http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Injury - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:04:58 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-323265 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:02:16 +0000 chdot 323265@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ho ho</p> <p>I’m sure you’ve all got more than one Twitter a/c... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-323264 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:58:16 +0000 SRD 323264@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i'm in good company then. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-323239 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 18:56:53 +0000 neddie 323239@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Am blocked by Chris Oliver on Twitter. Dunno what I did to upset him? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-323238 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 18:23:15 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 323238@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Edinburgh tram designs criticised after new figures show number of cyclists who fell off their bikes last year due to the tracks. Comments by Prof Chris Oliver"</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/CyclingSurgeon/status/1231912328926502916" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/CyclingSurgeon/status/1231912328926502916</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-tram-designs-criticised-after-new-figures-show-number-cyclists-who-fell-their-bikes-last-year-due-tracks-1887427" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-tram-designs-criticised-after-new-figures-show-number-cyclists-who-fell-their-bikes-last-year-due-tracks-1887427</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-298264 Sun, 23 Dec 2018 08:59:20 +0000 CDM 298264@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I just wanted to thank everyone for their advice last year. </p> <p>I organised some physios at FASIC they where great and key to my recovery. I would recommend them to anyone with injuries. I managed to get back on the bike in April although I have been less keen to venture out on these recent colder mornings. </p> <p>Thanks again for all the advise it was all really useful in help my recovery. </p> <p>Sessions greetings. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-275076 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:12:44 +0000 Ed1 275076@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5385909/Shoppers-cut-cyclist-free-tram-PEN-KNIFE.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5385909/Shoppers-cut-cyclist-free-tram-PEN-KNIFE.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-274183 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 08:36:30 +0000 Frenchy 274183@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Snowy - Indeed. It actually gets even worse if you keep going past the hospital:</p> <p><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9168351,-3.1317072,3a,75y,109.14h,90.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRHsZ_WBBiUVPXCs6VGBEsg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en">Here</a>, before disappearing at the pinch points <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9156465,-3.1297008,3a,45.5y,128.08h,85.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soR3wPdtpuHhVxay_pQF-sQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en">here</a> and <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9140661,-3.1267086,3a,75y,135.67h,86.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smP7-XJPzld-Yxo7DCTBflA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en">here</a> (I have had drivers try and overtake me through those) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-274177 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:36:28 +0000 Snowy 274177@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS The road to from Cameron Toll to Craigmillar is hairy enough on a bike but out to the ERI is even worse. I had a relative undergo a reverse-shoulder operation recently due to a fall, and while paying visits to ERI, I was struck by how narrow the cycle lane is at the brow of the hill just NW of the hospital. Double-yellow-lines and then literally about 40cm of cycle lane, and at the precise point you need some support from motorised idiocy. Sigh. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-274176 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:28:29 +0000 Snowy 274176@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Works perfectly, thanks @Murun and Chris. Very interesting! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-274146 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:13:44 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 274146@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hopefully this is OK:</p> <p><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322681928_Tram_system_related_cycling_injuries" rel="nofollow">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322681928_Tram_system_related_cycling_injuries</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-274135 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 12:59:51 +0000 I were right about that saddle 274135@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very interesting abstract, thanks Chris.</p> <p>To add an anecdatum to the thread I was talking to a keen working class cyclist from Craigmillar the other day at Bridgend Farm. To quote him;</p> <p><em>The kids can all go a bike but their folks winnae let them ride into town.</em></p> <p>I've always had the impression that Edinburgh city centre cyclists are predominantly middle class. PoP seems like Waitrose on Wheels sometimes.