cycling injury

[jakethesnake]

hi

Just after some advice, I was hit by a car who cut the corner and wiped me out on sunday. i had a lucky escape considering it was a 20mph collision, Was a bit shocked but not injured at the time (by some miracle!). I went home swapped front wheels and got out on a ride again (3 hour ride). Rode yesterday 4 hours and today feel like my right calf muscle has been ripped in two! really sore and i guess bruised. even though bruising hasnt come out.

Its painful to touch and painful to walk on depending how i walk, surprisingly its not painful walking upstairs but is going down them!

any ideas to what ive done to my calf? is it just bruising? I am taking today off the bike and only doing 1 hour recovery ride tommorow. Its not excrutiatingly painful and could probably ride on it with a bit of pain. should i ride on it though? would/could it damage it more?

I am keen to get back to training as i am a fulltime cyclist and have a team training camp in two weeks time.


just after other peoples views and if anyone else has had anything similar? or could give me any advice, i am using Arnica.

thanks

Jake

[Heidi]

Hi,

You should avoid anything that causes pain! Don't ride if it hurts, rest it! I know this is hard to do when a sports is your life but its the only way to recover.

This is obviously very important to you and so I would recommend visit a specialist to assess you and see what the problem is.

In the meantime, stretch it gently (no pain!) and rest!

Good luck!

[jakethesnake]

thanks Heidi, going to visit doctor today just to make sure its nothing more serious before i get training again. Depending on outcome will hopefully be able to do an easy hour of low intensity riding later.