shoulder recovery & stationary pedaling

[roadie gal]

If your doc doesn't want you immobilized, then a clavicle strap is a good way to go. It supports your AC joint without freezing up your arm. A few years ago, when I got an AC separation (fell off the mountain bike), wearing the clavicle strap made it so I could go back to work.

Here's a picture of one: http://www.kneeshop.com/proddetail.a...20500X&cat=413

[Miranda]

Not my shoulder but a dislocated elbow, which is easier to stabilize I should think. But then I got straight on the stationary bike with my arm in a plaster cast for the first week, pedalling sitting up. When I got a removable cast I varied between the cast and a sling (sitting upright), and eventually leaning forward and supporting my wrist on the bars, sometimes with the cast.

I figured I should try to exercise everything *not* injured as much as possible. My arm would swell a bit and throb sometimes, but in total I'm sure it did me good.

If your doc doesn't want you immobilized, then a clavicle strap is a good way to go. It supports your AC joint without freezing up your arm. A few years ago, when I got an AC separation (fell off the mountain bike), wearing the clavicle strap made it so I could go back to work.

Here's a picture of one: http://www.kneeshop.com/proddetail.a...20500X&cat=413

Thanks for the ideas. I wish I could just stop and rest for a while. But unfortunately the rest of the world does not just stop.