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Bit long winded so i will be as brief as possible
January this year crashed bike
Otb onto stone lip of drop. Landed on side, arm taking full hit, soft tissue damage to torso
Dead arm at time couldnt use it but it got usable slowly
Its still borked. Trying anything with raised arm, like picking something off the top shelf at tesco leaves me in agony at the top of triceps behind bicep area.
Thimk this is a physio therapy job
Also, suffering knee pain. In the hollow left of the pattella. On the roady it feels like my foot is rolling off the side of the pedal. Except i use spd sl pedals, do wide contact area and sure-footed
Have tried builing up outside of tge insole with layers of gaffer tape, which is a little better but its still not good
Then at work i knelt too quickly felt something crunch in that area and its been niggly painful evdr since, worse when riding
Thinking bike fit for this, plus physio as well maybe.
All gets expensive quick mind, and its insurance month for car and house...
I would go to GP first then physio
Shoulder sounds like what I did going otb in 2019 - everything rotated down and forwards, nerves got trapped and muscles shortened and locked to protect everything.
Start with GP just so it's in your records, but if they agree it's just soft tissue then physio fixed it for me - think I had 3 sessions and had to do a couple of exercises regularly for a few months. If I don't do the exercises a couple of times a week still I can feel my shoulder starts to go again - I had an extra couple of physio sessions at the beginning of this year when it got really bad again.
I’d be straight to the physio, the GP will only send you there anyway.
Sports Physio. GP will be a waste of time I expect. NHS physio will be limited (In my experience) Private physio will get straight onto the problem and understand what you want to be able to achieve. Where are you? I expect there will be recommendations from here.
£60 initial consultation, £45 per sesion thereafter. (Bristol)
You need to go to the GP first to exclude issues that Physio may make worse. Essential in my book. You may for an example have a torn ligament that requires surgical intervention.
tjagain
Full MemberYou need to go to the GP first to exclude issues that Physio may make worse. Essential in my book. You may for an example have a torn ligament that requires surgical intervention.
It Depends. Mostly on the quality of your physio, though, of course that's hard to judge if you've not been before. But if I turn up at my sports physio with something that needs medical attention, that's where she'll send me. In fact, she has.
For me, I go to her first, she'll tell me no if that's the right answer and it saves bothering my GP. NHS physio has been awesome for me in the past, and they're sorting out my brother just now too but wait times are a bummer.
A good physio IME will be able to tell better than a doctor if you have torn a ligament and also a good physio will know their limits and say you need specialist/surgical treatment.
I've had good and bad experiences with NHS physios but I've also had good and bad experiences with private physios.
But if I turn up at my sports physio with something that needs medical attention, that’s where she’ll send me. In fact, she has.
For me, I go to her first, she’ll tell me no if that’s the right answer and it saves bothering my GP. NHS physio has been awesome for me in the past, and they’re sorting out my brother just now too but wait times are a bummer.
+1 This for me also.
Its still borked. Trying anything with raised arm, like picking something off the top shelf at tesco leaves me in agony at the top of triceps behind bicep area.
I got taken out by an out of control novice snow boarder who swiped my legs from under me whilst I was standing still. Knocked to the ground landing on my shoulder, thought nothing of it at the time and just carried on skiing. Next day couldn't use my arm at all. I saw a private physio for months working on rehab. After several months of not being able to lift my arm above shoulder height I got an MRI via work insurance cover and turned out the impact had caused bone odeama and a tendon had 50% detached. The surgeon said he can have a got a fixing it (but no guarentee) or I can just wait another 6 months and it'll probably heal. I decided to wait and he was right about 6 months later it finally was better. Nearly a year all in.
One interesting thing is that if you think you'll end up needing surgery, avoid cortizone injections as apparently they reduce the chance of successful surgical outcome.