Ouch!!!

[lph]

OW! Keep those shorts, you never know when you need to impress a child with a grisly story

Good healing to you!

[Running Mommy]

lph- how is the elbow? You are back in the saddle correct??

As for the shorts. Yep I showed running son when he got home yesterday. At first he thought the terrier had gotten a hold of them. Then I lifted my shorts to show him my hip. He gasped and asked if I went to the hospital.
Not quite that caliber, but ouchie all the same!

Just a few minutes ago I was squeezing by some bikes in our storage area. A bmx bike handlebar caught me in the bad hip. YOUCH!!!!! It took all I had not to shout some "not so nice" words!

[lph]

As of today, yeh

But I'd never heard of massaging a bruise before - sounds painful

[wackyjacky1]

Just a few minutes ago I was squeezing by some bikes in our storage area. A bmx bike handlebar caught me in the bad hip. YOUCH!!!!! It took all I had not to shout some "not so nice" words!

Aaaaah! Reading that made me squirm in my chair. Ooowwwww! I *hate* it when you bang an already-bruised spot.

I have a friend who's always telling me to massage a bruise. I can't ever bring myself to do it -- too painful! Try some arnica on the bruises.

I hope you feel better soon.

[LBTC]

I have a friend who's always telling me to massage a bruise. I can't ever bring myself to do it -- too painful! Try some arnica on the bruises.

Actually, that's the best trick. Find a good arnica salve, and massage the bruise as much as you can, as soon as you can do it! It encourages circulation which leads to healing. And if the bruise has the big hard bit in the middle, I think that's a hematoma, but I'm no doctor, apparently that can turn into a calcium deposit that won't ever go away, or something like that. A doctor told me that years ago. After you're used to it, you'd be amazed at how bad a bruise you can massage.....

Still sending loads of healing butterflies your way, RM!

Hugs, too
~T~

[Running Mommy]

????
The bruises are big patches under the patches of puncture wounds. Can I put arnica on that? They are kind of deep, and still a bit weepy.
And I do think one is more like a hematoma. Large raised, looks a bit differnet from the other bruised areas.

[Wahine]

Give it about 4 to 5 day fromthe incident of injury then begin gently massaging the area.

Meanwhile arnica and ice are great.

And Tegaderm... I'm going to start a new thread about tegaderm.

[rocknrollgirl]

Ouch is right. Having been on the receiving end of many of those types of spills I can honestly say I feel your pain. We have been having lots of them lately because we are riding on frozen stuff. Ouch!!!!


I hope you heal up quickly.