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comeback cut short by injury

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tricknuts:
 Well, I bought all the safety gear, and a new  school bike. I went to a skatepark a few times and did a few 180's on the transition.. On sunday i popped out, sidehopped to the edge   while the kids laughed) and rolled back in again. The front wheel slide out and i went sprawling to the bottom in a twisted mangle of beerbelly and bike.

felt Ok at the time, but went out for dinner later, and my ankle completely isezed up. I couldn't put any weight on it at all.. I had to call a mate to piggy back me out of the restaurant into the car, then shuffled up my driveway on all fours into the house.
Had to do a sickie yesterday and the wife had to take a half day off to take me to the doctors. Wheelchaired in to X ray, and luckily only damaged some ligaments in my foot. On pills  for the next 2 weeks and crutches
Wife is smirking with a "told you that you were too old for all this" look.

I think she might be right. I can't afford to take days off every time i ride a bike.

Strangely when I was 17, I fell every week, and never went to casualty even once...

Dingobmxer:
Get well soon Dude, I am with you on the injury thing, I crashed a couple of months ago and my arm still isnt 100%, when did we lose the ability to fall down unharmed (without a belly full of stella)???
 :) DINGO :)

theRuler:
skatepark riding and a day off work?

its win-win  :D

i have blown an ankle more times than i care to remember.
usually takes me a good 4 weeks before it stops hurting to ride on.

oberonspacefruit:
strap it up and tape it to your pedal.

youve got to work through the pain.

theRuler:
yeh best thing to do is strap it up straight away
it reduces the healing time.

lol one time i fell out of my attic and landed sideways on both ankles and wrecked them both.
i walked like i had glue feet for weeks. stomping.

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