Hey ya'll just looking for some insight-- In June I fractured two bones in my left wrist (ruining a week at Lake San Antonio) and have been in a cast since. I haven't ridden yet, although three weeks after the incident I got a below-the-elbow, waterproof cast rather than a huge one up to my shoulder. I opted not to go up north to the Sacramento River and Tahoe with my parents in fear of reinjuring it. I get my cast off Wednesday, and I'm wondering how smart it would be to ride in the days following. I'm regular, so it's not like I could just ride one-handed easily. To add to it, I've had reoccurring tendonitis in my right (good) wrist and it's come back pretty bad in the past few days. I will have had the cast on for a few days less than six weeks, which isn't actually what the doctor had said would be ideal, since he had wanted to put pins in but decided to try going without. What do you guys say? Should I wait a while and get my wrist a little stronger? Or should I just wear some sort of brace? If I don't ride now, how likely is it that I'll be alright for another week at Lake SA starting on Aug. 10? I've never broken a bone before, so I'm sort of in the dark here.
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