I have a modest potato size abrasin on my left hip from the crash I had last Thursday. It is big but it is not very deep and it hasn’t healed quite well yet. It is driving me nuts, despite of versatility of triathlons , I am not able to do any of the sports right now, Swimming is totally out of the question, I wouldn’t be happy to see somebody with such a scar in the pool. Biking and Running, well I can do it , I am just afraid of aggravating the wound and putting off the healing process. Lifting weights ? well, I am not so keen on sweating as I have to change the bandage then, so it should be be low intensity. Any ideas about how long these take to heal ?
I wasn’t this much disable when I had a stress fracture! At least I could cycle and swim.
get some 3m tegaderm (ask the pharmacist -its a form of bandage, but it stays on wet), slap it on and go swim (provided you’re not aggrevating it)
you can sweat all over it too. I change it every 2/3 days and it reduces scarring too 
Clean it good and then cover it with Tegaderm. Then life goes back to normal. That stuff is incredible.
I’ve been able to keep the dressings for ~3 days even while s/b/r’ing. When it comes off just clean it again and stick another on until it’s healed.
Tetanus shot isn’t a bad idea either.
Theres lots of posts if you do a search, but instead of just a teggy (tegaderm) slap on some spenco second skin hydro-colloidal gel packs over the road rash. You’ll be good to go in a week - E
A week is too long to wait! I am already getting pretty depressed.
Does anyone know which drug store in canada carries Tegaderms ? I checked
Shoppers Drug Mart and PharmaSave and they didn’t have it.
You could try Douderm also. I have some on right now thanks to a crash.
Just try a really good non-stick pad, and swim with it… Or swim without it…
A scrape is a scrape… I had the same thing a month ago and swam; that was the best thing for it…
As long as it doesn’t get infected you can expect a week or so. Also, don’t make the mistake of using liquid badage on the wound. I did this in the summer and have never been in so much pain in my life.
Stop being a pussy and go and ride your bike. What’s the worst that can happen?
Stop being a pussy and go and ride your bike. What’s the worst that can happen?
Sir Yes Sir!
pick the scab every day…so that you will stick to your sheets at night…
pick the scab every day…so that you will stick to your sheets at night…
should I ??
I have heard that’s bad :~
Thanks for replying