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Published On: Jul 13, 2004 09:29 AM
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Published On: Jul 13, 2004 09:29 AM
BioMechanics 101 (by Tomasz Ciesla)
On Saturday August 16th, while riding freestyle on my bmx
I broke my left leg.
O no no no, it's ok, it
doesn't hurt anymore thanks to the fine staff
of
Toronto Western fracture clinic. Two hour surgery, four screws and
10 mL of morphine later the leg is back together and feeling fine
:-) not exactly. What seemed to me like a sprain turned to be quite
a bad fracture. so I spent the last seven weeks in a cast, remaining
mobile for most of the time. How? well with a combination of cane,
hopping around a little ( a lot not recommended ) and of course riding
my bike.
"That guy is crazy", is the look that one with a leg cast & cane
strapped through a shoulder bag might get from strangers. If
you've had your leg in a cast before than you propably know that
one block on crutches is very slow and leaves you with a full
body pain. How far is your bank, or corner store. Anyway the
point is that even using one leg on a bi-cycle ( ha ha ) one can
still get places faster and more efficiently than with the use
of other modes of transportation. In my case it really is the
only way to continue to function 85%.
Toronto Western fracture clinic. Two hour surgery, four screws and
10 mL of morphine later the leg is back together and feeling fine
:-) not exactly. What seemed to me like a sprain turned to be quite
a bad fracture. so I spent the last seven weeks in a cast, remaining
mobile for most of the time. How? well with a combination of cane,
hopping around a little ( a lot not recommended ) and of course riding
my bike.
"That guy is crazy", is the look that one with a leg cast & cane
strapped through a shoulder bag might get from strangers. If
you've had your leg in a cast before than you propably know that
one block on crutches is very slow and leaves you with a full
body pain. How far is your bank, or corner store. Anyway the
point is that even using one leg on a bi-cycle ( ha ha ) one can
still get places faster and more efficiently than with the use
of other modes of transportation. In my case it really is the
only way to continue to function 85%.
Posted: Mon - October 20, 2003 at 09:56 AM