What should I doo? Fell off my bike, lots of bruising.?

Question

I sped straight off a curb, not just any curb though. So my bike collapsed with me on it and skidded a little. My right leg got the worst. The bottom half of my thigh, in the front is a 3-4 inch long cut with Dark, maroon and pink bruising surrounding it. I have a small 1 inch cut with bruising on the outer part. And a purple bruise with pink dots extending about 5 inches in the inside of the thigh.

My left leg didn't get too much damage. Scraped inner thigh right by the knee (along with similar pink dotted bruising.

Both shins have small bruises and both hands are bruised.

The biggest thing is it is very painful to walk and feels like I lost motion on my knees. It is painful to bend my knees as I normally do when I walk. I'm walking like a penguin. And I have cross country starting within a few days !

Answer 1

all i can tell you is you might have a rare condition that causes you to bruise easily. the other thing you can do is ice the areas 20min on and 20min off and take some Tylenol, or preferably ibuprofen. sorry i cant be of much help.  

Answer 2

your parents will know best, you need to clean it of course real good (Ouch) as road rash will infect it. The rest sounds like bruise's and sprains, if its bad enough (Youll know tomorrow) youll have to see a dr who will insure nothings broken and then tell you to stay off and either put hot or cold compress's on it.

Answer 3

welcome to biking.

if the pain isn't going away just go see a doctor, you might have done something more then bruise it like fracture your leg even or possibly torn a legiment.