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I can't ride!

cunning-stuntcunning-stunt Posts: 614
edited December 2008 in MTB general
For over a month now I haven't been able to ride due to a painful hemmorhoid on my butt. Been to docs and got put on suppositories (mm lovely) and thankfully it's now starting to get better. Doc seemed to think that being sat on the bike could have caused it as it's a clot in a blood vessel brought on by sitting on hard surfaces.
Anyone else suffered from this after being on the bike too much (and brave enough to own up to it :wink: )?

I'm guessing you don't want to see pics..

I'm gagging to get back out there,done everything I can do to the bike maintenance-wise and all I can do now is look at it while I wait for this thing on my butt to get bored and censored off :(
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  • _Ferret__Ferret_ Posts: 660
    WOW!

    not being able to ride? what a pain in the censored !

    (sorry, just couldn't resist it) :lol:
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  • P-JayP-Jay Posts: 1,478
    No, haha.

    I did "sand" my jacksie back in the summer, one of the most painfull things I've ever done. Shorts must have got a little "builder" with all the mud and water flying about in Morzine and I'd managed to fill my crack with grit and mud. Got to lunch time and had no choice but to park breakfast in a little cafe in Les Gets. Went for the traditional clean up and well, sanded myself. Horrible it was.

    My mate can't ride at the moment, he managed to cut his finger off at the last knuckle cleaning his bike. (he'll no doubt read this)
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  • _Ferret__Ferret_ Posts: 660
    have you thought about a different saddle perhaps?
    maybe tune your riding position so your weight is dispersed over a different area.
    You could even go so far as to look into those suspension seat posts...

    I have had the horrible "numb willy" problem before from riding but that was due to lack of blood to the little chap - I altered the saddle angle and my geometry slightly and now everything is hunky dory...
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  • cunning-stuntcunning-stunt Posts: 614
    Ferret...that was a terrible joke :lol:
    But yep, been thinking about changing saddle/angles/sus post.
    The last few rides before this flared up I had altered the angle so that could have been the cause, putting pressure on bits that weren't used to it perhaps.

    Nothing worse than having a nice shiny bike and not being able to ride it!
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  • gcwebbyukgcwebbyuk Posts: 1,926
    I cant ride at the mo due to a foobah neck & shoulder:
    http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/forums/vie ... t=12596760

    Its driving me mad as I just bought the wife a new bike so we can do more riding together and am just about to buy some new wheels too :evil:
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  • stumpyjonstumpyjon Posts: 4,069
    Nah it's not the bike setup. piles are caused by spending too long in the can reading bike mags, or so I'm realiably told :oops: .
    It's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.

    I've bought a new bike....ouch - result
    Can I buy a new bike?...No - no result
  • dave_hilldave_hill Posts: 3,877
    Meanwhile, on a more serious note...

    Been there, done that. Simple rules -

    1. Cleanliness is next to godliness. You need to keep your barking spider shinier than a new penny.

    2. Plenty of roughage in the diet - vegetables, fruit, all bran, syrup of figs, that sort of thing. Makes dropping the kids off at pool a lot easier and less likely to bring your farmers down.

    3. Get a good pair of padded shorts, and team that up with a saddle with a decent "love groove" down the center - e.g. an SDG Bel Air or WTB Rocket V. You should have your saddle set so that your "sit bones" are taking the pressure on the most thickly padded part of the saddle, not putting it all on your love groove.

    4. By the way, did I mention keeping clean???

    5. If you can, visit a herbalist and see if you can get some comfrey ointment - it's a natural version of good old Preparation H and works wonders on the old Emmas, and any other bruising for that matter.

    6. Oh, and WASH YOUR RICKER!!!!

    Final piece of advice - DON'T try riding until it's completely cleared up.
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  • ceecee Posts: 4,553
    I share this experience. a couple of months ago I had a thrombosed pile..(clotted), which was angry and sore.

    doc gave me magic cream with an anaesthetic in which helped immediately.

    Contrary to popular belief, piles are not casued by sitting on cold hard surface. Your doc is a pillock. They are caused by excess pressure (as stumpyjon said, sitting on the pan for ages and or straining are the main causes.)

