First Ride Attempt After Broken Ankle
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- After 2-months my ankle cast was removed and here's my first attempt at riding after a couple of days.
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This video is a clear example of “The addiction is real.”
Good to see your recovery is going well and can’t wait to see you riding again.
seriously, EUC addicts anonymous material here, you need help Marty
@@zweemz2255 hahahahahaha
Broke my ankle 3 weeks ago. Got surgery 2 weeks ago. This gives me hope. Hope you're better than ever in no time.
So sorry to hear this. Know that it will get better. You're probably just about over the worst part of it, both physically and mentally.
Awe sorry to hear that! Wish u a fast recovery as well!!!🙏🙏
Wow man - you FINALLY learned how to mount like me! 😂 Seriously - you'll look back on this couple of months from now and smile broadly. You're almost there. 😃
I bought a pair of motorcycle/motorcross boots a few years back as winter boots for work since I work outside at night. I liked them so much that they've been my footwear of choice pretty much ever since for all seasons. The extra support definitely helps!
Looks like a gateway to ancient Greece behind you there Marty, nice garden
Good too see your speedy recovery!
Take your time Marty the day will come that your back riding good to see you back on your feet.
Great to see healing well and attempting to ride! Lots of cool new wheels for you to catch up on.
Glad to see your better judgment prevailed. No point in breaking another bone so soon after your ankle. Patiently awaiting more videos.
Slow and steady little brother - no rush. Glad to see the progress. Rehab and physical therapy are the most important parts of your journey back. I know it was with my shoulder. Keep smiling and keep that positive attitude.
Thanks Leif 🙂🙏
Good man for trying. Thanks for taking us on the journey . You got the right attitude, I'm sure you'll make huge progress soon. Just take a little time. It will pay dividends
Cheer up Marthy, you have less left. Don't rush, and drive when you are most recovered and fit, physically and mentally.😉
Hi Marty, you need to think about strengthening your leg muscle before getting back on your wheel, squats are the perfect exercise for this, persistence and you will soon be rolling, pain is nothing more than the natural response of the corp and reminds you that you are alive, so take heart.
You go Marty ! I agree about the bike. A stationary bike would also be good. I've been riding my mountain bike more lately so I can ride my analog unicycles more.
Don't give up hope you'll be back on that Sherman and before you know it, and all of this will just be another chapter in your epic journey.
Welcome back Marty! Take it one day at a time. I went through the same thing a couple years ago.
WTG Marty, good to see your back to riding already. Don’t push yourself too hard.
All the best Marty on the heal-up ... you'll know when the time is right.
Man Marty love to see back on a wheel .I dont know Marty .I think a E-Bike for next months ride wouldn't be a bad idea man .We wouldn't care your Wheel Father. Hope you feel better buddy ❤
I felt a little nervous for you, when you said you were going for a ride. I broke my ankle several years a go, from a motor cycle accident. It took me about 6 months to fully recover. Wish you all the best, Marty
Wow. 6-months! I guess that's still not too bad though.
I had an accident the same day you did. Broke my foot and the opposite wrist. I'm glad to see your recuperation coming along; it pushes me forward. I miss my v11...
Wow. Too many people breaking bones. How is your recovery going at this point?
@@ElectricUnicycles I just started waking yesterday. The broken wrist being the opposite side to the broken foot has made it harder for me to help myself with a cane or a crutch. My therapist has been tremendous help figuring out how to avoid training unhelpful movements.
Thanks for asking!
@sebas11tian That's good to hear. As I type this, 1-1/2 weeks since filming the video, I can now walk slowly, unassisted in my regular walking shoes. So hang in there - more progress is right around the corner
Good luck with your recovery, mate. I broke my wrist falling off my OneWheel and am on the same journey, although not as far along as you.
Good call to not go on the big ride. Rest up an be well!
