Today‘s Ride (the commute on Monday) was VERY painful.
Drizzle. Cold. But an excellent 17km. Really enjoying it. No ice. No frost. Wet but grippy. RoadRat on G-Ones.
Last 1km….need to thread through a set of gates…high speed approach as usual and just made a minor error.
Bar clipped post. B A N G…..hard down onto left hand side.
Fell onto hip extremely hard. Granite setts mainly. Pointy and hard.
Helmet worked.
Backpack really stopped any back injury.
For first few hours I really worried that I had broken my hip. As a colleague had done 18 months ago.
Checked mobility in hip all day - fine no clicking but boy was it swelling.
By evening - huge 2cm swollen zone over all femoral head area.
So…..called partner who took me home at 7pm by car.
I used the new protocol:
No NSAIDs - to speed repair, no Ibuprofen or similar.
No ice for first 48 hours.
Elevate.
All evening on sofa - VERY painful going upstairs.
OK night. Slept on RH side to drain effusion on hip.
Day 1 just worse and worse. Poor mobility, increased swelling, increasing pain. No bruise, just swelling. Painful going up stairs.
Day 2 much improved. Swelling reducing. Now pretty sure that I have a bone bruise and no break. Huge red and blue bruise appears. Very difficult going up stairs.
Day 3 almost pain free, mobility back bruise impressive. Could ride now but will leave it another 24 hours.
Very speedy recovery from A Big One. New protocol very interesting.
Just became a cold wet day.
