Found this interesting article on dealing with magpie and dog attacks from the QLD government's website. 

I know a few people who have crashed pretty hard in the past couple months and have had to deal with nasty broken collarbones. Unfortunately last Tuesday Jono Lovelock was one of the casualties.  Like any top notch motivated athlete Jono has jumped back on the bike as quickly as possible to keep his form up.   Here’s what he’s doing to keep his sanity while it’s 30C and sunny outside and he's bandaged up in a sling.

Are you secretly envious of your co-workers and friends who, like superheroes, never seem to get sick? You know, the ones glowing with good health while everyone around them is sneezing, sniffling, and coughing like villains. Don't hate the healthy people. Instead, steal the secrets of people who manage to stay above the sickroom fray and take steps to boost your body's immunity. Written by Jennifer Soong

Stinging showers,  rolling over in bed and nasty pussing aching hip sticking to the sheets and wakes you up in agony.   I’ve been quite fortunate throughout my cycling career not to have had too many crashes. Therefore I’m happy to say that I’m no expert on dealing with road rash.  I am familiar with the pain of it and have my own way of dealing with it that may or may not be medically sound.  It does work though and here it is...

Found this interesting article on cycling knee pain that coves some of the causes of cycling knee pain and advocates rest as a solution.   

I have suffered from knee pain both on and off the bike. This article discusses my personal insight into cycling knee pain and provides information about what worked for me.