should i race on a 72 hour old thigh bruise
I'm in Hawaii to run Lava Man on Sunday. Olympic distance with open ocean. While cycling on Tuesday, I fell off my bike or crashed it on a rather bad stretch of pavement and shoulder edge onto hard uneven gravel. "yes"! my cervelo is OK 
. I have a 8x8 cm hematoma . My hip joint is OK.
the injury is about3 inches below the hip. It is lateral, there is a red and purple bruise. of course heel strike during the run is the biggest part of my pain, I can cycle no problem, and swimming is also OK. When I first injured it, I thought "no way can I race", but I limped through 4 miles on flat surface run at 10:30 pace yesterday.
I Plan to race Sunday, Any major risks I face running on it? I understand I may be slower, I came all this way, so hope some endorphins kick in.
. I have a 8x8 cm hematoma . My hip joint is OK. the injury is about3 inches below the hip. It is lateral, there is a red and purple bruise. of course heel strike during the run is the biggest part of my pain, I can cycle no problem, and swimming is also OK. When I first injured it, I thought "no way can I race", but I limped through 4 miles on flat surface run at 10:30 pace yesterday.
I Plan to race Sunday, Any major risks I face running on it? I understand I may be slower, I came all this way, so hope some endorphins kick in.
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I'd Ice it a LOT over the next 2 days (and stretch), and try to keep it loose, but I don't think you're supposed to massage a deep contusion (but Google will know better than me on that). Hopefully it will feel a lot better after a couple of days of TLC.
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> John Withrow answered your question: should i race on a 72 hour old thigh
> bruise
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> I'm not a doctor and don't even play one on TV... But I'd DEFINITELY
> race after traveling all that way. At a minimum swim and bike and walk the
> run if you have to...
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> I'd Ice it a LOT over the next 2 days (and stretch), and try to keep it
> loose, but I don't think you're supposed to massage a deep contusion (but
> Google will know better than me on that). Hopefully it will feel a lot
> better after a couple of days of TLC.
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>> John Withrow answered your question: should i race on a 72 hour old thigh
>> bruise
>>
> I'm not a doctor and don't even play one on TV... But I'd DEFINITELY
>> race after traveling all that way. At a minimum swim and bike and walk the
>> run if you have to...
>>
>> I'd Ice it a LOT over the next 2 days (and stretch), and try to keep it
>> loose, but I don't think you're supposed to massage a deep contusion (but
>> Google will know better than me on that). Hopefully it will feel a lot
>> better after a couple of days of TLC.
>>
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>> Reply to this email directly or follow the link below to check it out:
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>> https://endurance-nation.vanillacommunities.com/discussion/comment/262765#Comment_262765
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>> I agree, ice has been my friend so far, I will definitely not massage, I
>> will be wearing a hamstring compression which does seem to help. Thanks JohnCheck
>> it out
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