Docs: delayed bruise
 

During our standard Sunday "Tour de Taco", my riding buddy and I crashed. I was behind, he was in front, I was distracted by a model-A Ford and another car crossed in front of us. My buddy jammed the brakes on and I slammed into him at full speed. Him, nothing, pushed a little. Me? Bike flipped and face/chest down on the ground.

The worst initial damage was a small skinned knee. I didn't feel much, and we decided to finish out the ride, after straightening out my brifters.

After the ride, no real bruising and just a little more cramping than normal. 2 days later, I'm now seeing the bruises develop and one area, that doesn't hurt/never hurt, has a huge "port wine stain" kinda thing going on. What is the deal with this delayed bruising?

You tore some small blood vessels and it took some time for the blood to leak to the surface. Like a BP oil rig. :D

and they take forever to go away..

Rika

best way to fix it is leeches!! Lots of leeches! ;)

Oil rigs and leeches (lawyers). Sounds an awful lot like the gulf...

does it look like anything/anyone famous..
like Jesus,the Virgin,Opie...or that Mohoe fella..
you could sit on the curb and let folks touch it for a buck..
& give them your blessing...

but if it looks like Mohoe..well you better stay low..

Rika

You'll need to make a couple of "relief cuts" to either side of the bruise so that the pressure in that area subsides.

Well, at first, I didn't think it looked like anything...

But when rotated, yeah, I can see eyes, hair, a mouth.

My God! I think I have the Virgin Mary in a bruise on my leg...and she's smiling!



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