gif4445

Ok, I should have known better. One legged spinning, with emphasis on pulling up. Looks like I pissed off an old, old injury. Tried to get my leg chopped off at the shin in a farming mishap when I was seven. Now a half a century later, it fails. Must have tore it a little while spinning, then a few days later while coaching HS basketball, had a painful pop in the leg while squatting down to talk to the seated team during a timeout. Can't lift my foot/toes up. Doc says tendon (actually 3 words, which I can't recall.) Going for an MRI here in a bit, but looks like surgery shortly. Stupid spinning, but more so, stupid me.

Ursa Minor

Sorry to hear about your injury. I have noticed if my cadence is too high I get knee problems
like a sudden pain behind the kneecap.

Charlie

Monoborracho

I have never understood the reasoning behind "one-legged" spinning.

Floyd

I don't do much spinning but do have an 'arch injury' from a head on collision from years ago...now a reason to not spin so hard if I do choose to do some spinning.

OldsCOOL

I ruined my wife's nice room rug. Pulled the bike and trainer out, plopped it down, started spinning. Something felt more difficult and didnt realize the tire was rubbing on some bunched up rug. This is what happened:

North Coast Joe

Would rather suffer a devastating injury to my person, than face that kind of wrath.

On the trainer, my most stupid move is to try and retrieve the dropped sweat towel off the floor without unclipping. Happens on an almost daily basis. One would assume I would learn I'm not twenty-something flexible anymore....but no.

qcpmsame 

I am in complete agreement with Joe, I'd rather have more surgery than do that to our new carpeting. I probably wouldn't be riding any time soon after the beatings began.

Sorry to read about your injury Gif, sounds painful from where I sit. Medial Anterior Ligament sound familiar? Or one of the other Medial Ligaments, possibly? I hope you can get it fixed with arthroscopic work, or some PT would be the optimal outcome, I guess. If its surgery please be careful aftewards, I'll certainly have you in my prayers, adding you to my list right now as a matter of fact. Please keep us posted on what the MRI says.

Bill

OldsCOOL

Yup, all the time.

Dave Cutter

Bummer about the pending surgery! Hope everything goes OK.

Too bad about the wife's rug. Maybe you can have the rug repaired... if not replaced.

These posts are useful reminders that pushing too hard or without well thought out planning can be hazardous... even when not cycling outside.

OldsCOOL

She moved the rug to a lesser room.

Dave Cutter

You did good! That worked better for you... than it would have for me. I spin in the garage.

Dirt Road

I have almost tipped over several times reaching for the remote control... In a former life, it probably would have been a beer, but then again in that life there was no spinning. (In heaven there is no beer, either.)

Doug64

The reason I do one leg workouts, both at the gym (on the leg machines) and on the trainer, is trying to maintain equal strength in my "bad" leg and the other one. I injured my left leg 20 years ago, and lost some of my range of motion, and if If not careful I'll end up doing more work with the right leg. Not too big of a deal cycling, but I can sure feel the difference skiing.

Also if done correctly, one leg workouts really smooths out pedal stroke. It does not work very well on a true spin bike like a lot of gyms use. The flywheel on them tends to smooth out just about any pedaling flaws. However, on a trainer it does help.

gif4445

Thanks for the prayers Bill. Rupture of the tibialis anterior tendon. Surgery on Monday.

OldsCOOL

I expected to be the one moved to a lesser room after that. Man, I sure got a good workout in.

OldsCOOL

I wish you well.

a77impala

I always thought why am I getting on this stupid trainer, then I changed that to I'm stupid to get on this trainer. I stopped using it, now it's not stupid and neither am I.
That's just me, some people love it, more power to them!

rumrunn6

gif4445 - how's the rehab?

leob1

But rest assured, she did not and will not forget it when N+1 time comes along. Expect that to cost you sooner or later.

leob1

I had a spin instructer tell the class "spin with one leg!". So what did I do? Uclipped my foot from the pedal, and spun with one leg. Getting it out was the easy part, getting it back in with out losing the foot, not so easy. MY dear wife on the bike next to me, gave me the "I married an idiot" look.

Good luck, hope you don't need surgery.

OldsCOOL

gif4445

I'm just waiting for the thing to heal. No PT for 6 weeks. I meet with the Dr. again in a week. I'm not sure of the time frame after that. I haven't registered for any summer rides yet, just waiting to see how it all goes. That has been difficult.

Gerryattrick

You have my sympathies.

I had an op to repair ruptured quadricep tendons 17 days ago and am now in a leg brace. No pain now, just going up the wall with boredom as physio won't start until a month from now. Keep away from daytime TV as it will rot your brain! At least it's given me a chance to sort my outstanding paperwork and catch up with my reading.

It will get better. I had a similar injury three years ago following a bike fall and recovery was slow, but I followed the advice of the PT and around 3-4 months later was, nervously, able to start gentle cycling. Now as good as before.

Shamrock

I'm in the tried to pick something up off the floor club.I recently reached for a dumbbell and felt the bike tipping over.My brain sent an image of me on the floor with an exercise bike on top of me.With a long Noooo! I pushed myself back up.That was close!

This story gets better.2 days later I did the same move??? This has me asking Does anyone wear a helmet riding inside?

gif4445

Wow, Gerry that stinks. Wish you the best. What's the recovery time on the quad tendon? I guess I can't feel sorry for myself. I too have spent some extra time in the office. I coach HS basketball, so that gets me out. But I've proven to be not so stable on the crutches in the dead of winter. The good leg and its knee have taken some hits. Getting a volleyball knee pad tomorrow. Can't lose the one good one I have.