Riding After Broken Wrist

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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?
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Bob C

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On Feb 19, 6:03 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
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com

I started riding (carefully) with the cast after about a week. Don't
do anything that will cause you to grip too hard - you can still
reinjure the break in spite of the cast. You may find that the reduced
control and increased consequences of falling again are not worth it.
Trainer might be better for the duration.

take a look at: http://www.exrx.net/

for the lower arm, hand, finger muscles.
and stretching exercises.

massage and positive thinking help.

circulation too the broken area carries the healing nutrient fluids.

then figure out why you didn't step off.
and why hands were used, inflexively

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!
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

A 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!

It almost looks as if there are chain links in there!

On Feb 19, 8:40 pm, Colin Campbell <cmca...@adelphia.net> wrote:
> A 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!
>
> It almost looks as if there are chain links in there!

Dear Colin,

Yes, the plate does, but Andrew isn't joking.

See figure 3, page 6, a similar wrist plate:

http://www.orthocenterflorida.com/Wrist_Fractures.pdf

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

>> 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?

> A Muzi wrote:
>> 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!

Colin Campbell wrote:
> It almost looks as if there are chain links in there!

It was shattered; what docs call an 'old lady break'.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com

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.

"Bob C" <patnbob@unwired> wrote in message
news:47bb70d1$0$26065$88260bb3@free.teranews.com...
> 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
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
>

It is probably too late for you if you are already in a cast but it makes it
much easier if you get one of the fibreglass casts and get the doc to use
the gore-tex lining for it. This allows you to get the cast wet (showers
and swimming are OK) which stops it from getting manky and reduces the
amount of itchiness and flaky skin that you get.

I broke my left wrist a couple of years ago after an off on the mtb. I was
back riding to work two days after getting a cast put on. I used my
hardtail mtb that has hydraulic discs and I moved the rear brake from the
LHS of the bars to the RHS and put it on upside down. This allowed me to
use my first two fingers to brake (index finger for front brake and middle
finger for rear) and after a couple of rides it felt very natural. I would
rest the piece of the cast across my palm on the bars and every now and then
I would either ride no hands or one handed to give my left hand a rest. I
am lucky enough that my ride of about 22km or so is about 18km or so of bike
trail so I didn't have too much traffic to contend with. The hardest part
was going up steep hills as I had to sit down and spin a low gear rather
than throwing the bike around. I rode to work like this for 6 weeks and
then left the brakes on the same side for a couple of weeks after that until
I was confident that I could operate them again with my left hand.

About 6 years ago I also rode for 6 weeks in Canberra with a cast on my
lower leg. This was actually a bit easier as all I did was replace the SPD
pedal on the LHS with a flat pedal and then I strapped an old reef sandle
over my cast. The worse bit was that I broke my ankle at the start of the
footy season and the old toes were getting a bit cold when riding to work at
0600h with just an old army sock over the cast!!!

Good luck.

Gags

On Feb 20, 6:25 pm, "Gags" <gagsunderscor...@tpg.com.au> wrote:

> About 6 years ago I also rode for 6 weeks in Canberra with a cast on my
> lower leg. This was actually a bit easier as all I did was replace the SPD
> pedal on the LHS with a flat pedal and then I strapped an old reef sandle
> over my cast.

Shame, I thought you were about to say you screwed a cleat in to the
bottom of your cast :)

Graeme

In article <47bb70d1$0$26065$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>, Bob C
patnbob@unwired says...
> 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?
>
Broke wrist (off roading), cycled to hospital, wrist plastered, cycled
home (which probably didn't do the plaster back slab much good). Went
back a couple of days later for a resin plaster, which survived OK apart
from the bit looped around the thumb which soon crumbled - I cut that
bit off because it wasn't doing anything apart from getting in the way
and the plaster was staying in place pretty well anyway. Of course I
was sternly reprimanded by the people at the fracture clinic, they also
told me that I shouldn't be using that hand but there was no way I could
take time off work just before Christmas with hundreds of bikes to be
prepared. I don't think it causes me any particular problems now, but
it's hard to tell because I've broken both wrists and carried on
working, so I don't know if the aches are caused by the initial trauma,
failure to rest and heal, or age. :-)

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)

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)

Talk about adding insult to injury...

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, raamman@gmail.com (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 news:fpiu6t$g12$2@registered.motzarella.org,
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> 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
<tconnors@no.spam.accepted.here-astro.swin.edu.au> wrote:

>On 2008-02-20, raamman@gmail.com (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 news:fpiu6t$g12$2@registered.motzarella.org,
> Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> 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