Good job Marty! Glad your back on it with baby steps. Suggestions, take Aleve before riding and the compression sock helps try and wrap your ankle area with plastic food wrap and use spam or wd40 to reduce the friction while you put your right foot in the boot and while you ride. It’s mostly mental from this point on and how much you can endure pain.👍🏼
Thanks Victor. Not sure about WD40 in my boot though 😁
little by little every day boss! You will be back in the game when your body is ready!
Wow that was incredible, I cant imagine how hard mentally it must of been to start even putting weight on your ankle after not being able to use it for months, and yet you went even beyond and tried to ride a bit!
I can only wish you a speedy recovery and hope in the future you will be back riding with others, godspeed Marty!
FYI @ElectricUnicycles Marty, just so you're aware. These look to be street boots which offer better protection than your typical boot but not as much as an Enduro style boot. The enduro boots are the boots of choice for adventure bike riders going offroad and have 4 locking straps that go up to the top of the boot. They offer the most protection and can help to prevent leg breaks when adv riders drop their 600+ pound R1250 GS on their legs. Happy to see you get back at it!
Thanks. These aren't street boots but yeah, I need to find something like motocross boots.
Get better Marty. You’ll get it Brotha.
Glad to see you inching back into the swing of things! Youll never forget how to ride, winter usually forces me to wait 4 months between rides. Hope you heal quickly so you can fully ride again!
Ugh, winter 😁 it's almost like you get an injury every year 🙂 Thanks 🙏
Go go go Marty! So inspirational 😯😯😯🙏👍
The Marty we want is Backe. Very good video. I actually watched it twice. I have seen you posted a second part too, and we are eager to see it. Kudos from the other side of the world.
Slow and steady wins the race, all in good time. Very wise. However things are obviously improving, which has got to be good.
I’m glad to at least see you on a wheel, even though it’s just baby steps at least it’s a start 👍🏼
You are a brave man, Marty!
I think it's more your injury than muscle memory/balance. I was initially a slow learner when I started and after a 2 yrs of an EUC hiatus I got back on without a balance issue and you have far far far more experience than me. As you said, keep pushing it.
Cheers
Thanks Patrick
Been there. Broken heel. You really need some PT to work out the atrophy in your leg. Youll get there. The harder you try in therapy, the quicker it will be. Good luck 👍
Thanks
Hello Marty, I wish you a lot of strength and endurance👍
Hope you feel better. I recommend buying a wooden balance board to play around with.
Progress is progress 🙂 Excellent 👍
Good luck! I know it’s tough, but don’t push it. I broke my collarbone and used to sneak out when my wife was away to go for a ride!! She ultimately caught me and now I have no wheels!
LOL
Happy to see you are getting better. Definitely get some practice in before pushing yourself.
Don’t push your luck mate. Take your time… it will come.
It took me 4 years after busting my ankle before I could ride again.
4 years? Wow! You must have had a really bad injury?
@@ElectricUnicycles yeah, I damaged a tendon in my ankle. It took 2 years before I could walk a mile. Tendons take forever to heal and are never quite the same again.
@@nealchambers2306 wow 😔
11:49 Fly my master👍🏻💖.
awesome!! good to see progress. stay strong 🤙
Dang bud, 2 mths in a cast would drive me nuttttsssss! Bet wifey says .. if ya fk up again, you're on ya own 😁. All in jest ofcos so get well soonest. Hope to see you riding the Extreme. I wouldnt care bout the bad press as you dont go fast nuff to worry bout it 🤣
Better safe than sorry.👍
I know you can’t wait just be patient you can do it
You're going to need a higher seat. It's compressing your ankle. Or get wider pedals. After my ankle injury I rode bikes for a while until I felt better and went back to EUCs
Good on ya mate ✊️✊️
Great job Marty... I reckon just wear the medical boot on your bad leg and the bike boot on the good leg... the bike boot on your bad leg will give you pain and your leg will try to be the same shape as the bike boot... risky... Don't worry about sitting, just stand and use your good leg to steer and the bad leg for support. Plenty of people ride with a real leg and a prosthetic leg... you can do it, just ride... but do it without obstacles like brick gardens and vehicles around. You are doing great mate! Greetings from down under
Riding with a prosthetic leg is probably a lot easier that a real leg that's in pain.