</p> <p>I would love to see Craigmilar coming and going by bicycle but I have no idea if they want to and if so how to bring it about. Other than high-quality segregated paths and houses with suitable storage for bikes built in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-274119 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:45:52 +0000 olivercw 274119@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Murum, please provide links to other material. Users can email me off forum to ask for copies of the paper. My email is in the post. Chris Oliver </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-274115 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:18:27 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 274115@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks Prof Oliver for your diligence in researching this topic of importance to virtually all cyclists in Edinburgh, and indeed society as a whole. </p> <p>Working on the basis that few here will have easy access to the Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, do you have any objections if others provide existing publicly available links to the complete paper? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18554#post-274112 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:44:16 +0000 olivercw 274112@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tram system related cycling injuries paper was published this week. I'm not allowed to give the whole paper away free by the publisher, only the abstract.<br /> Maempel, J.F., Mackenzie, S.P., Stirling, P.H.C., McCann, C., Oliver, C.W., White, T.O. (all surgeons at NRIE).<br /> Arch Orthop Trauma Surg (2018). ePub ahead of print.<br /> <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-018-2890-4">DOI</a> <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00402-018-2890-4">Journal Link</a><br /> Abstract. Introduction<br /> Understanding of tram-system related cycling injuries (TSRCI) is poor. The aim of this study was to report the spectrum of injuries, demographics and social deprivation status of patients. Secondary aims included assessment of accident circumstances, effects of TSRCI on patients’ confidence cycling, together with time off work and cycling.<br /> Methods<br /> A retrospective review of patients presenting to emergency services across all hospitals in Edinburgh and West Lothian with tram related injuries between May 2009 and April 2016 was undertaken. Medical records and imagining were analysed and patients were contacted by telephone.<br /> Results<br /> 191 cyclists (119 males, 72 females) were identified. 63 patients sustained one or more fractures or dislocations. Upper limb fractures/dislocations occurred in 55, lower limb fractures in 8 and facial fractures in 2. Most patients demonstrated low levels of socioeconomic deprivation. In 142 cases, the wheel was caught in tram-tracks, while in 32 it slid on tracks. The latter occurred more commonly in wet conditions (p = 0.028). 151 patients answered detailed questionnaires. Ninety-eight were commuting. 112 patients intended to cross tramlines and 65 accidents occurred at a junction. Eighty patients reported traffic pressures contributed to their accident. 120 stated that their confidence was affected and 24 did not resume cycling. Female gender (p &lt; 0.001) and presence of a fracture/dislocation (p = 0.012) were independent predictors of negative effects on confidence. Patients sustaining a fracture/dislocation spent more time off work (median 5 days vs 1, p &lt; 0.001) and cycling (median 57 days vs 21, p &lt; 0.001).<br /> Conclusions<br /> TSRCI occur predominantly in young to middle-aged adults with low levels of socioeconomic deprivation, most commonly when bicycle wheels get caught in tram-tracks. They result in various injuries, frequently affecting the upper limb. Traffic pressures are commonly implicated. Most patients report negative effects on confidence and a sizeable minority do not resume cycling. TSRCI can result in significant loss of working and cycling days.</p> <p>Prof Chris Oliver<br /> <a href="mailto:c.w.oliver@ed.ac.uk">c.w.oliver@ed.ac.uk</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-271040 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 15:42:00 +0000 the canuck 271040@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>" I did not secure my shoulder strap on my back pannier correctly resulting in the strap get caught on the back wheel and me going for a wee fly on to the pavement heading down Johnston Terrace."</p> <p>good luck with recovery! i very nearly had similar; going down the hill (quite fast) towards the Dean Bridge, i suddenly noticed that pedalling wasn't happening. i managed to get off the road safely, and discovered that a little loop at the bottom of the panniers had come loose and gotten wound up in the chain and the cassette!<br /> I hadn't even realised that was possible--thought it was a fixed loop. how was i to know--i've only had the panniers for 10 yrs! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270988 Sat, 30 Dec 2017 18:08:33 +0000 Klaxon 270988@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Another vote for FASIC</p> <p>I can echo <em>Edinburgh Cycle Training</em> that once they were able to make a diagnosis the focus was squarely on helping me help myself with a twice daily targeted routine (only prop required was a resistance band) and a friendly "come back in a few weeks if you feel it isn't challenging any more, or it is hurting" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270984 Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:31:36 +0000 Bigjack 270984@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My wife , who had a similar accident two years ago, goes to Physis and would recommend. The physios operate from at least three different locations.<br /> Good luck with your recovery. