Postby 531colin » 2 Nov 2013, 7:51pm
I'm afraid lots of medics take the point of view that if they don't want to do something themselves, then its wrong-headed of anybody else who does want to do it, and it must be in some way "bad for you" and all the rest of the baloney.
Rehabilitating an injury is the physiotherapists job, not the surgeon......you need to find a physio. who is active and passionate about some kind of sport, they will understand that sportspeople (including recreational cyclists) are far more committed and motivated for rehabilitation than the general inactive public.
You don't need a great deal of movement in your ankle to cycle, an old pal of mine had his ankle partially stiffened after too many football injuries meant he could hardly walk. (Before that, he was a holy terror on the roughstuff.....he would ride anything, just because walking was too painful "Coming through!".....and he did!)
I'm guessing as its a sidecar injury, its your left ankle....in my day that would have been the back brake, I would have given it a go.....with the Far Eastern bikes its the gears, so that might be a nuisance.....
On the work front, I believe the employer has a duty to make "reasonable adjustments" (or some such phrase) to your working conditions to enable you to work with a disability/injury. .....whether that takes the form of working five times seven hour shifts rather than three times twelve hours, or finding a job that involves some sitting, I don't know, but there must be something useful that a qualified nurse with personal experience of sports, injury, and rehabilitation can do....?
In short, I'm sorry you're injured, but the sooner you start rehabilitation, the sooner you will be back.....it will probably hurt, but not all the time.
Good luck, and keep us posted.
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to be specific I broke the navicular bone in my foot after a stupid minor accident on my motorbike
(cause it won't work if you don't).
