Yes, I did this skating.
No, I was not trying an axel or anything else worthy of such a disaster.
Read the journal entry about my accident.
Here I am on crutches in my full leg cast. I wore this long cast for the first four weeks of my injury. Although the break is in the ankle region, the fibula is broken. The fibula is the lower leg bone that is not the major weight-bearing bone. The tibia bears most of the body weight in the lower leg. The orthopedist made this cast above the knee, so I could not move my joint during the initial weeks of healing. Extraneous movement of the knee could cause the broken bones to shift.
Read the journal entry about my first trip to the orthopedist.
The full cast was set such that my leg was perfectly positioned for a backspin. I found this enhanced my balance when I had to get around by hopping on my left leg; which, conveniently, is my backspin leg. I could readily pivot into the leg as though doing a backspin and remain stable. Maybe this experience will translate into better backspins once I take to the ice again.
Decent abdominal muscle devolpment is visible in this picture. Crutch-walking is actually a great ab workout. Every step is a crunch and gets quite tiring after longer distances.
I still have a decent spiral if you can excuse the bent knee.
After the over-the-knee cast was cut down, I noticed the difference in the musculature of my thighs. The right quadriceps muscle has diminished significantly following four weeks of disuse. I am practicing leg lifts with weights to rebuild the muscle before the entire cast comes off in September.
Read the journal entry about cutting the cast.
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