Broken bones; A-weight-ting is the hardest paart

[saltydog]

Have I mentioned this sucks?

Geeze, I'm sitting here with a broken foot spewing I cant ride as well!
havent got the missus about to drop though!

I'd stay as immobile as possible dude. Hire lots of DVD's.

[Mom]

Non weight bearing bones are pigs to heal up! Pm MacktheKnife, he did this whole thing not so long ago, dont really want to tell you but it took a long time to come right.

Take supplements, like Vitamin C, silica, calcium and shark cartelidge and any other friggen thing that helps to build bone and heal it.

Good luck with it. How frustrating!

[MIXONE]

Hey Dave if you haven't healed in time to give your bucket a good thrashing at the next round just pm me and I'll do what I can for you.

[Kickaha]

Hi

So who has had a plate in? & how long did it take to recover?

I now have ACC approval so should be on the waiting list.

How long to recover from surgery?

pm Diesel Pig he's been through the whole thing a few years back, still got a lump of metal in his shoulder

[klingon]

Non weight bearing bones are pigs to heal up! Pm MacktheKnife, he did this whole thing not so long ago, dont really want to tell you but it took a long time to come right.

Take supplements, like Vitamin C, silica, calcium and shark cartelidge and any other friggen thing that helps to build bone and heal it.

Good luck with it. How frustrating!

Yeah Mack's the one I think of whenever I hear about this kind of thing. And yeah... it can apparently take quite a while to heal.

[Patch]

Dunno 'bout having ya wing plated - apparently the lucky ones don't need it.

2-3 weeks for the bone to knit, 4-6weeks before picking up a cup of coffee.
The longer you let the bone heal, as in not moving/using your arm the better it is for the bone to heal.

8-10 weeks is a good timeline to stick in ya brain with a further 4-6weeks physio and strength training to follow.

Rest up! your bike will wait, mine still is . . .

[F5 Dave]

Yeah after 4 months 1 week I'm pretty sure about it isn't knitting, I've had ribs heal in a month or so.

So not sure how long it will take after plate. I'll see if Diesel can chime in.

[YellowDog]

Healing takes time. Too much time by the sound of it.

Look after your lady and good luck with the baby.

[Skunk]

My arm took nine months to knit. They were talking bone graft. It had a rod in it all that time too (now hanging on my study wall).

Sorry Dave...

[CHOPPA]

Hi

So who has had a plate in? & how long did it take to recover?

I now have ACC approval so should be on the waiting list.

How long to recover from surgery?

4 weeks you will be good to go...

[F5 Dave]

Thanks Choppa, did you get it taken out after?

[Maki]

Ohmygosh, the pure torture. I dont know if I could stand a week without my bike, much less months.
I would have some severe withdrawal symptoms.

[diesel pig]

I had six months of X-Rays and "lets give it another month to knit up" Bullshit before I begged them to bolt it up. After I got over the op (about 24 hours)
I felt way better even thou I was forbidden to rise my arm above my shoulder for a week or heavy lifting for a month. I just wish I got them to do it sooner

[F5 Dave]

Cool, I didn't lift my arm that far for 3 & 1/2 months so one month should be easy. Hope they get me in soon, I want my life back. Nah gotta be honest it isn't that bad now I have movement - it is so much better I am thankful. But I want to ride & race again & not have the pain when I move wrong.

[tnarg]

Ask for the thick plate. My brother fell over and snapped his so had to go through it all again. Recovery time not to bad once the plates in. My bro was back on his dirt bike within 5 weeks. Check my profile for my break. They left it. Still gives me grief.