Skateboarding rehab = cycling!

[Andrew_Culture]

I have been in a pretty decent mess over the last month. I was skating a bowl and something went wrong. The net result was a whole lot of skin loss (much, much deeper than road rash) and some fairly decent ligament damage. My kneecap is now in the wrong place.

After a couple of weeks on codeine and a walking stick I was able to walk again. Now four weeks later the flesh wound has healed enough for me to bend my leg again so I went for a proper assessment with a physio. It turns out my rehab plan involves nothing more than a whole lot of cycling.

Happy days!

 

[ianrauk]

Ouch.. sounds nasty.... any pics or videos?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Ouch.. sounds nasty.... any pics or videos?

Sadly I switched the camera off just before I slammed. The sounds of the screams of the scooter kids who were watching and saw the blood spurt will stay with my for a lifetime though.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

This really doesn't do it justice https://instagram.com/p/BIPSd_cA9Gf/

Look at the mess it made of my shoes! https://instagram.com/p/BIPS9_eAOLN/

 

[ianrauk]

This really doesn't do it justice https://instagram.com/p/BIPSd_cA9Gf/

Look at the mess it made of my shoes! https://instagram.com/p/BIPS9_eAOLN/

Glad to hear you're on the mend.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Thank you, it's nice to have someone say something other than 'you won't do that again will you'.

Of course I will, but now I own knee pads

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Well I've done five rides now with no significant knee pain.

I'm enjoying this cycling lark

 

[NorthernSky]

looks nasty, i'm a past skateboarder myself, gave it up years ago but still have my scars
very hard on the body the ol' skating
having knee problems with my cycling, i'm blaming the years skating for that too partially
don't regret it though, good times were had

 

[jonny jeez]

Hope you continue to recover well.

I had no idea you were a teenager, I thought you were proper grown up.

J

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Hope you continue to recover well.

I had no idea you were a teenager, I thought you were proper grown up.

J

No chance!

 

[PhilDawson8270]

No chance!

Such a small world. See you on MAS (alienfish360)

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Such a small world. See you on MAS (alienfish360)

Ha ha, brilliant!