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Some of you know that I broke my scaphoid and with stupidity I never got it looked at for over a year and half, but I had surgery on it twice and the doctor says it's completely healed. He said it's "OK" for me to ride but I'm not sure if I want to risk it. If he says its healed then it's healed, but it feels the same as it was when it was broken. I don't know if that's because it's weak and doesn't have full flexibility yet, but do you think I should wait to ride? Not really in a big rush right now anyways, I'm not missing anything. Or should I just go riding at a local private track just to see if it feels strong enough to ride and go from there. The soonest I can be in for Physical Therapy is on the 13th of July, would it better to wait until I finish PT? or will riding + physical therapy help the flexibility process? Has anyone here had a scaphoid injury?
Set aside the sarcasm for now, please.
Set aside the sarcasm for now, please.
The Shop
I separated my shoulder and got back on the bike the day the doctor cleared me, needless to say it popped right back out during the second lap in the woops.
Better to come back and be able to stay a while rather than come back too soon and set yourself back even more if somethin happens.
But it may be in your head to, which is my problem now with my leg. No matter how hard I try I cannot put my leg out in corners, even though its fixed. Just because I cant get the thought of breaking it again out of my head. But really it is up too you in the end, lets just hope you make the right decision
If you haven't started PT, then you should do that first and see how it feels in controlled situations.
You mentioned that you waited for over a year? OK.....I'm not a doctor , but from everything i have heard from my buddies that had the surgery and doctors themselves was that , "THAT" specific bone needs to be operated on to become 100% ( or close to it ).....and it NEEDS to happen very soon after the break!
From what I understand is the best thing in surgery they do for that little scaphoid bone , is that they actually attach , or move a blood vessel as to pump blood onto or around it. It normally doesn't get any or very little blood flow to it......and when it breaks , it doesn't get the amount of blood it needs to heal. It can and WILL die if that sounds right. It can deteriorate to to nothing , and usually when that happens a person can lose about 75% of the strength in their grip. That was one ( of many ) bones Ricky Johnson broke , and it pretty much ended his career.
Again....I am no doctor....but the pain you feel now , may very well be the "best it can get" because you waited over a year....and it could have caused that bone to deteriorate down to just about nothing.
What exactly did the doctor tell you about it.....as far as what shape is the bone in? Is it still there? And did you tell him that it still felt like it was still broke........and what did he say?
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