[profro]

I broke the upper ball of my humerus (upper arm) 5 weeks ago. It was a non-displaced fracture or split on the outside. No surgery, no cast, and rotator cuff damage, so pretty good break all in all. I rode a trainer every other day from day one to 4 weeks. At the end of 4 weeks I started riding light XC again and by 4.5 weeks I was at the MTNx course again goofing off. So on the 5 week anniversary I rode DH again. It was a weird day, I was really sketchy and my balance on the bike was WAY off. Sections I used to rip were really tough for me. I was pleased wih my first day back, but I am curious how long will I stay like this? I think since there has been such a short amount of time off the bike, my body still wants to go as fast as it did, but I'm a little unsure of myself and I don't fully commit. Which causes me to sketch out a lot of sections.

What is the best way to get back in the swing? I was thinking of riding my DH bike on some XC trails to spend a lot of time getting used to the bike position and how it handles. Is this a good idea? I only have 2 more Sundays of practice till the next race. Fortunately the next race is where I practice, so I have an advantage but what else should I do to get over the hump?

 

[trailpoacher]

dont rush it.

 

[profro]

dont rush it.

Thanks mom

 

[Jeremy R]

finish your veggies.


My advice is to just not ever ride over your head.
If your balance if off, ride like your balance if off,
and keep it under control.
But don't ride scared though, that will cause you to crash
for sure.

 

[kidwoo]

If you can get your bike around an xc trail, hell yeah, go for it. It will at least get you comfortable riding slow since that's probably what you need to do anyway. Think of it as the beginning of the season and the mountain just opened back up. No hurry. Just don't get hurt again. That's more important than anything.

 

[profro]

Before I crashed I was riding at Semi-pro level (I think anyways) and was thinking of moving up after the season, so I was really pushing my tires and late braking into everything. I think that is the biggest problem right now is I remember that I could, but I don't remember what it feels like pushing the limit. So I am thinking that the more time I spend on my DH bike, the more I will get comforatble with my balance and how it handles corners again.

Oh and Jeremy I already had my first crash. I Ged out just before the road crossing above the waterfall and crashed on to the road. It was pretty funny. I slid across the road on my back right in front of Ben and Joey.

 

[Rabie]

So I am thinking that the more time I spend on my DH bike, the more I will get comforatble with my balance and how it handles corners again.
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Go with that. Try to get a couple consecutive *full* days of riding, and things will be back to normal.

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

ride around town a little bit untill you can completly handle your bike then get on some real mellow trails and SLOWLY make your way up. If you went to fast and ended up hurting your self again you would be misrable.. TAKE IT SLOW!

 

[TYM]

Go with that. Try to get a couple consecutive *full* days of riding, and things will be back to normal.

Listen to Rabie. He is speaks from experience. He is super fast and breaks himself every 5 months. Although he may have shorten that gap as of late.

 

[Pegboy]

Rabie couldn't ride his way out of a wet paper bag if he had a map. JK, Tym is right, he keeps up with most semi- pro level guys on a hard tail. I've had a few fairly severe injuries in a few different sports. I think what happens is that you feel that, as long as you keep in shape and strong as possible, when the healing process is over you'll be back where you left off, (or close to it). When that time comes and you get back out, you have a slight pannic attack because you feel like a new born. In my experience, just keep putting the hours in and it will come back pretty quick, your body will remember, it just hasn't had to for a while.

 

[shocktower]

It`s called stage fright ,or apprehencieve (sp?) ,I crashed really hard at BB a couple a of years ago and I still don`t ride the same .I hope to get back to the way I was ,it just takes time :dancing: :dancing: :dancing: :dancing: :dancing: