I did once doing yard work. Leaning over a short wall picking up something heavier than I expected.

The good news is I got faster in swimming after I recovered.

From all the discussion in the beginning, it certainly sounded like he felt pretty certain that he did it swimming. In the first 5 min or so, he talks about going too hard in the pool the day right after the race, and then again 2 days later, again the next day, etc. I heard the lifting comment but that seemed kind of like just a reference to past lifting and to the point that he would not be doing any lifting any time soon b/c he was having his muscles "scraped".

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Wout van Aert broke his collar bone, sternum and 7 ribs (broke them, so no stress reaction but much worse) and was biking indoors after 2 weeks and outdoors after 3 weeks. I understand they want to be cautious but I would be bike/running 30h/week

Yes and from swimming. He had to have hit something, but didn't feel it cause of the adrenaline during racing

https://journals.aiac.org.au/...SS/article/view/4580

"Rib stress fractures appear as the most common stress fracture in competitive swimmers that clinicians should consider."

You'd be amazed what you can do to your chest cavity and how debilitating it can be. Been dealing with some inflamed cartilage for almost 8 weeks now. Not only will it not go away, but any instance where I overdo sets me back. Sometimes overuse injuries, while less severe, actually are harder to heal than acute injuries like broken ribs.

Man if it’s anything like what I had, it hurt like a mofo for a solid 8 weeks. My xray was clean and never went for a mri but pretty sure I fractured a rib loosening my pedals to ship my bike (lol). I was using my body weight and felt something pop. Couldn’t sleep, couldn’t breathe, etc. Luckily it lined up with my offseason but it was super uncomfortable.

I definitely could have exercised but I think there’s always the question of, sure I can, but is it going to drag this out or potentially reinjure it. Sounds like he’s playing it conservative. He was pretty conservative with his sacrum too. Real bummer when he seemed to be showing progress.

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