Houston, we have a problem.....

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   pa biker
   

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   A buddy and I planned to take advantage of the sunny and 52 temps here in MD yesterday afternoon. At the 3pm ride start, it was 35 and overcast. 10 minutes in it was raining.

   Long story short. I slipped on a log and went down pretty hard at speed. Quick check and my hand was hurting pretty bad everything else was ok.

   Finished the ride (about 10 more miles) in a mix of rain and the last couple in heavy snow.

   Get back to the car and my hand is swollen, I find some additional scratches, nothing too bad.

   I get home and take the family out for pizza at a local pub, come home, and I feel something weird rubbing against the inside of my pants (no not that) it's in the knee area.

   Pull my pant leg up to find this gem:
   

   

   I iced it, elevated it, and am taking diclofenac. I guess it looks like a couple of days off the bike for me.

   Posted 3 months ago
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   vtguy
   

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   They're wounds that were honorably earned. Heal fast.

   Posted 3 months ago
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   Inferno7
   

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   I'm no doctor but I did play one in an 8th grade play. Maybe get that checked out ?
   Hope it clears up quickly.

   LeMond VO2 max 95, Armstrong 82....doh

   Posted 3 months ago
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   stronz
   

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   Well I am a doctor and that looks like a dislocated patella. Should be easy to reposition. But you do need an orthopod to look at it. Hope you feel better.

   Posted 3 months ago
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   Orange Crush
   

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   That's what my hand looked like 4 wks ago. The bruising went down pretty fast. Only ribs still hurt from that crash, still can't sleep on my left side.

   Careful with that knee, I had a crash ~5-6yrs ago which seemed innocent enough, caused a little bit of swelling just like what yours looks like, but then the knee remained stiff for almost 2yrs. Riding was never a problem, sitting in office was.

   The wise man said follow me...and he walked behind.

   Posted 3 months ago
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   Kameron
   

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   It's Saturday and 32*F. It snowed last night which later turned to rain. So the trails are soft and the rocks and logs are wet and slippery. I couldn't make up my mind whether to go for a mtn bike ride or to the gym. So I started surfing while having coffee and came upon this thread.

   I think I'll go to the gym and be a woos.

   Posted 3 months ago
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   jacques_anquetil
   

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   i just threw up in my mouth a little bit looking at that jumble you call a knee.

   Posted 3 months ago
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   cycling chick
   

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   I do declare that just gave me the vapors....

   Posted 3 months ago
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   zootracer
   

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   OMG it's alive!!!!

   Posted 3 months ago
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    CB2
    

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    Ouch!
    Heal quick.

    Jam Econo

    Posted 3 months ago
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    AluminumFrog
    

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    Where's the orange crocs to go with that gam shot?

    Is that protrusion a fluid filled sac? I had something very similar on my elbow after doing an endo on the Slick Rock trail in Moab in 2000. Looks like a bursa sac that has filled up because of a trauma injury. Mine lasted for months and thought it would be a permanent feature. Wasn't happy about it because it was a gruesome feature to have to wear. I bought syringes and drained the fluids myself but it always refilled within just a few hours so I gave up and resigned myself to it. Then one day riding home later than I planned, hence was without lighting, I had a crash that landed me hard on the same elbow. It ruptured the bursa and it was the first time in months it resumed to almost normal size again. It enlarged again but not nearly so bad. It took years for my elbow to appear normal again.

    When I sought medical help was told nothing they could do for it, would just have to wait and see.

    Posted 3 months ago
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    pa biker
    

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    AF. It appears to be a bursa sac issue. I slept with it elevated and iced the first night and the fluid becames more generalized. The protrusion is gone and it feels pretty normal - still a little swollen.

    I can't remember the impact to my knee and there is only mild scraping with no bruising. Perhaps because the knees were very cold and my hand was screaming at me.

    Since it's 100% ugly around here now, I'm going to take it easy and see if this can be a minor thing.

    I don't own any crocs?

    Posted 3 months ago
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    jacques_anquetil
    

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    haha, apparently that image of your knee was too racy for photobucket and has been removed.

    Posted 3 months ago
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    79pmooney
    

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    pa, might be time for a recumbent for the next few weeks. Then you can ride with your leg and hand elevated. And there is far less danger of re-injuring them cleaning logs. (In fact, you will find the best way to clean logs on a recumbent is to ride alongside, stop, then use soapy water and a sponge. You are already at that elevation.)

    Ben

    Posted 3 months ago
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    I predict a variety of colors to follow, beginning with blue and purple, progressing to green and yellow.
    As for the hand, don't screw with that. A bad outcome can be averted with early intervetion (i.e. see an orthopod or good sports med doc)
    Good luck

    Posted 3 months ago
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    "haha, apparently that image of your knee was too racy for photobucket and has been removed."

    Photobucket musta thought that your knee had a woodie....

    "To be free and to live a free life - that is the most beautiful thing there is."
    Miguel Indurain

    Posted 3 months ago
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    Entheo
    

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    hey hope you recover quickly PA

    Posted 3 months ago
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    stronz
    

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    Glad it wasnt your patella. Bursa waay better. Funny how the photo got yanked. I guess naked legs arent cool on a cycling website....

    Posted 3 months ago
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    pa biker
    

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    It was probably the shaving that threw Lamobucket off.

    Feeling better, I rowed 6K tonight, no cycling yet - probably this weekend.

    Shoulder is hurting, elbow, knee, and the hand.

    Patella is solid. My bones are freaking ridiculously strong. Even when I was a skinny minney I weighed 15 pounds more than anyone ever thought.

    After some solid impacts, and I'm knocking on wood here, I've never had a cast or a broken bone.

    I've led a rather active life to date. This wreck turned out to be quite a bit more serious than I thought on the trail.

    I'm gonna check what the deal was with Photobucket.

    The cold must have been numbing the pain and holding the swelling down. It was 30, had just stopped raining, and was snowing hard. With my Craft short sleeve layering piece, Moots LS jersey and knickers soaked through to my skin - I was cold; but not excessively.

    Posted 3 months ago
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    madvax
    

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    Glad to hear you're feeling better PA. Sending best wishes for a speedy recovery.

    Posted 3 months ago
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    Orange Crush
    

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    Too much leg, that was the deal with photobucket I bet.

    Sounds like you're about the same as what always happens to me with crashes, bruised and battered, not broken. Keep on trucking.

    Posted 3 months ago
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    Master50
    

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    Glad your healing. I'll be spending a couple weeks on a trainer with a broken collar bone. rats

    Posted 3 months ago
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    pa biker
    

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