Originally Posted by
tetonrider
there is HUGE healing power in being on the trainer, even at 50W. it retains neuromuscular firing patterns (good when you do return to cycling) and increases circulation and therefore blood flow. even this light cardio will, i'm sure, have great positive result on your outcome and reduced time for healing.
it might not have been clear above, but i am very risk averse when it comes to long-term injury that could be exacerbated by jumping back into things too quickly. i would not do any of what i was doing now if the medical professionals i work with were not comfortable with it (e.g., riding the trainer the day after being discharged from the hospital).
one of the first questions i ask in almost any medical interaction is "what are the long-term implications of this <medication, treatment, rehab, injury, etc.>?"
that is ALWAYS at the top of mind. usually i find returning to activity sooner is a good thing, but there is often a line one needs to be careful not to cross.
in the case of *my femur fracture* and *my surgical repair* and *my doctor's assessment of my health and bone's ability to heal*, there is currently no risk of me riding a bike with as much pressure as i would like. nothing i can do (even falling) will damage that repair.
ovoleg, you definitely know your own situation best, and you have the mental discipline to lose weight. (i lost 45# too over a few seasons, so i know where you're coming from.) i just find that during these recovery times it is SO easy for others as well as ourselves to "let us off the hook" -- e.g., 5 people brought me cookies, caramel and ice cream while i was in the hospital, and that was in 4h post-op. i was grateful for the gesture and really really wanted to eat it all. i allowed myself a treat but also knew that i did not want to make a deeper hole for myself. i'm now at the lean end of the scale and further weight reduction is really, really hard compared to, say, dropping the first 40 of those 45#, so perhaps i am more sensitive to such things now.
i wish you the best in your healing process.
Thanks and I wish you the best in your healing progress as well. Hopefully both of us will be on the bike ASAP.
I asked my doc like 3 times about how much pressure I can put and what he recommends and he was pretty adamant about me not putting pressure for 4 more weeks.
I kept bugging him about letting me drive my car(manual trans) and he would not budge. Instead I have my gf driving it and she is beating the crap out of my clutch. I cringe everytime I'm in the car...wish I could drive my own car before its completely wrecked.
What kind of fixation did you have? I have 3 screws. Bone still broken as of 2 days ago
but he says the fixation is in good position and shouldn't come out or anything like that.
I am not so concerned with this recovery cause I feel like I should be back to at least 99%, but I am pretty worried that if I get AVN then I'll have to go through this all over again, and then some with an artificial hip.