An abrupt change from freezing rain and snow to bright, sunny warm weather brings road cycling to life. Ankle is recovering fast, and biking is once again the right physical therapy for my injury.
After three weeks of painful swollen isolation and immobility, the ankle was seen first by an Orthopedic PA. He recommended continued cast and future of more immobilization in cast after three more weeks. The next day my ART Chiropractor told me to throw the cast away and start using it. Guess whose advise I followed!
From that point on I started to ride the bike without the cast. After riding the mountain bike with the cast, it was a pleasure to bike without it. Icing afterwards reduces any pain and swelling and the mobility of the joint is greater each day. Twice a week ART sessions are loosening up pulled muscles up into the calf and direct manipulation of the tendons in the ankle are providing greater and greater use of the joint.
With the beautiful weather Donna and I have been getting in 20 to 22 mile rides in every day. It is just the right amount of work to get a base to start getting back into shape. My Cannondale needed a bottom bracket service, so I put the Cane Creek Aerohead wheelset on the Lemond Cross bike and it rides beautifully on the road. We enjoyed rides from Salem back to home after watching the Tour of Battenkill road race and other rides around Greenwich.
With both my schedule and the weather cooperating, my injured ankle is healing enough to get me out and riding again.
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