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[kiley9806]

My mountain bike riding slowed down when I had a stack in the bush and drove my right thigh bone (I'm sure there's a technical name for that) straight through my hip. Punched a hole straight through the acetabulum - the hip socket.

YEOWCH! that sounds awful!! :( what was the recovery time on that?

[GregL]

....My mountain bike riding slowed down when I had a stack in the bush and drove my right thigh bone (I'm sure there's a technical name for that) straight through my hip. Punched a hole straight through the acetabulum - the hip socket.

I don't have any side effects as long as I keep riding and keep fit. I think they screwed it together pretty well, but my head still remembers the pain ...

YEOWCH! that sounds awful!! :( what was the recovery time on that?

Recovery time: 2 weeks flat on my back in hospital (pretty well high on drugs from what I can remember ), 12 weeks without any weight bearing, and then I had to strengthen the muscles so I could walk again. I was pretty lucky I was really fit at the time. I actually got back on my bike, very slowly, well before I could walk. The bike helped as it was not very weight bearing.