Crash in Banff…. Again.

Raced, crashed, got up and finished, hurt like hell… and now I have this to deal with.

The goal is to keep the wound from scabbing over. While the road rash is still fresh from the wreck, and has already been cleaned sufficiently, I smear Polysporin antibiotic cream all over it. This helps to accelerate the healing process and keeps it from drying out.

Now the Saran Wrap comes into play:  I cut a piece larger than what is needed to cover the wound in its entirety, place the plastic wrap on the wound (making it stick to the cream/wound), smooth out the surface of the plastic wrap.  I would normally tape it down but the cream and goop thats my leg is oozing seems to hold on the wrap really well.  I have tried taping it down but my legs always starts to swell when i sit down and the tape ends up hurting me more than I like.

You might be wondering why Saran Wrap is used instead of gauze. There are two reasons: 1)Saran Wrap does not stick to the wound. You can peel the plastic wrap away from the wound without pulling any skin or doing any damage to the healing area, and you won’t find face with grimacing wince on it.  Even with that non-stick bandage stuff i still find its not the most enjoyable feeling pulling it away from your skin.  2)Saran Wrap is nonabsorbent. This is important because the antibiotic cream that you put on the wound will stay on the wound where it has the most impact of healing; gauze tends to absorb it. I change the Sara Wrap and reapply antibiotic cream 2 to 3 times a day.  That’s all there is to it.  Now all I need is time and some TLC.

C out.

Tags: Antibiotic Cream, Ba, Banff Bike Fest, corner, Crit, fall, Ouch, Outnow, Plastic Wrap, Race, Road Rash, Saran Wrap, Skid, Skin, Speedtheory, Tlcc