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10/17/2018 10:10am
10/17/2018 10:10am
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10/18/2018 9:10am
So i added another one to the list in July, at mission raceway.
recently bought new Tech 7's, most noticeable difference for me in these boots was the slim profile on the sole. So i adjusted me rear brake pedal to get better feeling under braking pedal, made to much of an adjustment and first lap of race my rear brake started to lock up, bike under power would still go, but coming off the gas at all would cause skidding. i over jumped finish table and at landing bike swapped throwing me off, resulting in a dislocated wrist and broken scaphoid. Due to dislocation, doctors said it would require pinning the scaphoid as well as K wire to stabilize the wrist.
Im Now out of cast for almost 2 months and recovery has been pretty minimal.
I had my first day out riding on Sunday and while wrist feels strong. I can't use much body english on bike as it limits my range of motion and at that point wrist becomes extremely weak.
Well i could have a pity party for myself if this was any other sport, but looking around it seems almost every pro is wearing a wrist brace for some reason or another. so My reason for posting this is to see what you vitards have done or found best to recover from wrist injuries.
do i just need to give it time and hope mobility comes back
currently looking into rehab.
or is pushing it to the point of pain to gain mobility the answer.
photos for reference
recently bought new Tech 7's, most noticeable difference for me in these boots was the slim profile on the sole. So i adjusted me rear brake pedal to get better feeling under braking pedal, made to much of an adjustment and first lap of race my rear brake started to lock up, bike under power would still go, but coming off the gas at all would cause skidding. i over jumped finish table and at landing bike swapped throwing me off, resulting in a dislocated wrist and broken scaphoid. Due to dislocation, doctors said it would require pinning the scaphoid as well as K wire to stabilize the wrist.
Im Now out of cast for almost 2 months and recovery has been pretty minimal.
I had my first day out riding on Sunday and while wrist feels strong. I can't use much body english on bike as it limits my range of motion and at that point wrist becomes extremely weak.
Well i could have a pity party for myself if this was any other sport, but looking around it seems almost every pro is wearing a wrist brace for some reason or another. so My reason for posting this is to see what you vitards have done or found best to recover from wrist injuries.
do i just need to give it time and hope mobility comes back
currently looking into rehab.
or is pushing it to the point of pain to gain mobility the answer.
photos for reference
Also don't make changes to your bike on race day that you haven't run before. I've learned that one the hard way too.
The Shop
No pin, cast for 18 weeks.
No rom when it came off.
Took up tennis. Hurt the hell out of it, but it came back, just takes time.
If you are still in the early stages of recovery I would recommend stretching the hell out of it.
The wrists started to feel good again during the day but I had problems with doing push ups for a long time (up until the beginning of this month I'd say) so wrists braces seemed ideal for me as they transfer the energy from your wrists to your hand and forearm. I couldn't have ridden without them! I barely notice them and I'm able to maintain good form.
I bought a set of mobius because they were cheaper than a single Allsports brace, but those are probably really good too.
It's also interesting to note that my right wrist healed much faster than the left, for some reason. I know that my left radius healed at a slightly different angle so maybe things had to grind back into place there. I could have done pushups with my right wrists since the end of august, left wrists only since october. And I recently fell on my right wrist when I tipped over with my mtb and it hurt for almost 3 weeks.
I guess it just takes a lot of time. Stretch a lot and give your wrist the time to recover when it feels sore or hurts. Try to stretch slightly into the pain. That's pretty much all about my experience!
I broke and dislocated my wrist April 29th and i'm back riding. Mine was pretty jacked up so if I can come back so can you!
I was sure I was going to get arm pump with the mobius brace, but it hasn't been a problem at all. My hand has gone numb a few times while riding and one time it locked up, I couldn't straighten or tighten my fingers on the grip.
But like GER said above, stretch it a lot, and as long as your doctor doesn't have a problem with how much you push it, from my experience you aren't going to get any improvement unless you push into that pain barrier while stretching.
The thing we can all look forward to now is early onset arthritis, yay!
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