Monthly Archives: October 2014

Hip fractures in Cyclists

This entry was posted in Fun Stuff, Totally Irrelevant on by .

After seeing me break my hip and watching my recovery, my friend Stacie has become interested in how cyclists recover from hip injures. There seems to be little research on the topic. Primarily a lack of data. I had told her that after breaking my hip, a ton of other cyclists contacted me about their experience breaking their hips and femurs.  Stacie saw an opportunity to collect this data.   So, if you’ve had this problem or know of someone that has(please forward),  take some time to fill out the survey below.  It only takes a couple minutes.  Thanks.

Research Objective: To identify the type of hip fractures cyclists sustain, mechanism of injury, recovery and when they return to cycling.

Principle investigator:
Stacie L. Grossfeld, M.D.
Board certified in Sports Medicine Board certified in Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Specialists
Louisvillebones.com
502-212-BONE

Take this survey if you broke your hip while riding a bicycle. No other qualifications.
Hip Survey 

Beth Heiden Wins Hillclimb

This entry was posted in Comments about Cycling on by .

I haven’t kept up with Beth Heiden (Elizabeth Reid).  I talk to her brother, Eric, fairly often, but only know about Beth through Eric.  I had no idea she was racing bikes some.  I knew she nordic skied some, but didn’t know she competed on the bike still.  Then Bill said he saw on Facebook that she won a hillclimb in California.   Here is a link to the results.

She set a new course record.  Man, her and Eric are physiological freaks.  Check out the photo from the race below.  55+  Pretty incredible.

 

bethheidenBeth Reid crushes the 19-year-old Low-Key Montebello record , sleeveless and all.

(Alexander Komlik