was certain it wasn’t broken at the time but now I think it probably was and that it’s knitted itself together badly ??
@singlespeedstu That sounds bloody miserable. Best of luck with the second opinion.
I often wonder about why sports injuries like these take so long to fix for the general public when you see them regularly occurring in MotoGP riders who get plated up and back on the bike within days or weeks.
OK there's big money involved, the guys are young and superfit, and probably some super pain relieving drugs, but you have to wonder if there are some lessons to be learned from the techniques of their medical care that could spill over into civilian life.
Had the appontment letter turn up today for the second opinion.
It's at the start of December so hopefully they can give me some more answers.
Think I've got a two fold problem of the bone not healing and then the pain and lack of movement being caused by frozen shoulder.
Also been given the name of a consultant that's also an elite XC racer by another member on here so thats another avenue I can look at.
Off for more physio tomorrow so see what he has to say.
It's standard to leave it a while to see how it settles.
In the meantime you want physio right now.
Get a NHS referral but in the meantime get some private recommended sports physio immediately.
They will hopefully give you micro exercises that you gradually build up. This for me worked wonders. When I went back to the surgeon for review he was gobsmacked at my recovery. I put it all down to the physio, with maybe a bit down to determination to get it sorted.
By the way, Good luck.
I've been doing physio for 4 weeks already.
Seemed to make good progress on ROM for the first 2 weeks then nothing since.
The finding out the bone hasn't healed yet was just another kick in the teeth.
Off for more hands on physio and shockwave treatment shortly.
before surgery,the nhs physio told me too not to raise the arm above shoulder level, whereas the consultant said I could do anything I want to, so definitely crossed wires there.Initially the physio exercise was raising my arms straight above my head, trying to increase ROM, but she told me to stop that
I told the surgeon that, he disagreed iirc,and havent heard of that physio since
After surgery I had very little pain, a bit of discomfort and the occasional sharp pain there.
I had ROM issues,especially with the arm out (lying down) and elbow bent,I'd only get 90 degres ROM, now its up to 150deg, thanks to physio
Initially I felt I could only comfortably use my arm in some positions and it could really hurt in other positions,but thats much better now
Ive been riding most days since 2weeks after surgery, but only simple stuff,15 miles of straight track,and not carrying much weight on my back, no issues there
The doc stopped the NSaids,(because they interfere with calcium absorption(??)),which was a bummer, but I read that Ibuprofen does not create this problem
