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Well lets see, I've broken my clavicle 2 or 3 times - racing motocross, I honestly can't remember, shattered my right elbow in a taboggan accident, fractured my right hip, again racing, and last but not least broke both my legs at the same time trying to be like spider man and burning a pole at work...28 ft straight down. It was just like road runner in the cartoon, knew it was coming and felt like it took a while to fall.
Anyway this past fall I decided to start running since I HATE riding in the cold. This proved to be a HUGE mistake. It has aggravated something in my right hip. ( also resulted in picking up the well abused MTB to ride in the colder weather)
First trip to the Doc resulted in a some meds and a trip to see a specialist for shock treatment( so if the Doc schedules you for EMG testing run, run very fast!) to check for nerve damage and that was no fun at all. Doc thought it might be arthritis setting in my joints from my past history. Got a nice script for Meloxicam. I hated taking the Meloxicam but I'm back to taking it again.
Went to see the Doc again yesterday since the pain has become pretty intense and has actually kept me from getting a good night sleep in a LONG time. SO this time I get hip x-rays and the Doc thinks it could actually be bursitis. At this point I'd be happy if that is all it is. They upped my dosage of the Meloxicam to the max of 15 mg and now I'm waiting to hear about the x-rays, checking for joint deterioration basically, and see what's next.
Very fortunately whatever this is it does not bother me at all when I ride.
I wasn't really sure exactingly what bursitis is so I looked it up http://www.webmd.com/osteoarthritis/guide/arthritis-bursitis
So there it is my old bones and joints ache and I'm not even 50 yet!
Time to go ride !!!
Anyway this past fall I decided to start running since I HATE riding in the cold. This proved to be a HUGE mistake. It has aggravated something in my right hip. ( also resulted in picking up the well abused MTB to ride in the colder weather)
First trip to the Doc resulted in a some meds and a trip to see a specialist for shock treatment( so if the Doc schedules you for EMG testing run, run very fast!) to check for nerve damage and that was no fun at all. Doc thought it might be arthritis setting in my joints from my past history. Got a nice script for Meloxicam. I hated taking the Meloxicam but I'm back to taking it again.
Went to see the Doc again yesterday since the pain has become pretty intense and has actually kept me from getting a good night sleep in a LONG time. SO this time I get hip x-rays and the Doc thinks it could actually be bursitis. At this point I'd be happy if that is all it is. They upped my dosage of the Meloxicam to the max of 15 mg and now I'm waiting to hear about the x-rays, checking for joint deterioration basically, and see what's next.
Very fortunately whatever this is it does not bother me at all when I ride.
I wasn't really sure exactingly what bursitis is so I looked it up http://www.webmd.com/osteoarthritis/guide/arthritis-bursitis
So there it is my old bones and joints ache and I'm not even 50 yet!
Time to go ride !!!