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that my shoulders ****ed, and i cant ride my mtb or road bike for 4 weeks, cause ive got my arm in a sling.
i can ride on my turbo trainer, go to school, eat and sleep. I race xc, and cant afford to be off the bike for 4 weeks.
what should i do?
1) take off the sling and hope it heals
2)do what the doctor told me to do, and just turbo train for 4 weeks...
4 weeks seems like a long time guys...
cheers.
Do what the doc says or find a sports injuries clinic for advice.
just ignore what a professional says. after all if you can't afford to be off the bike for 4 weeks, getting back on the bike will just improve the shoulder, especially if you fall off
cant afford to be off the bike for 4 weeks
Why?
wow thats a bad shoulder injury ..... its buggered your ability to finish a sentence 😯
Invest in a box set of something like The Wire and get on the turbo.
just ignore what a professional says. after all if you can't afford to be off the bike for 4 weeks, getting back on the bike will just improve the shoulder, especially if you fall off
Exactly.
Jackass...
i can afford 4 weeks off, it would just screw up winter training, i wasnt meaning take it off and go mountain biking, only sticking to road.
think il just keep it on and turbo train...
God i wish i had your problems! Cant ride for a month? Bless! Unless its for a living then dont worry about it, there's worse things that could be wrong.
4 weeks seems like a long time guys...
Try 3 months off the bike totally and 6 months before riding full on again 🙁 , then you'll realise 4 weeks isn't that long at all.
Just keep the fitness up on the turbotrainer.
cullen-bay - it's only 4 weeks
I have a hip problem & my doc as told me that I may have to stay of bikes for good
I'm going to see another ortho for a second opinion/prognosis
Screw up your health now and you may pay for it all throught your 20's and indeed the rest of your life. Whats so important now, that you want to risk all future sporting activities? Is 1 miserable month so very long in comparision to possible problems/restrictions forever?
Go to a sports physio (local gym or sports centre might advise)or ask the doc for a second opinion, but remember these people are trying to help you, not hold you back.
4 weeks is nothing really.
how is riding on the road THAT much different to turbo training, when it comes purely to keeping your fitness up?
better safe than sorry?
sorry to piss on your picnic.
get well soon whichever way you go.
it would just screw up winter training
No it won’t, if you want to do really well next year you need to take a full break from riding around now anyway. Then you will be fresh to start your "winter training" without any niggles or motivational issues.
Relax and chill out for a couple of weeks, then get on your turbo the two weeks before your due to get out on your bike again. You will be suprised how keen and strong you feel.
fair enough, i was fresh out of the doctors when i posted that, might have been a little bit rash.
thanks.
4 weeks is nothing off the bike this time of year, anyway theres not alot in the way of xc races worth doing left this season anyway. Plenty of time to build fitness for next year after time off
What you done? They told me 10 weeks when I separated my shoulder. I was back on the bike in 10 days but only very gentle XC and it was effectively one handed for a long time but it kept my legs spinning. In hindsight probably not the best idea as if you do come off it's going to be a lot worse.
I'm in the same situation now with a ripped calf. I know I should lay off but I go stir crazy after 3 days of inactivity and it doesn't hurt as long as I don't do bumps and big hills. The local ex-railway and cycle tracks are getting a beating every couple of days.
At the end of the day only you can judge the strength and pain in it but you skinny little whippet racers don't have any upper body strength to lose anyway! 🙂
the ligament is damaged and a bone is cracked. i got the injury on saturday, and was meant to be racing on sunday, i rode the course sunday morning and it hurt too much. booked into the doctors on monday, for tuesday, and as the pain had started to leave i asumed they would say that it wasnt that bad, maybe a couple of days off at the most. they7 told me i would have to wear a sling for 4 weeks, but to see them in 2 weeks. fingers crossed.
What I would do is completely ignore what the qualified doctor with years of experience says and instead, ask the advice of a bunch of people you don't even know, and who know sod all about medicine, maybe on the internet or something.
You'll be back to full health in no time!
What others have said, you're not going to be in a position to race the NPS this weekend, there's nothing else that matters this year.
Take a month off, enjoy yourself and live your life then start your winter training at the end of October with a renewed enthusiasm. It's no time at all!
[i]What I would do is completely ignore what the qualified doctor with years of experience says and instead, ask the advice of a bunch of people you don't even know, and who know sod all about medicine, maybe on the internet or something.[/i]
works for me, apart from asking people on the internet. Certainly when it comes to sporting issues I'd rather ask a health professional involved in sport like a proper sports physio, they usually have a much better idea than your local GP who in my experience know absolutely bog all about injuries recieving during sport or how far you can push an unjury safely. The prime example being when my doctor (and two 'specialists' after him), disagnosed a muscle rupture as a cancerous growth.