Riding After Broken Wrist

On Feb 20, 1:03 am, Bob C patnbob@unwired wrote:
Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole
yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice about
not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! How
soon did others get back on the bike?

Scaphoid fracture?

I'm in plaster with one of those at the moment. Was tentatively back
on bike after a week but I had the easy cast without my thumb in it.
Went for a check up after 2 weeks and had a new cast with my thumb in
it which makes rapid fire gear changing virtually impossible and
riding isn't as much fun. Doctor said it was ok to ride though as
long as I was sensible but I'm spending more time in the gym because I
don't want to get knocked off again so soon and because it's been cold
and icy in the evenings!

I've found that writing causes much more pain than riding does.

Get well soon - I assume you've reported the pothole to the
appropriate authority?

peter

Bob C wrote:
Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole
yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice about
not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! How
soon did others get back on the bike?

Recumbent trike - (I use a Trice)

Andrew Muzi wrote:
Bob C wrote:
Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole
yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice about
not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! How
soon did others get back on the bike?

I could not manage to push a file or put weight on the handlebar with
mine for 4~5 weeks after I got my new bionic metal wrist.
http://www.yellowjersey.org/xray.html

I did ride one-handed though!

Titanium or stainless steel? Too bad there was not a version with a
Campagnolo logo on it!

That intersection [1] is actually good looking compared to what most of
the streets will look like a month from now.

[1] http://www.yellowjersey.org/wrist.html

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Pete Whelan wrote:
Bob C wrote:
Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole
yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice about
not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! How
soon did others get back on the bike?

Recumbent trike - (I use a Trice)

A Trice would be nice, but oh what a price!

I want a Trice Micro to keep my Dragonflyer company.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

On 2008-02-20, (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
had a right wrist fracture about 2 years ago (dominant hand) workplace
accident; 9 months later I still had trouble opening a jar with that
hand. I was riding after the cast came off it was very tender and
sore; not fun especially on climbs, also my hand was very weak pulling
the brakes (big safety concern there). I was warned a reinjury could
cause premanent disability so be mindfull that warning might extend to
yourself. my wrist is still stiff doing pushups and I still lack
torque with that hand.

I think I might have had a fractured wrist in a fall, but never went
to the doctor for it. Every now and again, 5 months later, I am
reminded of this when I try to pick up and maneuver an awkward
dichroic into the spectrograph, but only sometimes.

--
TimC
Ah, so many of life's little problems can be solved by head
vaporisation. -- Zixia in ARK

In ,
Tom Sherman tweaked the Babbage-Engine to
tell us:
Pete Whelan wrote:
Bob C wrote:
Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole
yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice
about not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too
quickly! How soon did others get back on the bike?

Recumbent trike - (I use a Trice)

A Trice would be nice, but oh what a price!

I want a Trice Micro to keep my Dragonflyer company.

Alas, the "custom" models have been discontinued as ICE can barely meet the
demand for the Q & T.

One is glad one got one's XXL before this calamity, even if it has been off
sick for the last six months.

--
Dave Larrington
http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk
They came for Eamonn Holmes; I think I'm right in saying that I
applauded.

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:06:22 +1100, TimC
wrote:

On 2008-02-20, (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
had a right wrist fracture about 2 years ago (dominant hand) workplace
accident; 9 months later I still had trouble opening a jar with that
hand. I was riding after the cast came off it was very tender and
sore; not fun especially on climbs, also my hand was very weak pulling
the brakes (big safety concern there). I was warned a reinjury could
cause premanent disability so be mindfull that warning might extend to
yourself. my wrist is still stiff doing pushups and I still lack
torque with that hand.

I think I might have had a fractured wrist in a fall, but never went
to the doctor for it. Every now and again, 5 months later, I am
reminded of this when I try to pick up and maneuver an awkward
dichroic into the spectrograph, but only sometimes.

I broke mine twice 37 and 38 years ago, more or less, and I am STILL
reminded of it on occaision.

I prefer "north road" bars for the limitted riding I do.

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Dave "Legs Larry" Larrington wrote:
In ,
Tom Sherman tweaked the Babbage-Engine to
tell us:
Pete Whelan wrote:
Bob C wrote:
Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole
yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice
about not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too
quickly! How soon did others get back on the bike?
Recumbent trike - (I use a Trice)
A Trice would be nice, but oh what a price!

I want a Trice Micro to keep my Dragonflyer company.

Alas, the "custom" models have been discontinued as ICE can barely meet the
demand for the Q & T.

One is glad one got one's XXL before this calamity, even if it has been off
sick for the last six months.

Well, now is not a good time for us 'merkins in the Colonies to be
buying imported trikes due to the weak dollar.

Greenspeed trikes used to be a real bargain in the US when $1 AUS was
worth about $0.55 US, but are much less so now that the Australian
dollar has risen to over 90 US cents.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

In uk.rec.cycling Bob C patnbob@unwired wrote:
Comments on Riding after broken wrist. Got tipped off on a pothole
yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. Didn't take the advice about
not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly!

Hands are very useful for stopping other more important parts, such as
head, from hitting things! It's no so much avoiding stopping with
hands as avoiding stopping with hands on the end of straight rigidly
extended arms. Keep a bend in the elbow!

For best recovery I'd start moving the hand and fingers around as soon
as possible as much as possible, in order to preserve range of
movement and stop too much muscle atrophy while in cast. After that
build up strength slowly and cautiously by doing a lot of what doesn't
hurt or feel strained, and as little as possible of what does.

--
Chris Malcolm DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

On Feb 19, 8:03*pm, Bob C patnbob@unwired wrote:
Comments on Riding after broken wrist. *Got tipped off on a pothole
yesterday, and face 6 weeks in plaster. *Didn't take the advice about
not stopping the fall with hands - it all happened too quickly! *How
soon did others get back on the bike?
--
Bob C

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Hey Bob just wondering, how are you making out with your wrist ? I
reckon the cast is off now.