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270867 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:49:53 +0000 chdot 270867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Unfortunately, I only have myself to blame for this accident”</p> <p>If you mean in insurance terms, not sure blame is an issue - though probably not worth claiming for (unless bike badly damaged too). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270864 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:42:26 +0000 CDM 270864@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks to everyone for the advice. I will follow things up in the new year. </p> <p>Unfortunately, I only have myself to blame for this accident. I did not secure my shoulder strap on my back pannier correctly resulting in the strap get caught on the back wheel and me going for a wee fly on to the pavement heading down Johnston Terrace. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270857 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 13:15:28 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 270857@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>+1 for FASIC</p> <p>been about 4 years since I went there, but after the first consult/diagnosis, the next session was essentially teaching/equiping me with how to do my exercises at home, saving me a small fortune in fees and time off work to attend sessions! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270839 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 10:54:26 +0000 the canuck 270839@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>some physios can get you discounts on good pilates classes, which will help to strengthen all the other muscles that support the hip joint. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270826 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 09:00:54 +0000 Nelly 270826@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>+1 for FASIC. </p> <p>They are £45 for a 45 minutes session, and don't do the "aye, you might need 6-10 sessions" nonsense.</p> <p>I was very impressed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270814 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:59:55 +0000 Stickman 270814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I recently used Physis on Morrison St. Initial consultation was £50, sessions after that were £40. </p> <p><a href="http://www.physis.uk.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.physis.uk.com</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270813 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:46:24 +0000 chdot 270813@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any chance of insurance paying?</p> <p>“</p> <p>We cover all major insurance companies. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="http://thephysiotherapyclinics.com/physiotherapy-pricing/" rel="nofollow">http://thephysiotherapyclinics.com/physiotherapy-pricing/</a></p> <p>“</p> <p>We are a multidisciplinary sports medicine team of physiotherapists, podiatrists , physicians and massage therapists treating people at all levels of sport and exercise and are recognised by all the main private insurance companies. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/sport-exercise/fasic" rel="nofollow">https://www.ed.ac.uk/sport-exercise/fasic</a></p> <p>Update - realise that probably means private health insurance rather than ‘accident’, so will depend on what people have (and no claims bonuses.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270812 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:44:25 +0000 Frenchy 270812@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I never actually got round to going myself, but someone recommended <a href="http://spaceclinics.co.uk/kenny-watt/">Kenny Watt</a> at Space to me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270811 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:44:21 +0000 I were right about that saddle 270811@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/sport-exercise/fasic">FASIC</a> are brilliant. You don't need to be an elite athlete to go there, contrary to some rumours. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270809 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:31:35 +0000 HankChief 270809@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry to hear that CDM.</p> <p><a href="http://thephysiotherapyclinics.com/about-us/phil-mack/">Phil Mack</a> has been very good for my cycle relating treatments in the past. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18481#post-270806 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:22:44 +0000 CDM 270806@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hello</p> <p>I don't really post on the forum but always read for good local knowledge on everything cycle related. So wonder if someone might be able to offer some advice. </p> <p>I came off my bike at the beginning of the month resulting in a hip fracture and a hip pin operation. Prior to my injury I cycled around 100 miles a month as part of my commute. I am keen to get back on the bike ASAP and think that good physio will be key to getting back to where I was per accident. Does anyone have any suggestions of where to find a good physio experience in cycling related injuries in Edinburgh? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9478#post-100522 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:28:56 +0000 DeathbyPompino 100522@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hope all the injuries heal soon enough - along with the hurt pride!</p> <p>So far that bike lane as cause three punctures, an ice induced paint scraper (serves me right for skinny tyres) and broken collar bone/scapula. All in the space of three months! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9478#post-100257 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:31:54 +0000 LaidBack 100257@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Best wishes for speedy recovery. Terrible thing to have happened on what I would say was a safe route. </p>