Well, not a real bike – but I rode a stationary recumbent yesterday! I am sooooo excited!!! I went to my first PT session yesterday at Therapeutic Associates/PACE. I figured that since they sponsor the team that I ride for that I should keep it in the family. I’m working with Anna and she is awesome!!! Basically, the first session mostly consisted of figuring out where I am with everything – getting range of motion measurements, looking at the leg and all that stuff. THen we worked on a few exercises. Man – my little noodle leg was so tired by the end – but also, at the end we tried to see what would happen if I pedaled a bike for a bit.
I have to be on the recumbent because my back is still in the brace, and I can’t/shouldn’t bend over in the regular bike position. But, I hopped on and started pedaling and it didn’t feel to bad. In fact, by the end of the 5 minutes (yes, I only did 5 measly minutes), my leg felt pretty good and I think it actually helped get the blood flowing and all that good stuff.
So, now I have PT twice a week and a massage from Aaron Gustafson at Transcend Body Work on Saturday. I’ve worked with Aaron before and he’s phenomenal as well – so I’m pretty darn excited to be working with talented people to get me back on track for healing as quickly as possible.
What am I’m not excited about? Being cooped up in this plastic clam shell of a back brace for the warm months to come. 
I’m going to have to build some sort of fan/circulation system, cause this thing is HOT! (and not just hot cause it’s got boobs – but the uncomfortable kind of sweaty hot. 
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