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Boom Boom wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:48 am Try being in 10th grade with 2 broken arms cast finger tips to arm pits. Very humbling school days.
Now you can't leave that like that. How'd you break both arms at the same time?
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Firebolter wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:48 am arthritis is a bummer as we age. My left knee will just out of the blue get sore and feel "tight" for 2-3 days then it subsides and I am good to go. But the dupuytren's contracture I am developing in my left hand can be a real challenge at times! Out of the blue my fingers will do their own thing and I have to stretch them out. It is weird when it comes on when I am riding as my fingers will involuntarily wrap around the bars! But atleast it is not painful

Hang in there Bruce, you'll be GOOD TO GO BY SPRING!
I've seen that a lot but usually it's the middle finger :dry:
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Well, since we're sharing surgery pictures. The result of hitting a deer on my SuperHawk in '08, and abuse since then:
Day of surgery
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A week later:
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What my new knee looks like inside:
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Recovery is coming right along! I should be back to crashing the Beta as normal by the Spring!
F*** work.
Ride motorcycles.
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DAMN! Yeah. Tis the season :thumbup:

Had knee surgery back in 2015, also in the winter. I was riding a couple months later.

Good luck :deal:
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DAMN! Superman joints!
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I had that same “anchovy” surgery on my left thumb a few years ago. It worked out great. I went from constant pain and not being able to grip anything to having a fully functional hand. Hang in there and do the PT.

My right thumb is starting the same thing. I’m guessing that I’m a year or 3 away from another surgery.
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12 weeks post surgery and I did a couple laps around the yard on my vintage trials bike :thumbup:

Hurt like hell, mostly in the wrist. Might be the trails standing position putting pressure on wrist :shrug:

Anyway, I'll try sitting on a bike next.

I'm a ways off from actually "riding".

The problem is lack of strength and I can only improve so much in a week.
Earlier today I was doing some shiplap installation, I couldn't squeeze the trigger on my mitre saw hard enough to make it work :lol2:
The funny thing is that I didn't even know, I thought the saw was broken.
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Hey but you are making progress! At least now you can get on a bike now and slow fart around and have a little fun! by spring you'll be good to go. IN the mean time, I know an exercise that can help you with that "limp" wrist! :thumbup: :cheers: :duel:
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Bruce get yourself one of those stress reliever squeeze balls and work it in your hand as much as you can. I went through something similar and that thing got my strength back more quickly that I had imagined.
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