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Anti-inflamatories are not always the answer... Remember inflamation is simply the 1st step in healing and rcovery (after training and after injury). If you cut that out with drugs, chances are the healing will be sub-optimal - predispossing you to repeated injury.

Not ALL bursitis are overuse... Could be related to impact, or septic (infective) in nature... The 14h may not be a problem, but if you are going to do those hours pushing big gears with wrong bike setups and long crank arms it definately is a problem...

Perhaps try and read some of the USA's National Strength & Conditioning's (NSCA) wortk on conditioning for cyclists. If you train at low loads you may as well leave it... I'm not saying do 1RMs, but you need to fail during your reps, or you are wasting your time. There has been a lot of work showing the improvement gained by strength training. Focus on a race, and prepare your strength work towards it as you would do with your cycling. Strength base (medium reps), then more power and power-endurance work. You wouldn't start off your cycling training without LSD, and you shouldn't start off your strength work (with all the high reps you talk about) without a PROPER strength base.

Why is everyone staying away from heavy weights? If you want to get stringer - you need to lift heavy... It will depend on what you want to get from it...

Yea right!

More info? Where did you tear the fibres? Ligaments or tendon? The 2 weeks off is probably more for the bursitis than the fibres... You should be able to start slowly after that - you need to figure out why you got it in the 1st place...

We don't "shut down" our thirst, or any other senses... we just choose to ignore it... 'listen' to it, and it is the best approach you can have to hydration... Taking in carbs are a lot more important than water, and water intake should suffice if it is used to ingest a 'isotonic' carb load that the GI tract can handle. The salt in sweat is a mechanism of getting rid of excess salt, and there is no need to replace it... the average person have a daily salt intake which is 2-3 times more than the recommended max of 250mg.

With these symptoms I think a fusion is the best option. To put this into perspective - most people can return to sports like golf after a fusion; so you should be fine to return to cycling. Some adjustments to bike setup etc might be needed, and you will be out of action for a long time... But you should be much better off after the surgery than you would be without it...

Its absolutely normal

I'd say if you have no pain, indoor would be fine Your 6week follow-up should be the last 1, and you'll be outside again

Simply put: Cycling is the best training for cycling. If you cannot cycle, then anything that will work the cardiovascular system, and the same muscle groups would be great. It keeps the fitness up, and keeps the muscles used to the effort. Cross training is great to prevent overuse injuries as you try and increase training hours, as you can load the body differently.

Depends what you are preparing for... If its a multi-day event, this type of training (at the right time) is great; but you need to work up to it, and ensure that you cycle your training properly to ensure enough recovery at some stage. Leg pain/fatigue is one thing, but if you have central fatigue (elevated HR etc over a period of time) give it a break...

How did you fracture it? Did it need alignment and fixation, or was it just left? If stable and no fixators was placed, it should be stable enough to take a bit of stat training from about 3-4 weeks onward. But you don't want to risk a fall etc. untill it has been confirmed that it healed (about 6-8 weeks)

Hi Josh I agree: - Check HR in morning, afte you went for a wee, but get back into bed and ly down for at least 5 minutes. - It could be that the anticipation of training is just chasing the HR up (your mind gets the body ready for action) - Do you take "pre- workout" supplements? Those have stimulants in them and tend to chase HR and BP up... Do you have other symptoms? Best to have it checked out...

I agree with top-end spinning with minimal resistance being BAD for knees. I am a Bio with a bit of a cycling background and do biomechanical troubleshooting in persistent overuse-type of cycling injuries to assist in final bike setup. Some of the issues we have identified after tracking a lerge group through several years are: - There tends to be an increase in Anterior/Posterior (Forward/Backward) instability in the knee of cyclists who do a lot of spinning - These changes seem to be linked to increased laxity in the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee - It seems to be more linked to the type of class (i.e. full out spinning, high speed stand/sit, low resistance work), rather than volume of spinning Solution: Choose your instructor/class better...

Does anyone know the contact details for the Rehab Guys at the Waterkloof Golf Estate at the top of Klapperkop? I've heard they are good, and need to get my knee sorted out