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Your trekking poles did not save you??I fell forward and felt a painful pull in my left hamstring. The bruise now covers the end back of my leg
I am in Astorga by bus after tripping 2 days ago a few miles before Sahagun. I fell forward and felt a painful pull in my left hamstring. The bruise now covers the end back of my leg and is larger than yesterday. I went to a pharmacy and got some cream but I wonder if I should should see a doctor.
How do you know where to go? Has this happened to anyone else?
Thanks Sharon
LOL my trusty trekking poles let me down. I was looking at another person and fell at an angle. I felt like a tree I went down so fast. I like your advice and the doctor said despite bruising covering my entire back of the left leg I had no muscle damage. So I will live to walk again soon but will not walk with a 20 year old while talking.Your trekking poles did not save you??
The bruise may be a symptom of a torn muscle, but see a doctor for a real diagnosis. If it is a torn muscle, it should repair itself over time and the bruising will gradually disappear. It is growing now as gravity pulls the blood downward! I suspect that the doctor will prescribe rest, but ask if you can maintain activity if you can push through the pain. You may be relegated to bus/taxi, but should be able to hobble around town and maybe cover some distance. Good luck!
I sustained an injury to my knee while talking and trying to keep up with a 20 yr old! I might at times creek like a 20 yr old but I was over 60 at the time and this old body really couldn’t keep up. I’m fine now, and you will be too!LOL my trusty trekking poles let me down. I was looking at another person and fell at an angle. I felt like a tree I went down so fast. I like your advice and the doctor said despite bruising covering my entire back of the left leg I had no muscle damage. So I will live to walk again soon but will not walk with a 20 year old while talking.
@easygoing , gidday
The descent to Molinaseca is quite difficult. And goes on for several kilometres.
Accordingly I suggest you consider taking a bus from Astorga to Ponferrada.
And please take the time to visit both the Astorga cathedral and never lived in, fairy tale like, bishop's palace next door, walk along the ramparts to make out the agriculturral pursuits across the valley and generally enjoy this compact city before you leave
Kia kaha (take care, be strong, get going - eventually)
See someone who is train to work with the mechanics of the body like a chiropractor Or an Osteopath. Most allopathic doctors well tell you to use ice and/or heat depending on the time since injury, and painkillers and send you on your way. But you have a bigger challenge than just getting in and out of a car to commute to a job ahead of you, so go to someone who can really assess the muscles or tendons involved, how the injury is impacting your gait and thus your entire structure and give you some really sound rehab advice to use along the way. It doesn't have to cost a lot, but it could be worth a fortune to you.I am in Astorga by bus after tripping 2 days ago a few miles before Sahagun. I fell forward and felt a painful pull in my left hamstring. The bruise now covers the end back of my leg and is larger than yesterday. I went to a pharmacy and got some cream but I wonder if I should should see a doctor.
How do you know where to go? Has this happened to anyone else?
Thanks Sharon
Thanks for the support. The MD said I can walk in 48 hours but here's the problem. I know I can take a taxi tomorrow part way to Foncebadon but am not sure if I can walk all the way to Molinaseca as planned. Has any one found a taxi coming down.
Thanks
Thanks for the support. The MD said I can walk in 48 hours but here's the problem. I know I can take a taxi tomorrow part way to Foncebadon but am not sure if I can walk all the way to Molinaseca as planned. Has any one found a taxi coming down.
Thanks
Thanks for the support. The MD said I can walk in 48 hours but here's the problem. I know I can take a taxi tomorrow part way to Foncebadon but am not sure if I can walk all the way to Molinaseca as planned. Has any one found a taxi coming down.
Thanks
There is a medical center in Astorga, I was there 10 days ago, they were wonderful and I recommend going. It’s only a 10 minute walk from the cathedral, open 24 hours. Prescription, wrapped and out of there within 30 minutes. Take care of yourself, you have a long journey yet to come.I am in Astorga by bus after tripping 2 days ago a few miles before Sahagun. I fell forward and felt a painful pull in my left hamstring. The bruise now covers the end back of my leg and is larger than yesterday. I went to a pharmacy and got some cream but I wonder if I should should see a doctor.
How do you know where to go? Has this happened to anyone else?
Thanks Sharon
I caught my right pole on a hose pipe running across the path in the park outside Logrono last year: I kept going, my pole didn’t and with the momentum of the dead weight pack on my back, I pitched forward like a graceless sack of potatoes. Had a lump like a tennis ball (same colour and all) above my left eye for almost a week...LOL my trusty trekking poles let me down. I was looking at another person and fell at an angle. I felt like a tree I went down so fast. I like your advice and the doctor said despite bruising covering my entire back of the left leg I had no muscle damage. So I will live to walk again soon but will not walk with a 20 year old while talking.
Update. I am limping along and the bruise extending from my butt to calf is fading but still dark enough for sympathy. The Camino slapped me in the butt to get me to slow down. Even though I was still walking I felt unhappy until today when I met Paul. Paul is a quad being pushed in a wheelchair by his children and their friends. He faces greater hardship than my hamstring pain and was smiling and welcomed my kiss.
This is his website https://www.mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/paulsmart500/
And pay your medical bill immediately.
Update. I am safely home and already planning my next Camino. My bruises are gone and although my hamstring is still painful with certain movements I am confident I will heal completely
Two words of advice from this incident. Look where you are going when walking briskly. I still don't know what I tripped on because I was so focused on the conversation.
And pay your medical bill immediately. They didn't want any money at the time and last week a registered letter arrived with the bill. There is a 50 dollar service charge for your bank to transfer euros to another bank and that's the method of payment they wanted. Luckily I have a friend in Spain who paid it for me. And read the fine print on your travel policy. I had a 50 dollar deductable and the bill was 92 Euros.
A last word is to use your poles with every step. I know I often hold them behind me on the flat.
One of the drawbacks of not using poles is if you fall your arms are free to break the fall - which is what my daughter did, and broke her arm at the same time!One of big drawbacks of trekking poles if you fall your arms are not free to break the fall. On narrow ledges on mountain trekking poles not allowed and never use the wrist strap
One of the drawbacks of not using poles is if you fall your arms are free to break the fall - which is what my daughter did, and broke her arm at the same time!
She was 8. We didn't realise it was broken for a couple of days! She fell at O'Cebreiro on the Saturday afternoon. We walked to Triacastela on the Sunday and when it was still sore on the Monday we went to the medical clinic there. They sent us straight to Sarria hospital where x-rays showed we needed to go to Lugo Hospital to have a plaster cast put on. She still walked to Santiago, insisting on carrying her pack all the way!Poor girl ...
How old was she?
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