Anyone ever crash a motorcycle?

[STUDY]

Yeah crash. fell over in a parking lot at about 15 mph with my wife riding right behind. Right shoulder hurts! Right foot is painful as well. Mid thigh where the bike hit it also is bruised, as is hip where my bulk landed on it. Head? Helmet took care of that.

Shoulder: hurts a lot to flex it. i.e. raise arm. While in bed, I was able to move the arm out to turn off alarm, get glasses and turn off CPAP with minimal pain. If I use left hand/arm to raise right, it goes with little effort and little pain. It really only hurts to activly move it.

Foot is getting better quickly, if I move toes up quickly it hurts, and if I were to try to move big toe out it hurt a LOT. Does not bother any parts to type, but moving from keyboard to mouse is somewhat painful.

Anyone care to share similar stories, give advise, (such as therapy, should I get xrayed or MRI or just MFR), or send some healing energy thru the heat waves to me?

Does anyone have a highway peg and brake handle for a Honda '77 CB750A?

Thanks

 

[Pompal 09.]

*brings you ice packs and epsom salts*

I have never crashed one... but I have family members who have.
I would allow a few days for the soreness to fade, maybe take some epsom salt soaks. (Hard to think about doing in this heat I know!)

And the MFR would probably help... is there a practitioner close by you could see? When and where is the next MFR study group?

*sending the healing vibes*

 

[jnmedrano2004]

Crash

Sounds like a rotator cuff injury.

Jeff

 

[Pompal 09.]

Similar story.... husband got run over by a car vs. motorcycle. Ended up with an external fixator on his leg for quite sometime and was told he wouldn't walk again. Good news... after a year he began to walk!

Mick... PM me.

 

[Pritzooo:D]

I would get to a doc right away. If anything needs to be Xrayed etc. that is the only way really to have those tests ordered, and you'll have a diagnosis on hand for if you get referred (or self-refer) for MT or PT.

Sorry you're hurting my friend.

 

[Glow]

I'm sorry! I haven't crashed one, but have known others who have. Thank you for wearing a helmet!!!!!!

Ice ice ice. Epsom salt soaks after a few days of icing. If you have any reason to believe there is a serious injury, yep, go get a diagnosis. You can decide for yourself how you want it treated, but knowing exactly what to treat makes whatever therapy you pick a lot more likely to succeed.

 

[hi_my_name_is_michelle]

Mick,
I did a little Matrix Energetics with you just now.
Rest well!

 

[valley9]

Mick;

OUCH! :

Glad you're relatively OK.

Arnica. Topical and/or homeopathic.

savannah

 

[Nicole J]

Sounds like a rotator cuff injury. Jeff

When I palpate, I don't feel any pain or discomfort at the SITS area on the humerous. The pain is more on top of the shoulder, like where the clavical ends and articulates with the other bones. Today I'm going to put some sombra on it.

Thank you for wearing a helmet!!!!!!

Helmets are required with the permit that I have, plan to get the license at the end of the month. If it hadn't been required, I may not have gotten one, but I did have a mental image of falling over with the bike and seeing my head striking the pavement. Which it did. I have not had a headache or any head pain, so I'm glad that I had the helmet. I'll continue to wear it.

I did a little Matrix Energetics with you just now.
Rest well!

Don't know what that is, but thank you. As I was going to sleep last night, I focused on my shoulder and received all the healing energy being sent my way. When I did that, the ache did intensify, which is reckon is good.

brings you ice packs and epsom salts* And the MFR would probably help... is there a practitioner close by you could see? When and where is the next MFR study group?

*sending the healing vibes*

Seems like the doctor told me a couple months ago to not use too much salt. I don't know if I could get my shoulder into the tub...maybe if I used a snorkel. Getting out of the tub would be the really hard part!

MFR, that is a question...I was wondering how soon after a trauma to get treatment. I've never before been injured as an adult, and I don't get any fresh trauma clients coming in. I was thinking some light massage on my leg and foot might feel good, a very gentle arm pull might feel good too, but maybe not. How soon???

 

[Man city]

Update day three and four.

My sister came to visit yesterday, we made bread. Kneading bread was good for me, I think, as it was motion that did not hurt and kept some motion going.

Today, my leg/hip bruises are really blooming. I may take some pics. I'm curious about bruises....the first 3 days the areas were really hard, but relatively normal colour, yesterday and today the purple has really come out. I will start putting the Sombra onto the bruises to see what happens.

Shoulder is better and better. I am able to reaise my right arm to my head, to shampoo and towel my head with just some discomfort. tying shoes is painful, something about the lateral motion of tightening the knot/strings.

