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Postby thearthurdog » Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:02 am
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Postby gabrielle260 » Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:23 pm
I'd love to be able to do 215 km....
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby moosterbounce » Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:28 pm
I managed 20km @24.9kmh moving speed on the weekend. Biggest ride so far (out of 2!!) which seems short, but not considering my 6 month "rest". Hurt every part of my body!! Next time it will be easier I'm sure. I too don't have the strength to stand on the pedals yet so need to watch where I ride as my flat land gears will not be friendly. I stopped every 5kms on my ride to stretch and have a drink, and the last two "starts" were very noticeable for lack of arm strength. Had to do a slow walk afterwards to get rid of the shaky wobbly feeling I had. Slowly slowly.
Exercises were revamped by Ms Physio last week after I admitted to being bored and not having done any in the last week. It's hard to stay focussed for such a long time but I'm happier with the changes made.
And I've got to admit it...went for a very slow jog last night. Arm happy. Heart and lungs not pleased. Legs still trying to secede. Conscious that running is not really recommended for my knees, I was cautious with 8x100m jogs with 100m walk in between. Can't believe how hard that was!! I suggested trying a swim to my physio and I think she's still ROFLing.
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby gabrielle260 » Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:49 am
This is going to set me back a bit!
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Postby thearthurdog » Sun Jul 05, 2015 12:47 pm
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby gabrielle260 » Sun Jul 05, 2015 5:47 pm
Haven't had a fall in years then 2 in 8 months.... Starting to feel a bit fragile.
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby thearthurdog » Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:07 pm
Funnily enough, I broke a pedal on a Time RXS pedal once as well. I still use them. They are cheap enough to replace pretty regularly.
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby moosterbounce » Sun Jul 05, 2015 10:39 pm
Weird how all the cool people with dodgy shoulders all use Time RXS pedals!! Have them on all 3 of my bikes but they look especially good on the Time
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby piston9 » Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:19 pm
Yeah - they don't. I had a go-kart accident (well, someone else did - spun over a kerb, flicked into the air and landed on my chest) in 2008. X-rays showed nothing. 2 days later ended up in hospital again for muscle relaxants as I coughed and ended up in a muscle spasm, and 7 years later still hurts in the exact spot on occasion - so, I am guessing x-ray just didn't catch it!moosterbounce wrote:I have heard that sometimes a cracked rib doesn't show on X-rays,
Rest up, it gets better!
(funny, I was reading this thread as I have torn my left rotator cuff - if anything I can still cycle, but lots of things hurt like (AT)#$#(AT)$##(AT))
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby gabrielle260 » Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:38 pm
Today I am still sore but improving and a helluva lot more positive, largely due to everyone's comments- thank you!
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby thearthurdog » Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:24 pm
I remember when I did my ribs last year, they stopped looking for breaks after they spotted one big one, one smaller one and then they basically said, 2, 3, 4 whatever, treatment is still the same (the small ones are reportedly very hard to find on an X ray).
When I was a week off my first surgery this year, I slipped over while emptying my kids inflatable pool and managed to re-break one of the ribs. Five days later I had to do an 80km time trial (in the Hell of the West at Goondiwindi) with that rib bothering me and my poppy / slippy / painful shoulder that was a few days off the surgeon's knife. I still remember that one of the best things about my post-op shoulder drugs was that my ribs stopped hurting as well. Rib injuries are the worst !
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Postby gabrielle260 » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:20 pm
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby foo on patrol » Sun Jul 12, 2015 6:31 am
WTH? Did you run over a Chinaman at some point time?gabrielle260 wrote:Had (another) fall this morning. Not sure if the cause was the right pedal axle snapping or the front Zipp wheel failing. The result was the same; Andrew in a whimpering mess on the bitumen!! My first thought was the repaired shoulder but all is well there. Instead I am off to the doctor shortly to see if I have cracked ribs on the other side. Other injuries include a corked thigh, bruised glute and a bit of bark missing.
This is going to set me back a bit!
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby Mugglechops » Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:01 pm
I have been back in the gym now that my back is getting better.
I can do 3 sets of 20 pushups on an angle from leaning on a bench. My aim is to be able to 25 push ups to pass my work fitness test for next year. Then the year after that I only have to do 6 .
I just hope my should holds up to the 25.
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby gabrielle260 » Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:18 pm
I'm back to doing time on the home trainer - I'm doing 2 hours a day but the ribs remind me they are still there if I push it too hard!
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Nov 07, 2015 8:16 pm
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby moosterbounce » Sun Nov 08, 2015 7:38 pm
I stated riding in about June but it wasn't until October that I had enough strength and arm extension to be comfortable on the bike. Sure, I could have raised the bars etc, but I was deliberately leaving them there to push my range. So now that my bum doesn't want to secede after 10km, I've been building my longest ride each week and this week managed 45km. In October I was also given the OK to try paddling again and managed to work up to 3km total, with about 1km without stopping. I am using my lightweight boat at 12kg as I can get that on and off the car, but unfortunately it is a bit tippy. I don't have the strength to do things like a brace stroke so am very conscious that I need to avoid areas with boats or I'll be swimming (I figure I could do sidestroke as freestyle is out of the question).
I have found consistency the worst. I see the physio every second week still and a masseuse in the gap weeks. My physio usually needs to do some pretty intense massage as the muscles I have are still over worked and are as tight as a drum. So the physio has been working on some range for a few weeks, then exercises to build strength to support the range for the next few weeks. I'm now working on strength above shoulder height. It isn't fun. I do her exercises (mostly) but sometimes these, or the massage, makes me so sore and my muscles so tired, that I can't ride or paddle or anything. I Find it very difficult to rebuild fitness etc when this sort of thing happens regularly.
I have about 130 degrees lift to the front and side, quite a bit of rotation - lifting both hands behind my back they are finally now both level; and moving your hand to the side with your elbow next to your body is within 10 degrees of the normal arm. So that's pretty good. It's just that damn lift and strength. I am getting it back, but unfortunately it doesn't come back nearly as fast as you lose it when completely immobilised.
I had another round of X-rays during the week and saw the surgeon again. He was happy with how it was looking and there seems to be good blood flow (though it just looked like dark smudges on the X-rays to me!!). Although I am still at risk of things going pear shaped and needing the joint replacement for a period of 2 years from the bingle, he doesn't want to see me unless it starts hurting or I want the hardware removed. I asked about the hardware and he said they on;y remove about 20% as it's under the deltoid and quite deep (for an arm). So unless it is causing me issues, it can stay. Arm itself is still swollen and has zero muscle definition, but the scar is looking sweet (though I kinda wish it was still looking more like a shark bite!!).
So I suppose all that is quite good news, but I still have a long way to go. I can't yet put my arm in a position to use the TT bike and don't know if I ever will, but I've not sold the bike yet. It's a long slow process, but it is all moving in the right direction. And I'm starting to lose some of the weight I gained with all my couch hours which is also good
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
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Re: Biceps Tenodesis surgery...
Postby moosterbounce » Sun Nov 08, 2015 10:37 pm
I think quite a lot of people underestimate the severity and impact a quite simple fall can have on their lives. I have to say that with me, the hospital didn't give me any indication that there was a very likely chance I'd never regain full movement. Perhaps they did but I was too caught up in the event to notice. I can't stress enough the benefit of having a regular GP that knows your history and what you are like as a person. Mine has been wonderful monitoring not only my progress but how I was coping with my world. So many people not only go to different GPs but different clinics, and so much history is lost. If your GP can't take a few minutes to look you in the eye and see how you are, then get one who can.
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