slow speed crash 2 mo ago - side knee impact bump still

[zoom-zoom]

Yeah, I have a calcified hematoma on my hip too from a crash five or six years ago. Doesn't bother me, just makes my saddlebag look bigger. My concern was more about how the OP's could interfere with her ITB attachment - as it seems maybe it is, from her description of symptoms.

Yeah, on a sensitive joint like a knee it could cause a lot more trouble. I forget I even have that bump on my hip. It doesn't have any effect on function. ITB insertion points can be PITA areas, even under the best of circumstances!

[Crankin]

My very first crash (caused when my DS, going down a hill in the opposite direction, on his cx bike, asked me for a sip of my water bottle, about 1 mile from my house) caused a huge hemotoma on the side of my knee. I woke up 3 days after the crash with the lump and excruciating pain. I wet to the pcp, who sent me to an ortho, who wa about to send me for surgery!!! . But, he did send me for an MRI , which showed a hemotoma (which I had self diagnosed). He drained it, and I was done. It took me a week after that to get back on the bike.
I have a calcified hemotoma on my forehead from the car door smacking into me last fall. It's small, doesn't hurt, but will make me have bangs for the rest of my life. Sometimes a tight bike helmet annoys it, but, it's OK other than that.
Get your knee checked.

[SAMbike]

Thank you all so much!! After google searching and searching I'm glad I finally posted here. I never knew that traumatic myositis ossificans existed! That's exactly what it is. It's a hard bony lump. Yes, I had a hematoma, and now ... a lump, new bony lump. Interesting what the body does in response to injury... thank you everyone!

[emily_in_nc]

Thank you all so much!! After google searching and searching I'm glad I finally posted here. I never knew that traumatic myositis ossificans existed! That's exactly what it is. It's a hard bony lump. Yes, I had a hematoma, and now ... a lump, new bony lump. Interesting what the body does in response to injury... thank you everyone!

Wow, I had never heard of this! So, there's nothing that can be done; you just have to live with it?

[ny biker]

Wow, I had never heard of this! So, there's nothing that can be done; you just have to live with it?

Well I'm not a doctor, but I once had a benign bone tumor removed from my shoulder blade. I also have a bony lump inside my mouth (below the teeth on the left side, bottom) that my dentist said could be removed if it caused any problems. So there might be something that can be done to remove a traumatic myositis ossificans. It would involve surgery, though.