Ouch! I'm sending fast healing wishes your way...

When are you falling? Is it because you're stopping and forgetting to unclip? I actually fell more in the old days when I was getting used to using cleated shoes with toe clips & straps because I needed to release the strap with my hand! But with clipless pedals, the problem went away pretty quickly. What I did was try to always unclip one foot - in my case the right foot becauase that's the one that I tend to step down with - as I was coming to a place where I needed to stop. If it turned out that I didn't need to stop, I just clipped in again.

Do you have a trainer you can use with your bike? If you do, that's a good place to practice unclipping quickly.

Can your pedals/cleats be adjusted to release easier? I ride with Speedplay Frog pedals that are a totally free-float system with no pressure to release, but I know that it is often possible with other pedals to adjust the amount of pressure that needs to be applied to unclip.

--- Denise