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sourdough
10-12-08, 07:01 AM
I had a bad bike accident 7 weeks ago and broke my pelvis. Almost was run over on top of that.
I blew a tire(I was running tubleless tires on a 29er) and was thrown into traffic which I am thankful the car stoped. The guy used his car to protect me from other cars, while he called the ambulance. he was nice.

So that was scary and very painful.
The doctor said it will take 6 months to get back to normal in terms of riding?
He allowed me to do swimming which I have been doing about 50 minuets of lapes.
I am a little worried about riding again.

Should I just get on and do it? when the doc say I can of course, but I am still a little concerened that I will not have the nerve to ride like I once did.

By the way the only part of my body that did not get hurt was my head because I was wearing a helmet.

valygrl
10-12-08, 02:15 PM
Ow!

In terms of the physical, my sister broke her pelvis (much less seriously than yours, it sounds like) and she said it went from absolutely-not-ok-to-sit-on-the-saddle to just fine in a matter of days. Not meaning it took only days to heal, but that the transition from not-ok to ok was very abrupt.

In terms of the psychological aspect of dealing with fear after an accident, just take it slow and know that the fear is normal and will get better gradually with practice. Cut yourself as much slack as you need and ease back into it.
Pat
10-13-08, 12:06 PM
Of course, you are worried about riding again. It is awfully hard to come back from a bad accident. Getting over the fear is the hardest part.

Right now, your last ride was a really really really bad one. That dominates your perspective.

I figure it is just like before. Go out and do what you are comfortable with. After you have some success, your comfort zone will probably expand and you will be comfortable with doing more. Once you get a good history going again, you will probably get close to where you were before. You may never ever feel as bullet proof as you did before but is that really such a bad thing?

Good luck to you.