Hello everyone,
I crashed pretty hard this morning on left shoulder and upper back. had the wind completely knocked out of me, and took 10 minutes or so until I could gather myself and ride home. It was pretty scary in the beginning because I could not draw breath for a minute or so. Continued to have a lot of pain in shoulders, back and stomach, and went to emergency room. Turns out I separated my shoulder and fractured ribs in my back.
Am on pretty serious pain meds, so it doesn't hurt too bad at the moment.
Can anyone recommend some "discrete" pads I might wear under a baggy shirt or something maybe? I don't want to be the laughing stock of the local trails, but crashing this morning just hurt too much to not start doing something about it...
Maybe something like a padded shirt, with some plastic plates or something?
Advice would be welcome.
I was wearing a camelbak with a bunch of padding, so thank goodness for that.
I crashed pretty hard this morning on left shoulder and upper back. had the wind completely knocked out of me, and took 10 minutes or so until I could gather myself and ride home. It was pretty scary in the beginning because I could not draw breath for a minute or so. Continued to have a lot of pain in shoulders, back and stomach, and went to emergency room. Turns out I separated my shoulder and fractured ribs in my back.
Am on pretty serious pain meds, so it doesn't hurt too bad at the moment.
Can anyone recommend some "discrete" pads I might wear under a baggy shirt or something maybe? I don't want to be the laughing stock of the local trails, but crashing this morning just hurt too much to not start doing something about it...
Maybe something like a padded shirt, with some plastic plates or something?
Advice would be welcome.
I was wearing a camelbak with a bunch of padding, so thank goodness for that.