Jett 130 and Zero and sit bone LUMP

[KnottedYet]

Uh oh. Read down farther in that link about Ischial Tuberosity Syndrome.

If you had an avulsion you'd be having some really major issues. Contact your doc. Avulsions show up on xrays pretty well. (it's a hunk of bone that gets yanked out of your skeleton and retracts along with the detached muscle fibers. shows up well on films.)

Drink some wine, call the doc. give 'em a list of your worst and best case scenarios and a bottle of wine. Guaranteed excellent medical treatment. And keep us posted. I wanna know!

[KnottedYet]

Bruising?!?!

Well, that changes everything.

Now I blame a broken-down saddle. Your foot issues are just icing on the cake.

Time for a happy cushy new Terry! (and make your feet happy by trying your orthotics too)

[maillotpois]

Thanks so much you guys. I really appreciate the input. I will make an appt with my doctor, and see what she says.

Knot - out of curiosity, how "major" would the avulsion issues/symptoms be?

[SadieKate]

MP, did you have this before Bend? Before any falls? Has it been slowly increasing or did it suddenly show up that week?

You mentioned it Saturday but I didn't have a chance to ask about when and the progression.

[maillotpois]

Oh no - I have had this since at least the 400k in April (maybe the 300 but memory fails). No falls. There is significant bruising down there after "long" rides, though.

[maillotpois]

Bruising?!?!

Well, that changes everything.

Now I blame a broken-down saddle. Your foot issues are just icing on the cake.

Time for a happy cushy new Terry! (and make your feet happy by trying your orthotics too)

Well, I'd think that but I did my brevets on one bike and my doubles on a different bike. Problem is the same for both bikes - same saddle but they're different "ages".

[SadieKate]

So probably not sudden trauma. That's good.

[KnottedYet]

Knot - out of curiosity, how "major" would the avulsion issues/symptoms be?

Well, there'd be some bleeding. (are you still on anticoagulants?) The muscle would be inhibited. (which would lead to more imbalances and more irritations and more compensations) Depending on the size of the avulsion the chip itself might be sawing on soft tissue, causing your body to be inflamed there, and oh.... making a big lump. You'd also be in a lot of pain and probably unable to sit without more pain.

Definitely time to pay a friendly visit to the doc.

Once the problem is isolated the next step is figuring what the cause was in the first place. Without a trauma (did you crash? is it the older saddle?) to the ish tub, the likely root cause is an imbalance of forces acting on the ish tub.

[SadieKate]

So this is a good reason to do some real riding with us. Mtbiking gets you off the saddle!

Briones tomorrow - 180 ft/mile climbing.

[maillotpois]

Again - thanks so much for all the info, researching, etc. I am thinking it is not a trauma (because there was none - unless there was something after a bottle of zin that I just don't recall) but the whole imbalance/ramping up too soon business. I am going to go to a PT bike racer friend after I see my doc.

Knot thanks for the avulsion details. Remote as it was, from the "they never do 100% O2 sat if they have a PE" kid, it was worth asking.

And I have been off anti-coags since Christmas. About a week or 2 before I got back on the bike.

[crazycanuck]

I wonder if the problem with my left side is from relying on my right side too much?

I'm going back to my original saddle..

C