Frank, I'm really glad to hear this! I have to say though that all this talk about stiffness in the morning and putting ice on it makes me think you more than ever need to buy flowers on this special day ]=) Cheers Ecke
2011/2/13 frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com>: > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
