Ed Sheeran cycled home after bike crash despite fractured wrist and cracked ribs

The chart-topping singer suffered 'painful' injuries during Monday's accident 
In recovery: Ed Sheeran cycled home after his bike crash
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Jennifer Ruby19 October 2017
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Ed Sheeran got up and cycled home after crashing his bike in London, despite suffering a series of “painful” injuries.

The chart-topping singer said he simply brushed himself off and carried on cycling instead of heading to hospital to get checked out after the accident on Monday.

Sheeran suffered a fractured wrist and elbow and cracked his ribs during the incident, which has forced him to cancel a number of his forthcoming gigs.

“I got up and cycled home then went to bed and woke up in the morning in a lot of pain and then went to hospital,” he told The Sun at the Q Awards.

'Painful': Ed Sheeran fractured his wrist and elbow in the crash
Dave Benett

“I didn’t even know anything was broken until the next morning.”

Sheeran said that he is staying away from alcohol during his recovery process so that he can get back on stage as soon as possible.

“Apparently if I drink it slows the healing down so I’m not drinking but I’ve got The Jonathan Ross Show so I can’t drink anyway,” he said.

Sheeran told fans that he had been forced to pull out of a series of gigs following the accident and wouldn’t be able to perform “for the immediate future”.

“A visit to my doctors confirmed fractures in my right wrist and left elbow,” he wrote on Instagram.

“Sadly, this means that the following shows will not be able to go ahead as planned: Taipei, Osaka, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

"I'm waiting to see how the healing progresses before we have to decide on shows beyond that Please stay tuned for more details."

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