{"id":1952,"date":"2013-07-24T21:51:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T05:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2023-07-19T21:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T05:59:42","slug":"cycling-injury-translator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/cycling-injury-translator\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling Injury Translator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a title=\"Airborne. by ewwhite, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ewwhite\/4893233995\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/4893233995_d9fa94d358_z.jpg\" alt=\"Airborne.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"\/><\/a> <br \/>Airborne. by ewwhite, on Flickr. Used with permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be confusing to follow all the injuries of the professional cyclist. Team press releases and race reports describe our heros as suffering anything from &#8220;acute abrasions&#8221; in that Tour crash, to &#8220;deep contusions&#8221; after that training run-in with a car, to reasons why he did 55kph instead of 56kph in that time trial (probably a sinus infection).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.velonation.com\/News\/ID\/13881\/Andy-Schleck-abandons-Tour-Mediterraneen-with-respiratory-infection.aspx\">Andy Schleck abandons Tour M\u00e9diterran\u00e9en with respiratory infection<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/news\/freire-not-certain-to-ride-gent-wevelgem\">Rabobank rider on antibiotics for respiratory infection<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/news\/cavendish-recovering-from-bronchitis-at-tour-de-france\">Cavendish recovering from bronchitis at Tour de France<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A medical examination in Maastricht after the race showed &#8216;a strong contusion at the left femoral biceps muscle&#8217;.&#8221; Translation: &#8220;Rodriguez has a big <a href=\"http:\/\/www.velonation.com\/News\/ID\/14371\/Joaquim-Rodriguez-uncertain-for-Fleche-Wallonne-defence-after-Amstel-Gold-crash.aspx\">leg bruise.<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But now there&#8217;s a cheat sheet for translating the lingo of cyclist injuries for the layman. So the next time you&#8217;re not feeling 100 per cent, remember: it&#8217;s not a cold, it&#8217;s an &#8220;acute respiratory infection.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cycling injury translator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Viral infection = cold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upper respiratory tract infection = cold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acute respiratory infection = cold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sinus infection = cold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acute Bronchitis = cold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hematoma = bruise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acute tissue trauma = bruise \/ cut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blunt trauma = bruise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subcutaneous hematoma = bruise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contusion = Bruise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deep abrasions = road rash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airborne. by ewwhite, on Flickr. Used with permission. It can be confusing to follow all the injuries of the professional cyclist. Team press releases and race reports describe our heros as suffering anything from &#8220;acute abrasions&#8221; in that Tour crash, to &#8220;deep contusions&#8221; after that training run-in with a car, to reasons why he did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1952"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3802,"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions\/3802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}