I have been in pain for a few weeks. Crashed while mountain biking about 3 weeks ago or so, wellmaybe it was a month ago. I decided to go to that new Med Express place on the Blvd today because the pain was much worse than it had been. It was super nice. The people were great. I got taken in right away, had some X-rays, had them read and was out of there in 1 hour. That was Express, as compared to the hospital. (no offense to people that work at the hospital). Turns out that I cracked a few ribs. They are not broken and separated, just cracked. Dr said it will take 6-8 weeks to heal. He said no contact sports but he does recommend running or cycling. That will keep the lungs expanding fully and they won't collapse during my 6-8 week healing time. I guess you end up favoring your ribs and you lean to that side and it can affect your lungs becasue they don't get to expand fully. The dr offered some strong meds but I declined and said I'll keep doing Motrin. So that's the scoop. I decided not to workout today. I am hurting too much.
I will be at the race tomorrow though to see J-man, Adam and others participate. Good Luck to all runners tomorrow.
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