@@ElectricUnicycles I reckon just try riding carefully with the walking boot and bike boot on your good foot and see how you go... not on long, complicated rides, but just locally to keep your eye in haha
Hey Marti, i think you should spend another month rehabilitating that leg and ankle before touching an EUC. You ride well, but it's the moments you dont think of you need to worry about.
Reflex corrections.
Unplanned dismounts.
Etc. Slow bro.
Haha, I bet your wife was real excited!
Good luck mate.....
Take your time we don't want u to get hurt again
Putting stress for more than a few minutes right now will vastly increase the chance of tendonitis. No rush. Increase the riding time gradually every day and soon you'll be ready for long rides.
Welcome back brother!!
Your doing great regrowing the muscles and reflexes takes a bit but always faster then when you first learn them at least it’s like when your prestige in a video game lol
Wait more Marty. Don't push too much. It's not right time to ride wheel. Bicycle it's a solution for your legs now... never give up but I suggest more time to recover your healt.
It sucks that it's your right foot. When I saw your wheel start to steer/twist right I was feeling your pain and helplessness. You claimed that your bones snapped on the A2 because of the twisting and not the impact with the asphalt so I can only imagine what it's like to stand on an EUC with the one gimpy leg. K6 time ... you know you have to now!
I'm currently 2 weeks post op. 5 weeks post injury. I can't wait to walk but I'm worried about the pain. I even had a dream that I could walk
I stopped riding for a couple weeks due to an unrelated back injury and my leatts didn't fit anymore :(
We'll be back up to 100% soon!
Good stuff my friend! Lets see weekly ride attempt vids. Will be cool to log your improvements, and great for us to cheer you on~💪🙏💚🧙♂️🕉️👽
Thanks Rama!
Hi Marty, I have mixed emotions watching this. While I am happy that you are able to be more mobile with that boot, I was cringing when you were putting on the motorcycle boots because of the chance of re-injuring your ankle just by putting on the boots. I know riding was and is such a big part of your life and you want to jump right back on but you've got to give it more time. I mentioned before I'm going through a similar thing with my knee and haven't been able to ride in 6 months and in a few hours I'm going for an MRI because it just isn't healing on its own and I'm probably going to end up needing meniscus surgery. But I've accepted it and didn't try to push myself to get back on a wheel because it would hurt me even more and take even longer to recover. When I was younger I used to be a long distance runner, as in marathons, and it taught me patience. If you don't wait and give your body enough chance to recover you're going to hurt yourself more and it's going to take even longer to recover which is going against what you're trying to achieve in the first place. What has helped me some what is I bought an electric bike that has a throttle as well and I've been able to pedal a little bit until it hurts and then I use the throttle to go the rest of the way. It's not as fun as an euc but it's a way for you to get out and about on electric without re-injuring yourself. You would be able to ride it with the walking boot it looks like. Another thing I've done during the six months since, I bought a plug-in hybrid SUV so that way I still am involved in riding on electric and it's opened up a whole new world for me of interest. So what I am saying is, I think you should just enjoy life right now, I know it's a whole different world not riding that's a big part of your life, but you could still be involved in electric riding with a bike and/or with a vehicle. I used to ride so much, it's almost like I had to learn to walk again but it in and of itself has opened up a whole new world of things to do and see and experience while I'm recovering and I'm sure the same for you too. Just keep listening to the doctor don't push your boot too hard and you'll get better soon enough. The good thing is we both live in states where we could ride all year round so you'll be back up soon enough and you're not going to miss much.
Wise words Mike. And sorry to hear about your knee 😔 I am tempted to get a bike to help with the recovery. At this point I'm letting my body tell me, through pain or lack of pain, what I can do.
I'm making progress.
Welcome back Marty
Thanks 🙂
Рад выздоровлению, Марти! Пожалуйста будьте осторожны (я понимаю что вы осторожны, но невозможно это не сказать). И еще, вы уверены что колесо без подвески правильный выбор? У него ведь больше вибраций и ударов от дороги.. Скорейшего восстановления!