 

[Angel of Texas]

I've had three pretty painful crashes in my early motorcycle days until I learned that you really are invisible and they really are trying to kill you. Only one big lesson. I took a fall that broke multiple ribs, dislocated my shoulder, and PULLED my collarbone into pieces but that wasn't the bad part at all. When I woke up I realized the right side of my helmet was gone and there was nothing but fabric sticking out. Glad it wasn't my head.

Wear that brain bucket.

 

[Ronald H]

Mick, I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better. Remember that these things take time....allow your body to heal.

I'm a big proponent of using ice...ice, ice and then more ice.

Also, Arnica is great for bruising and also muscle aches.

Take it easy in the meantime,
Angie

 

[dickydaddydynamite]

Sending healing fog rolling over the countryside out to you!

Hoping you feel better very soon. Ice is great and since the bath type epsom salts won't work for you without a snorkel or an oxygen tank, you might try some of the liquid version. (there is actually a gel version used for equines!)

Also, besides Arnica, there is a product called traumeel, sold as a topical gel, and in a sublinguil tablet too. Other than that my favorite herbal (taken internally) anti-inflamatory is Zyflamend by New Chapter. Just stay far far
away from the liquid version, as the taste is worse than anything else on the planet!

As to the bike, hope it gets better soon too. And you didn't say anything about how your wife is doing :shock:
Hope she's okay !

 

[bre]

Ah, my wife....yes, she's pretty tough too, surprisingly so, for a native of MN. You should have seen her picking up the motorcycle, which supposedly weighs in the area of 450#.

She's doing fine, didn't strain anything doing the picking, and I've not made her run too many errands for me. Usually as she was going by, asking to switch the coldpack, or something to drink. We have a very small house, so it's pretty easy to pass by.

Gastroc-soleous complex really tightened up today, and I was kind of blaming it on the sandles I was wearing yesterday when we were making bread and out shopping. But, it may not have been them at all.

Thanks for the herbal suggestions, turns out I don't have arnica eo yet, so I made a small batch of oil with lavendar, tea tree, geranium, grapefruit, clary sage, ylang ylang, and maybe one more. I used jojoba as carrier.

Thanks to all!

 

[ROBIN K]

Mick, you could ask Walt to be sure... but I believe it would be "safe" to do an energy level of MFR right away, as I asked about this prior to my 6 yr old niece having hip surgery last Monday, as friends in the know re: MFR suggested that it could be done over the cast to speed healing.

See this thread for more info:
http://massageplanet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6206

 

[justswimmin]

Great replies, thanks all

update, day 6. Bruises are blooming, wow. Maybe not a surprise to those of you that have been injured, or work with the recently injured, I'm tempted to take my butt into a paintstore and get the one colourmatched so I can paint my motorcycle that colour.

Shoulder continues to improve, foot pain is nearly all gone, I do have some neck pain/tighness, levator scap area? I wonder if it is due to shoulder, just coming out now, or if it is something different.

The road rash portion of my injuries are healing...I've been putting the oil on them too. They never did bleed, even though the skin was definately gone.

I probably could start riding again tomorrow. Have to check the forcast!

 

[Zeina]

YOWZA, Mick! Gentle rubs to you.

I have relatives who have crashed their bikes and were pretty banged up. I've also had the un-pleasurable opportunity to see deadly motorcycle crashes on the highway.

Since you've got so much bruising, my suggestion is to take homeopathic Arnica tablets.

 

[Rockford]

update, day 8, had my first massage appt since before the crash, she's my long time client, been coming to me the whole time I've been in business. It went well, which is good, since I've got 4 hours scheduled tomorrow.

Bruises are interesting, for sure. watching them change, feeling the differences in texture.

Rode the bike yesterday to go shingle shopping, that went well, too.

 

[Simonsays]

Update, day 16. Just completed 4 days of reroofing the house. My wife's cousins came over "it'll just take one day!" and after 4 days of lifting ladders, carrying shingles up the ladder to the roof, hauling old shingles to the dumpster via wheelbarrow, my shoulder is pretty good.

Interestingly enough, I only tried to put a bundle on my right (injured/hurt) shoulder once, and right on top, maybe where the humerous interacts with the other bones, (the AC joint?) I had a fair amount of pain. Otherwise, it was strong and did ok, except for moving the bundles off the shoulder onto the roof. Found out later that the bundles each weigh about 115#. That poor ladder. One of the ladders was only rated 200#.

I didn't go onto the main roof, we have a small porch roof that I got on to do some work, very thankful for cousins.

 

[Sophieeeeeee]

It sounds like you are healing very nicely!! Thanks for the update!