Injured and pissed off

[mary9761]

Mine isn't a knee injury (this time around anyways) but I'm off the bike for an undetermined time due to a back injury of some sort that includes sciatic pain down the right leg. I just started 60mg of prednisone for 5 days (PLEASE let it ONLY be 5 days) and I'm having withdrawel with spazz out from the prednisone. I don't feel your EXACT pain, but having cycling being my lifeline to sanity, THAT I feel!!
Good luck!

[DDH]

I hope you have a quick recovery so you can get back out there.
I know that my biking is such a huge stress reliever to me. I don't get to go as often as I would like or need to but I sure go when I can, so I can't imagine if I was forced not to go for a while.
Of course thats like when your car sits in the driveway for weeks and you go no where, but the minute you don't have it you want to go somewhere.

Be careful and don't over do it so you don't injure yourself further

[Dianyla]

Type A personality, perchance? I'm the same way.

Try to take it a little easier on yourself. Maybe do an alternate exercise like swimming for a while to rehab that knee.

[Thistle]

it sucks when life keeps putting obstacles in your way ace

only thing i can say is they wont last forever. feel like i'm just starting to come out of a really miserable time. trouble is, when you're in it, it's hard to believe it's gunna end. but it will. (((ace)))

[crazybikinchic]

They say that swimming is one of the best excersises for you. It is the easiest on your joints/body, but the most effective in moving muscles that might otherwise not get used much. They use water for disabled people on a regular basis because the movement of the water again moves those muscles that are not normally used by them. Go for the swimming for exercise for now. Who knows, you might really enjoy it and start thinking about tri's (because we know that no cycling is not an option)

[Kathi]

Sorry to hear about your accident. I understand your frustration, last year I tore my MCL/ACL right in the middle of the best ski season in Colorado in years.

My ortho said the best thing I could do for it was to ride my bike on the trainer. It was tough at first because I could not bend my knee. So I raised my saddle so my knee didn't have to bend so far and used a platform pedal so my foot was unrestricted. At first it meant pedaling forward and backward until I could make a complete circle. It didn't take long before I was spinning away and could lower my saddle. I found that when I didn't ride I was stiffer and more sore.

After ACL surgery I was back on the trainer on the 9th day. After 4 weeks I was back up to riding an hour a day. My ortho let me begin riding outdoors (without clipless pedals) at 4.5 weeks.

I'm convinced that riding the trainer helped me recover faster by keeping the joint moving and the blood flowing through the injured ligaments.

Each day you will feel better and it won't be long before you're back to normal. Be thankful it wasn't an MCL or ACL.

[ace]

Thanks, all. You are such a nice group of women.

I'm already missing my ACL on that same knee I injured- an unfortunate dog park accident several years ago. I have learned to live without!