Riding after illness
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Riding after illness
Postby jack11 » Wed Sep 10, 2014 10:06 am
I have been sick with tonsillitis for the last 4/5 days and am finally on the mend. So my question is when can I get back to riding and how hard should I push myself when I get back on the bike?
The last thing I want to do is go too hard too soon and end up getting sick again
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby familyguy » Wed Sep 10, 2014 10:36 am
Unless your doc says you'll be doing damage that you can't necessarily feel, there's probably not a big reason not to go, but I'd go easier than normal. I have used the "personal feel gauge" a few times. A nice casual roll can help a lot. Never had tonsilitis, so I don't know what sort of impact harder breathing could have on things.
If its being treated with drugs, I wouldn't do anything till the doc says the word. Otherwise you may be pushing their level of effectiveness down too far, and get sick again.
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby moosterbounce » Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:08 am
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby jack11 » Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:11 am
That sounds like a good plan. I'm still home from work in bed/on the couch but hopefully I'll be able to head out for a gentle spin on both saturday and sunday then look to build back up to normal levels next weekmoosterbounce wrote:After a viral infection or a "serious" bug (I had bronchitis), my doctor suggested a good rule of thumb is do have the distance at half the intensity and see how that goes. If ok, build from there.
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby marty_one » Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:53 am
My rule of thumb is, anything respiratory, take that extra week off from training and allow yourself to really recover in order to avoid getting run down and open to getting sick again (especially if you have to use public transport to get to/from work).
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby g-boaf » Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:07 am
So yes, take it easy after illness and make sure you are really recovered. Burning off the illness or riding it away, that's not a good idea.
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby jack11 » Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:43 pm
Still feeling rubbish after nearly a week so no riding as of yet. It is frustrating because I am really keen to start racing from Oct 1 so need to keep logging the kmsjack11 wrote:That sounds like a good plan. I'm still home from work in bed/on the couch but hopefully I'll be able to head out for a gentle spin on both saturday and sunday then look to build back up to normal levels next weekmoosterbounce wrote:After a viral infection or a "serious" bug (I had bronchitis), my doctor suggested a good rule of thumb is do have the distance at half the intensity and see how that goes. If ok, build from there.
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby 39x25 » Sat Sep 13, 2014 6:47 pm
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby jack11 » Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:17 pm
Very much following this. The last thing I want to do is push myself too hard and wind up sick again, although I am getting very restless to get back on the bike!Sychen wrote:Two weeks ago ended up in hospital for tonsilliar abscess. Otherwise known as quincy. Closed up my throat. Just had my first ride this past Wednesday a light 15km. 30km on Thursday and football today. Looking to do 50km tomorrow. Gradually building it up. Don't push too hard too fast. If you are still on meds I would not do much until you finish them.
Hopefully ride into work a few times this week.
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby 39x25 » Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:59 pm
The risk with too much too soon is not just a reoccurance but also chronic fatigue syndrome as well.
Good luck with your recovery.
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby jack11 » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:19 am
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Re: Riding after illness
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby jack11 » Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:52 pm
Does anyone have any experience getting back on the bike after a bout of the flu or any other nasty viruses?
I am assuming the 'half the time at half the effort' mantra is probably a good starting point.
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby Storm Boy » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:18 pm
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby g-boaf » Sun Mar 15, 2015 7:51 pm
There was a good answer above, take it easy. Maybe wait until the virus is completely gone and then get back into it. If I were your manager at work, I'd be sending you home to rest from what you've told us.jack11 wrote:Once again I have found myself knocked out with illness - this time an unpleasant strain of Influenza A. Spent all of last week in bed and back but back at work this week despite not being 100% - still getting pretty bad joint pain and low energy levels.
Does anyone have any experience getting back on the bike after a bout of the flu or any other nasty viruses?
I am assuming the 'half the time at half the effort' mantra is probably a good starting point.
Trying to get back into riding early after illness like that is just a bad idea.
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby A.Jeffrey » Mon Mar 16, 2015 1:38 pm
You can suppress your immune system which will increase the severity of the virus (potentially leading to some more nasty outcomes)
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby jack11 » Mon Mar 16, 2015 2:51 pm
Thanks for the reply. I have been listening to my body and stayed off the bike last week and weekend. Will head out tomorrow morning for 30 - 45 minutes to see how I feel and hopefully build back up to normal levels in the next few weeks.g-boaf wrote:There was a good answer above, take it easy. Maybe wait until the virus is completely gone and then get back into it. If I were your manager at work, I'd be sending you home to rest from what you've told us.jack11 wrote:Once again I have found myself knocked out with illness - this time an unpleasant strain of Influenza A. Spent all of last week in bed and back but back at work this week despite not being 100% - still getting pretty bad joint pain and low energy levels.
Does anyone have any experience getting back on the bike after a bout of the flu or any other nasty viruses?
I am assuming the 'half the time at half the effort' mantra is probably a good starting point.
Trying to get back into riding early after illness like that is just a bad idea.
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby marty_one » Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:45 pm
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby jack11 » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:47 pm
I'll ride again on Friday morning and then if still feeling good look to do 60km on Sunday.
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby marty_one » Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:09 am
For me it looks like I might be having to do a few evening rides/trainer sessions to try and build some fitness again before I start commuting again.
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby jack11 » Fri Mar 20, 2015 3:46 pm
That is never a nice feeling.marty_one wrote:probably not the best idea to double the distance. I found out the hardway on the weekend, how hard my bronchitis had hit me. I tried to ride from the basin to sassafras (1in20) in the dandenongs. A ride that I can normally do without a problem, however I had to stop about 6km into the climb (something that I have not done for a long time!).
I rode 40km this morning at an increased pace and felt pretty good, however I could still feel that my lungs werent at 100% on the hills .
Just nice to be back out there at the moment even if it was hot and humid!
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Re: Riding after illness
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby greyhoundtom » Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:53 am
For the past 2 years it's been one thing after another and every time I've got back on my bike it's been "riding after illness". After the last little episode I had just got back up to 30 minutes on the indoor trainer morning and night for 5 days a week ready to tackle a road ride, and bang another week of feeling like a dog, another day in hospital, and by the looks of it more surgery coming up.
Back to the drawing board.
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Re: Riding after illness
Postby jack11 » Mon May 11, 2015 4:51 pm
That is not good to hear. Hopefully you have improved over the last few weeks and can back to riding! All the bestgreyhoundtom wrote:Riding after illness as a subject heading just doesn't do it for me anymore.
For the past 2 years it's been one thing after another and every time I've got back on my bike it's been "riding after illness". After the last little episode I had just got back up to 30 minutes on the indoor trainer morning and night for 5 days a week ready to tackle a road ride, and bang another week of feeling like a dog, another day in hospital, and by the looks of it more surgery coming up.
Back to the drawing board.
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