Tom Hooper
Active Member
- Location
- northumberland
sorry in advance for the long story;
So on the 21st of august I came off my bike and hit a tree, helmet saved my life but i fractured 5 vertebra t4-t9.so iv was laid up in hospial for a week then a few weeks at home before i was allowed to move about freely, i should be fully back to health for next spring according to my consultant, but the pain will get less and less, the hardest part is doing nothing i consider myself a workaholic but iv had to pack my job in, so the sooner i can get out and do a few miles the better. physio says now that I can walk and stand up for up to three hours i should look to get back on my bike. I’m not so much interested in how to regain my fitness as I’m 23 that will come back with time, but i am looking at how to get over the mental barrier i went around the block today about 800yds in total and i kept thinking the wheel was going to come off or that something bad would happen, will this vanish with time or am i going to have to pack it in?
any advice is welcome.
So on the 21st of august I came off my bike and hit a tree, helmet saved my life but i fractured 5 vertebra t4-t9.so iv was laid up in hospial for a week then a few weeks at home before i was allowed to move about freely, i should be fully back to health for next spring according to my consultant, but the pain will get less and less, the hardest part is doing nothing i consider myself a workaholic but iv had to pack my job in, so the sooner i can get out and do a few miles the better. physio says now that I can walk and stand up for up to three hours i should look to get back on my bike. I’m not so much interested in how to regain my fitness as I’m 23 that will come back with time, but i am looking at how to get over the mental barrier i went around the block today about 800yds in total and i kept thinking the wheel was going to come off or that something bad would happen, will this vanish with time or am i going to have to pack it in?
any advice is welcome.