Originally Posted by
deacon mark
Well the update today I went to the orthopedic surgeon today for 8 week follow up and xrays. The pelvis has healed and he said he could not even really see a line and all the hardware in place. I can go back to full weight bearing and riding indoors. I have been riding spinning the last 11 days but not much pressure. The problem now is I have to relearn to walk no joke. I have been using a walker so long that now walking free is really hard to keep balance. I still have the foot drop issue but it is getting better pretty sure it will heal all the way
Anyone here had to be lay up so long you had to relearn to walk. I knew it was coming but it hits home quick when I went to store and took me forever getting around pushing cart and getting in and out of store
When you are able, try using only a cane, it's about halfway between in terms of stability, plus you can use it with your arm opposite the banister when climbing and descending stairs, unlike a walker. I find the T-top or "pistol grip" canes more comfortable than the curve top. (Mods, please note, that is the most common name for that style cane if searching for one. Thanks.)
Also, if your bike handlebars are the right height, you can fit a bolt-on ("clip-on") aero bar with *wide-spaced* forearms rests, that can give you support when walking the bike. (Or if narrower forearm rest spacing, the right forearm on the rest, and the left one leaning on the left flat-bar grip.) Bonus points for fitting an interrupter/mid-cable brake lever to the left front of it, for the front brake. Those levers are usually short-pull for use on road bikes on the top of the bar, but if your brakes are long-pull and if front wheel true and brakes well adjusted (close enough) it still works, plus it has better leverage, more brake power. But there are also long-pull mids, you just need to look harder for them. This bar and brake setup is very close to that of a "Parkinson's walker".