Thank you!
There isn't much ankle movement aside from mounting and dismounting. Steering the wheel is done in the hips. (when riding seated)
Turns out there actually is a lot of ankle movement. It's just much more subtle so you don't notice it until you have a broken ankle 🙂
@@ElectricUnicycles Well, a few people can ride without their leg touching the wheel. Then it's just gravity affecting your ankle at that point. Then you got the people putting lawn chairs on one wheels further demonstrating how lazy a person can be while balancing it. It's all theoretical for me. I never broke a bone before and everyone has a slightly different style of riding. I feel safer riding seated, but less visible to other traffic. Where as when I tried riding seated the first time, it was scary. I've never caught onto high speed backwards riding. What's comfortable to do on a wheel is mostly in the mind.
Way to get back on.
go Marty go.................!
Rubb some Chinese tiger balm on it.The red extra stenght one ;)
have you considered using the ultra wide pedals that came with your commander 100v, or riding the commander 100v instead?
No, not yet. And I sold my Commander about 4 months ago
try to ride mechanical bicycle.
Slower but similiar fun to euc, and significantly more benefits for condition, endurance, health. And so much safer than euc.
Perhaps taking off and stopping seated?
Be careful dude, stuff doesn't heal up that well the second time. I know from experience
😞
Don't push it buddy, if you would accidentally injure it and retard your progress further it would not be worth it. Get some PT and then see how it feels
it's definitely not a good idea to ride any euc now because it's too early. it's better to let your ankle to recover more.
Your surgeon approves...he wants to buy another boat 😉 JK... happy healing!
Take those pads off and set off seated. Stop seated as well. 😊
From past experience stopping while seated can have its issues with pressure on the foot. I need to be sure that I'm gentle with the foot
@@ElectricUnicycles Ahh ok, I see. It's got to be better than putting your body weight on one leg though.
It was a good idea to use the high seated wheel. Good thinking.
If I were you I'd avoid using studded pedals. Try just grip taped ones. That won't risk your foot getting caught when you have little mobility. Sure it's less durable over time but seeing as you just need it for a few weeks, it shouldn't be a problem. The largest flat pedals are the Nikola ones I believe. Perhaps the Tesla V2+V3 as well, not sure. Avoid the msx ones.
One mod I did on my original gotway pedals was to move the pedals forward a smidge by changing the spacers on the pedal rod. I got like 8.5mm and 1.5mm instead of 5+5. It helps to not hang over the edge with your toes. I found that heavy duty electrical crimping sleeves (for joining wires) are aluminum and about the same size. ID 8.3mm will work. Cut four of those.
Don't risk it. Forget about the ride. Just saying. You'll have enough time for that...
Ya motorcycle boits dont fit euc riding. We need to make gear dedicated to euc riding. I use tcx but ya you cant really run in it. Need a sneaker with ankle protection with a different tread.
Helmet?
LOL
How old are you Marty?
63
Take it easy man… slow and steady. A 90 mile ride doesn’t sound realistic at this point. Maybe a 90 foot ride will be okay and then a 900 foot ride, etc.
😁, you're right of course. 90-feet would have been a better goal. I had dreams though 🙂
@@ElectricUnicycles … It’s good to see that you’re anxious to ride again. Cheers
perhaps practicing mounting on your other leg
Thanks. Yeah, I can mount great with either foot. At this point it's the pain and reduced mobility which is hindering me
When you fall off the horse… get back on!
Sorry Marty, gotta side with the wifey on this one. Riding is not part of the PT program at this time.
I think you may want to do some weight training.
All in good time
No reason to wear a helmet, you clearly have lost your mind.
Yes, a helmet in a driveway is essential gear LOL
@@ElectricUnicyclesWell, I still think you've lost your mind. Give your bones a chance to heal brother or you wont be riding till next year let alone next month.
You should start working out a bit after you recover, it will probably improve your riding and falls. Wish you a speedy recovery
Yes, as soon as practical. Thanks 🙏