First bad crash

Last September less than a minutes into the day’s riding went OTB at 30kph and shoulder first into a rather stout tree.

Spent about 5 minutes sitting on the ground considering my life choices I got up and rode enduro stages with uplift for another 4 hours.

After spending the last few months trying less intrusive recovery options like physiotherapy and shoulder infiltrations I eventually got to see a Sports orientated orthopedic surgeon thanks to my GP. It came to requiring a Shoulder Subacromial Decompression, also known as an Acromioplasty, which was done almost two weeks ago. The pain relief has been worth risk. I went in with 7-8/10 pain, and left the hospital with what I would call discomfort, so 3/10.

Both my surgeon and physiotherapist are confident I will be able to ride a 3 day stage event (Sabie Experience) in May.

My current rehab schedule is 15-30 minutes on Tacx smart trainer, and exercises from my physiotherapist.