Ok So I'll Just write the Damn Report

[mfoga]

What part hurts when you try to climb, and what kind of pain is it? Is it when you set it down or more when you push off with your foot.

[Rockinthecasbah]

push off is killer

[mfoga]

Originally Posted by Rockinthecasbah

push off is killer

Its a good chance its just badly bruised muscle. Are you icing it? I would say it things don't start to improve go get it checked out, but based on the pics and description it sounds like bruise , maybe even bone bruise but it it was fracture the pain would be more likely when putting weight on it.

[Rockinthecasbah]

lots of ice, lots of advil, I shouldnt have hopped on my BMX bike yesturday and rode up the street because its killing me today lol

[Rockinthecasbah]

ok official report , docs says, hematoma, stay off of it till at least next weds, dont ride your bmx/mtb/anything , lay here and ice it down. SO if anyone wants to lay around watch movies, and drink beer let me know, I have a docs note thats says I cant go to work or im a bad boy or something like that

[Chewyeti]

Originally Posted by Rockinthecasbah

ok official report , docs says, hematoma, stay off of it till at least next weds, dont ride your bmx/mtb/anything , lay here and ice it down. SO if anyone wants to lay around watch movies, and drink beer let me know, I have a docs note thats says I cant go to work or im a bad boy or something like that

im down for beer. but not lying in a bed with you

[Rockinthecasbah]

o come on chewi, White lightning is downstairs reeking havoc

[pamela]

Originally Posted by Rockinthecasbah

o come on chewi,

scary!!!

Hope your better soon Ricky - Run Chewi Run!!!

[Rockinthecasbah]

anyone have any tricks for getting a hematoma to go away, going on 3 weeks and I still have a huge lump in my leg

[mfoga]

R.I.C.E, and not the kind mudman loves. Seriously short of draining it you have no options.

[Rockinthecasbah]

going to try and get some drainage done in the morning, I traced the swollen portion and it hasnt gone down in 3 days, a little bit up then baclk to where it was, gotta kill this thing, I have skate camp next week lol

[Chewyeti]

how did the roto rooter session go?

[herzalot]

Heal up quick and get back out there. Go to doc if you can.

[Rockinthecasbah]

went to the doctor, wouldnt drain it because its too high of a risk for infection, said it takes along time to reabsorb some times it takes people up to 3 years, was first told I couldnt ride yet, then I was told I could ride but if I fell on it I could burst it and be screwed, so Im looking for something I cant huck like another crossbike, and I may go tot he bmx track with shingaurds and just hope I dont blow it.
Seriously depressing that I cant just drain it and be done with it.

[Chewyeti]

your doctor sounds like a quack dude....

[Rockinthecasbah]

this was a different doctor then last time, and the same people who did my knee surgeries and wrist surgery so Ill take it they know what there doing, my knee hasnt exploded yet(it will)

[un-kola]

Rick,don't mess with a hematoma.If pieces of the dried blood or tissue break loose,it could wind up in the heart or worse,in the brain(aneurysm).Take your time,because it's going to take a while.Don't rush it because you might do more damage,and/or require surgery.Last year I had one in my right hip,and I was off the bike for two months.- Lloyd

[Rockinthecasbah]

thats what I figured, lots of snorkeling for me until i can ride
maybe time for a trainer

[bobcat38]

Originally Posted by Rockinthecasbah

anyone have any tricks for getting a hematoma to go away, going on 3 weeks and I still have a huge lump in my leg

I had a bad hematoma in my thigh and was told to wrap with a tight wrap. Seemed to make it go down much faster.

[Reedster]

I had a bad hematoma from going over the bars at speed on San Juan Trail. A really good orthopedic surgeon told me that if you were going to drain it you needed to do it pretty early before it coagulates too much.

He told me that I could pretty much do whatever I wanted, but i don't remember what he said about riding. He did say that the thing to watch for was if the fluid in the hematoma started to calcify.

Good luck with your recovery. It only feels like forever.

~R