Open Wound

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Or cause infection as the OP's HCP has warned

Not with good care and cleansing. Read the article.
TBH IME with wound care and evidence based practices, the biggest risk is stressing the wound or sutures, I.e., busting it open.

 

[vickster]

Can he effectively clean his back? If not guaranteed, surely it's better to follow medical advice until it's healed?

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Can he effectively clean his back?

Dunno his social circumstances, do you?

 

[vickster]

Dunno his social circumstances, do you?

No but I did read the article and last line of it...

But remember never start an exercise program before talking with your healthcare provider.

 

[jefmcg]

If the OP follows the directions, he'll be back on his bike in 2 weeks. That doesn't seem very onerous. He can still exercise (and he should) just not get too sweaty for a couple of weeks. If the advice is ill-informed, it will cause him little harm.

If he had a life threatening cancer, I'd be inclined to point him in the direction of the latest research. But with this situation, I can't see the down side in a conservative approach.

Still, the OP can read the the article, check the papers it relies on and decide for himself. Or he could go for a brisk walk, stop for coffee and cake and tick off one more day that he is doing more activity than the average UK citizen, if a little less than he'd like to.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

TBH, I'd be more worried of busting it open and having to revisit a healthcare setting. Hospital Acquired Infections are probably the biggest risk of all which just seems so wrong on so many levels.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

No but I did read the article and last line of it...

But remember never start an exercise program before talking with your healthcare provider.

You'd be surprised at how little 'health care providers' actually know.

 

[midlife]

OP says open wound so no sutures to burst? May have been marsupialised or cauterised off and the defect left to heal over....

Shaun

 

[vickster]

He's seemingly prone to these infected boils or whatever they are, so sensible to be safe rather than sorry

But whatever

 

[vickster]

You'd be surprised at how little 'health care providers' actually know.

Like the ones who wrote your article and they can't spell either

 

[BrynCP]

The wound is packed and covered with a waterproof dressing. I can't clean it myself because I cannot pack it myself, partly because of its location, but mainly because it has to be sterile and its important its packed correctly to allow it to heal inside while staying open outside.

Once it doesn't need packing, I can replace the dressing myself easily, but what tends to happen is they swap from waterproof to breathable dressing to encourage the healing and prevent over granulation, which will then prohibit cycling again as the dressing cannot get wet at all.

 

[classic33]

The wound most likely will be covered by a film / gel dressing and not open to the air. Whilst sweat itself is sterile it carries skin bugs with it and best kept away from any sort of wound.

Shaun

Having read to the end, it's a waterproof dressing covering it. One thing you can try for yourself, is to place one hand in a plastic bag. It'll soon start sweating more than the other hand. You can't prevent any areas of the body from sweating. With an airtight dressing sweating will be increased, something they're trying to avoid. Main reason would be to prevent an infection starting in an open wound.

The wait as given is the best choice at this time.

 

[midlife]

Having read to the end, it's a waterproof dressing covering it. One thing you can try for yourself, is to place one hand in a plastic bag. It'll soon start sweating more than the other hand. You can't prevent any areas of the body from sweating. With an airtight dressing sweating will be increased, something they're trying to avoid. Main reason would be to prevent an infection starting in an open wound.

The wait as given is the best choice at this time.

Could be something like Intrasite..

Shaun

 

[classic33]

Could be something like Intrasite..

Shaun

Could be, but I'd still follow the advice given whilst the dressing is airtight.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Like the ones who wrote your article and they can't spell either

Hmm, not sure why you're badgering me. However, the point of the article, and many others, being that exercise benefits outweighs the risk of sweat infection.
You say it's a waterproof dressing, that alone will introduce sweating into the wound. If it's a packed wound, it'll be packed with anti microbial dressing and/or Topicals.
I haven't seen the wound so won't advise as to whether you should or shouldn't ride, that's a personal choice which should be made WITH your healthcare professional NOT by them. Person centred care n all that.