Recovering from 5 fractures + 1 bent bike...?

[raleighnut]

GWS

 

[Katherine]

To aid bone healing avoid...
anti-inflammatories
caffeine
smoking

Eat...
lots of food high in protein and iron and vitamins.

Ditto to the above.
Sorry to hear about your accident. GWS. maybe you could do some gentle walking to keep some fitness.

 

[vickster]

Ouch! Heal fast

 

[xxDarkRiderxx]

Rest.....I have been sitting on the sofa for the last 8 months after two BMT (Bone marrow transplants) and only just getting back into it... your body will let you know when you are ready, and your muscle memory will soon remember the pain you put it through when you used to cycle making returning to fitness quicker.

 

[mrmacmusic]

Ditto to the above.
Sorry to hear about your accident. GWS. maybe you could do some gentle walking to keep some fitness.

Thanks - I've been out for a few gentle walks already and it was harder than I thought... I guess it really is early days, but having walked my way to fitness 4 years ago and losing 6 stone (before I started cyclo-commuting) I know that walking can and will I'm sure be my friend again.

 

[mrmacmusic]

Rest.....I have been sitting on the sofa for the last 8 months after two BMT (Bone marrow transplants) and only just getting back into it... your body will let you know when you are ready, and your muscle memory will soon remember the pain you put it through when you used to cycle making returning to fitness quicker.

Ouch... and thanks, I'm trying my best to listen to my body and rest. Your BMTs put my little tumble into perspective - fingers crossed (if I could!) I'll be able to start getting back into it in a few months time. I think having to sit on the sofa for 8 months would drive me up the wall!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Sorry to read this @mrmacmusic!
Take your time to heal well, you could cause more damage by being impatient.

 

[Mrs M]

Ouch ya!
Sorry to hear about your accident.
As mentioned, wouldn't do too much, but some leisurely walks sound good.
Wishing you a good recovery x.

 

[Bianchi boy]

Does not sound good, glad you are here to tell the tale
get well soon

 

[HLaB]

Yikes @mrmacmusic heal fast! Touch wood Ive no experience of broken bones :-/

 

[howard2107]

'm not used to dealing with broken bones or having to rely on others because I can't cycle to work and turbo trainers are completely alien to me so any advice would be much appreciated – it's only been a few days but the pain and frustration of the situation is already driving me up the wall. One-handed typing pretty slow and uncomfortable too..

I have broken lots of bones over the years, accidents, football, stupidity and a combination of all. There is only one way to heal them, and that is time, and the older you get the longer it takes. Whatever exercise you can do, do it, but don't put the repairing bones under any stress whatsoever or they'll never fix.

On the plus side a properly healed bone is a lot harder to break again in most cases, because it grows more bone into and around the break making it larger.

A good exercise for your hand is to hold something in it and squeeze gently, usually a tennis ball, or if you can't manage anything that big, try a satsuma, this keeps the muscles and tendons moving, but you will have some loss of use once the cast is off until you build the muscle back up, this takes a couple of weeks. Once the cast is off, you will be surprised how heavy a cup of tea is, when you try to pick it up for the first time.

Good luck and get well soon.

Cheers.............Howard

 

[mrmacmusic]

I have broken lots of bones over the years, accidents, football, stupidity and a combination of all. There is only one way to heal them, and that is time, and the older you get the longer it takes......

Thanks Howard

The consultant advised not to move/use my index and middle finger (which are taped together to protect the break in my hand), and whilst I'm trying to keep the other fingers and thumb moving to stop them from seizing up, there's no way I could squeeze a tennis ball or satsuma at the moment... My thumb is very shaky when gently bending it and the break at the end of my ring finger is still causing some pain, although the healing process is well under way and the stitches have now been removed from the nail - I expect it'll fall off soon (the nail, not the finger!)

 

[steveindenmark]

Having snapped both my forearms and right leg in the same accident, I sympathise with you. My tips are

Be thankful it is summer and not Winter.

Take it very slowly and easily. Its hard, I know but you just have to practice.

 

[slowmotion]

It's faintly possible that CC is largely populated by world renowned experts in orthopedics....but it's a bit unlikely.
Listen to the doctors, not fellow victims here. You won't go far wrong.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I've only just read this, how are you doing now? & Best wishes. I do hope things are going well.

I spent years (literally) with my left arm in a fixed support and whilst I never had the trauma of breaking it, I did have some 11 operations over 15 years on it one of which did break it for me, or more accurately take a surgical saw to it! I also had the arm in a full support for 8 weeks on 2 separate occasions.

I don't know if you have come across this product yet, but it is worth every penny if your arm is going to be in plaster for a long while. It will also allow you to go swimming if your local pool agrees to it. I used them extensively, but sadly gave the mine away to someone else who needed it, otherwise I would have let you borrow it.
http://www.castcovers.co.uk/products/arm-protection/