Bruises

Arnica does bugger all, a complete myth. Some people just bruise easily, Caz was the same: just have to knock her gently and it would come up huge. rarely can be an underlying medical problem, so if overly worried see the doc.

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I carry a tube of arnica ointment in my Camelbak. It's not a complete cure, but a good palliative, so IMHO well worth investing.

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Well I threw the cat amonst the pigeons! Lol.
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Well, I guess that's one way of getting rid of them. Did it work?

I still stand by what I said in the other thread, though; shooting and eating them would have been better.

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if someone looks at me wrong i bruise.
i often get home after biking with random bruises on me that last for days and days.. a recent bad one lasted for 2 weeks...

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same saz.

had one on my thigh and it was HUGE and a real good shade of black n purple.

I have no idea how big your calves are, i will refrain for further thought about your calves [;)] hehe.
i am the same though i have bruises and do not know how i got them.[:(]

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i find that arnica works for me too. if it's placebo effect, then great - i heal faster using the power of my mind, which is even cooler.

i bruise incredibly easily too. i heard that that the more you get badly bruised, the weaker your veins become and the easier it is to break them again*. which is bad news for me lol. since i got better on the bike and stopped falling off it so much, i seem to get a lot of my bruises seem to come from walking into stuff and drinking injuries.

*awaits medically trained person to tell me this is ALL wrong

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Most of the time I don't even realise I've bumped myself until I see the bruise so taking arnica would be useless. [xx(]

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i only tend to use it when it's a BIG crash - i.e. winding yourself, dead leg/arm/ can't move at first/ maybe concussion etc type.

you know when you've had one of those. [:D]

my one and only road crash left me with much worse grazes than bruises tbh. they're horrid.

This reminds me a lot of what has been said about anti-cellulite creams. The creams themselves just smell 'medical' so you think they're working, but it's the action of rubbing in the cream that makes the difference. You could probably substitute the expensive product for lard with similar effects

I used to be a proper doctor before I switched to the dark side, Steve. [;)]

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Hello all.

This is my first forum post (No need to be gentle!)

I have only recently overcome my annoying habit of multiple stacks per ride. The last time I properly came off on a trail was on the Marin in North Wales where after coming a cropper on 3 different rocky sections I decided to take my hands away from the brakes completly on a descent. Imagine my surprise when I headed towards a ditch that surely would have led to an award winning pretzel-catapult. I steered past it but was then pitched headlong into a thorny bush, narrowly missing a solid looking tree.

For my next ride I have SPDs though! My riding mates have treatened to bring their camcorders ready for a 'You've been Framed' moment.

Sadly I mashed my hand on the beach and can't ride at the mo [:(]

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Arnica = ********

Healing power of the mind = not really proven but if it helps you then why not?

Healthy diet and lifestyle = a good start


If you bruise an awful lot then it's a good idea to see your GP for a FBC check to make sure you've got enough platelets and no leukaemia type stuff. Also avoid taking aspirin as a painkiller as it makes you bruise more by inhibiting platelet aggregation.

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i have found that witch hazel works really well too, which will irritate you, as i suppose that's a placebo too.

i've had a few sprains and lots of bruising. when i stick witch hazel on it within a couple of hours, the bruising comes out much quicker, swelling goes down super-fast and it heals noticably more quickly.

so if it's not the power of the mind, or what i'm putting on it, then what is at work here? there is a noticable difference in healing times for me and plenty of other people i know who use it. if it didn't work in some way, then no one would bother.

i stick her on with the glue i make from saz bones...

mwah hahaha ha ha HA!

lol yes i often grind people's bones up to make glue in a serious manner. i get the feeling you don't like me very much, caz.

is that winky because you're joking about being male?