10 weeks ago I broke my leg pretty good. 1 week after I broke it I had surgery. Just had my follow up and I have the green light to start walking and more importantly getting my leg back in shape and riding the bike again. With no restrictions expect "take it easy the first few months" I plan to be racing by August. Hopefully I can hit up a MTB race in late July that is around here. I've already been checking out the race schedule and I can get a decent amount of races in before the fat tire 40.
I start PT next week and am going to hit it hard. Try to build as much muscle as I can and hopefully in 3 months be in a position to have my strength be 110% of what it was when I broke it. So essentially I've got 13 weeks to get back to race shape. Game on.
Good to hear you're recovering well. It's taken me 1yr to get back, and my leg still only has 50% strength (but I don't notice it much on the bike, only off it). The biggest mistake I made was not getting into PT soon enough. I waited 5 months before starting PT, bad idea, by that time I had lost so much muscle mass. Even still there is a 2 in. difference between my good and bad leg. As you say... Hit it hard, and do it religiously.
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