    Fortunately mine is a distant memory, with no apparent scarring :shock: ....

    everything that dave said, but I would also say....MAKE SURE YOU WASH IT PROPERLY....that itchiness that you get with piles is mucus escaping from your bahookie....get some wet wipes for during the day and wash thouroughly morning and night.
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  • SarnianSarnian Posts: 1,451
    dave_hill wrote:
    Meanwhile, on a more serious note...

    Been there, done that. Simple rules -

    1. Cleanliness is next to godliness. You need to keep your barking spider shinier than a new penny.

    2. Plenty of roughage in the diet - vegetables, fruit, all bran, syrup of figs, that sort of thing. Makes dropping the kids off at pool a lot easier and less likely to bring your farmers down.

    3. Get a good pair of padded shorts, and team that up with a saddle with a decent "love groove" down the center - e.g. an SDG Bel Air or WTB Rocket V. You should have your saddle set so that your "sit bones" are taking the pressure on the most thickly padded part of the saddle, not putting it all on your love groove.

    4. By the way, did I mention keeping clean???

    5. If you can, visit a herbalist and see if you can get some comfrey ointment - it's a natural version of good old Preparation H and works wonders on the old Emmas, and any other bruising for that matter.

    6. Oh, and WASH YOUR RICKER!!!!

    Final piece of advice - DON'T try riding until it's completely cleared up.

    I can echo the above advice, I have suffered and now all Is back to good. The above advice Is about spot on, and I can say that you do not get them from sitting on your bike. Mine started while away on exercise (army) how and why they started then I have know idea.
    It's not a ornament, so ride It
  • tom_majskitom_majski Posts: 432
    Simple, ride DH or 4X, you won't have to sit down
  • dave_hilldave_hill Posts: 3,877
    Sarnian wrote:
    Mine started while away on exercise (army) how and why they started then I have know idea.

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  • dave_hilldave_hill Posts: 3,877
    tom_majski wrote:
    Simple, ride DH or 4X, you won't have to sit down

    Or take up dirt jumping - just make sure you don't land on the crossbar :shock: !
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  • SarnianSarnian Posts: 1,451
    I thought It might of been trying to squeeze out the compo.
    It's not a ornament, so ride It
  • cunning-stuntcunning-stunt Posts: 614
    Well the cleanliness is a given due to the 'fissures'...my censored is in pristine condition these days, could eat your dinner off it if you so wished (please don't try that).

    Dave, many thanks mate. Straight to the point and very helpful.
    tom_majski wrote:
    Simple, ride DH or 4X, you won't have to sit down

    Most helpful. Cheers.
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  • Daz555Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    P-Jay wrote:
    My mate can't ride at the moment, he managed to cut his finger off at the last knuckle cleaning his bike. (he'll no doubt read this)
    WTF? Was he cleaning his bike with a hacksaw? :o
    You only need two tools: WD40 and Duck Tape.
    If it doesn't move and should, use the WD40.
    If it shouldn't move and does, use the tape.
  • P-JayP-Jay Posts: 1,478
    Daz555 wrote:
    P-Jay wrote:
    My mate can't ride at the moment, he managed to cut his finger off at the last knuckle cleaning his bike. (he'll no doubt read this)
    WTF? Was he cleaning his bike with a hacksaw? :o

    It was quite gross, I wont post up the pics we took in A&E.

    He was cleaning his Nomad on a workstand, spun up the back wheel and from what I can gather put a sponge to the rotor to clean it and it got sucked in. Took his hand in and his finger got dragged into the spider bit near the centre of the rotor. Took the end off on a ragged angle.

    I called around on my way home because they were talking hours for an ambulance. We bagged it up and took it down to A&E. There was a bit of tooing and frowing between A&E and the finger specialist in Swansea but long story short it couldn't be reattached.

    So he's lost the end of his right middle finger. Couldn't drive for two weeks. Probably 2 months before he can ride. Probably months again after that before he'll be confident enough of grip to ride DH and the Doc said at least two years where it will be painful in the cold, which is handy when your a year-around all-weather rider in Wales.

    Be careful out there kids.
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  • gcwebbyukgcwebbyuk Posts: 1,926
    I had a "Pile at 6 o'clock" about 2 years ago - made me laught the doctor's diagnosis!

    The diagnosis did involve me getting into the fetel position while a gloved finger went up my bum!

    He prescribed me supositories and some lactulose - liquid laxative - to make it easier for me to have a number 2 - i was going to keep some of the stuff to play tricks on people but used it all up in the ened :x
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