Bruised Sits Bone

[VeloVT]

Have your sitbones continued to bother you while you have been off the bike? If not, I would not be surprised in general if someone who had been off the bike for a few months experienced some significant sitbone soreness the first week or two on the bike. I know it happens for me it I take a lot of time off in the winter. I'm not suggesting that your saddle isn't a problem, you may very well need a different one, but if the pain returned out of the blue it may not be an aggravation of your old injury, but just a normal response to starting riding again on an unconditioned tush (possibly exacerbated or accentuated by a poorly fitted saddle).

[Cataboo]

What did the doctor who said you had a bruised sitbone tell you to do?

I bruised my tailbone once and it hurt like heck everytime I sat down or sat up for several months, went to a doctor and he told me to use a hemorrhoid pillow for a few months - to make sure I wasn't sitting on the tailbone and it could heal. I was in middle school at the time, so my Mom just took a square decorative pillow, cut a hole in the middle & sewed it up.

My friends all brought pillows to school with them & sat on them so I wouldn't feel stupid.

But anyways... Maybe if you do something like that and make sure that you're not sitting on your sit bone at all for a couple of months it'll let it heal. Otherwise you're reinjuring it everytime you sit down.

[aicabsolut]

Yeah, if it is a real bone bruise, then it can take a long time to heal. I had bruised my talus, and it took many months to heal. Of course walking and all didn't really help if I stepped the right way to aggravate the bruise.

[pyxichick]

You might want to research ischial bursitis. I was diagnosed with that last month after having pain for several months. I got a cortisone shot and I'm easing back into cycling now.

Good luck!

Kate

[cellis]

Thanks everyone for the advice. I'm seeing a PT next week to see if it's really a bruised sits bone or ischial bursitis. I hope to get back on my bike soon without pain!