Some of you may recall that back in December I broke a bone in my left hand. Well, that's healed quite nicely, thanks to weekly visits for physio and flexibility exercises that were diligently performed several times per day at home. Although it's stiff in the morning, it soon feels pretty much normal, except that I notice a slight lack of strength at times (it's about 90%, quite normal for this duration after the injury, according to the therapist).
So, a three weeks ago I get the green light to get back on the bike, and the next day I notice a somewhat acute (but bearable) pain where I know the Achilles tendon to be. I continue to ride, hoping I can "work through it" and it might go away. Alas, after three days of "working through it", I realize that although it's not getting worse, it's also not getting better, so off to the hospital I go. Sure enough, it's Achilles tendinosis (the new word for Achilles tendinitis). Not bad, just inflamed (and swollen as hell), due to getting back on the bike too quickly after 6 weeks off. I went for a follow-up last weekend, and they told me to stay off the bike for another two weeks (meaning that, hopefully, next week will be my last doing the courier thing on-foot-and-transit). Luckily it doesn't hurt at all to walk. Lots of icing and stretching exercises, and this week it's feeling the best it has since the occurance, plus the swelling it almost gone. I guess that age is catching up to me somewhat, eh? ;-) The good part is that I'm getting lots of pictures while walking and transiting. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
