Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
As I have seen many people on here worried about getting back on their bike after breaking a bone or tearing a ligiment, I have decided to offer some facts and advice.
Tearing a muscle is very similar to working out. If you tore your bicep, then it is exactly the same as lifting weights.
The sciency bit: To build fitness, working out stretches the muscles and damages them (but only slightly). The body then creates more cells to replace the damaged ones, and as a result, more cells equals larger muscles.
It is the same principle with tearing a muscle. You have ripped the cells apart and the bady creates more cells to replace the old ones. But as the tear is more damaging than working out, the new cells are not stronger than the old ones, because a simple replacement procedure has taken place, not a growth.
Breaking a bone is similar. New cells are formed to connect the bone together again, resulting in more cells overall. Causing the bone to be stronger than it used to be.
With regards to the bone, new cells to not necessarily mean that the limb is stronger. Because a repair, not a growth has been carried out, the bone should be just a little bit stronger than it used to be.
Hopefully this provides a little bit of insight into how your body works after damaging it.
Tearing a muscle is very similar to working out. If you tore your bicep, then it is exactly the same as lifting weights.
The sciency bit: To build fitness, working out stretches the muscles and damages them (but only slightly). The body then creates more cells to replace the damaged ones, and as a result, more cells equals larger muscles.
It is the same principle with tearing a muscle. You have ripped the cells apart and the bady creates more cells to replace the old ones. But as the tear is more damaging than working out, the new cells are not stronger than the old ones, because a simple replacement procedure has taken place, not a growth.
Breaking a bone is similar. New cells are formed to connect the bone together again, resulting in more cells overall. Causing the bone to be stronger than it used to be.
With regards to the bone, new cells to not necessarily mean that the limb is stronger. Because a repair, not a growth has been carried out, the bone should be just a little bit stronger than it used to be.
Hopefully this provides a little bit of insight into how your body works after damaging it.
