[rodary]

> how did you know to disregard the doctor 's instructions

My background (Russian). Don't trust western approach to solve problems with pills etc. End up talking to (usually) Soviet-trained doctors who can't practice here in the west. The advice makes sense so I follow it believing they know what they're talking about. It's always about the cause, not the symptom. This sort of thing.

> How did you limit yourself during your riding and other resistance work

By feel. Biking is a second nature to me. Femur neck wasn't the only bone I broke. More plates too.

> How long was the recovery period after every session?

First few, felt a bit fucked but I think it was both being out of shape and one leg's muscles sleeping for 4 weeks. So the usual, sit for 5-10 min, back on the crutches, off to the shower and the life goes on.

[lnsru]

Best Soviet doctors! Poor guys working without any equipment to get perfect results. Sure good way for easy cases, bud hard cases are cripples afterwards. Or badly healed bones are separated with chisel and then comes next try… been there, saw that. Thanks but no, I’ll take a western medicine with all the screws and plates. Despite screws and plates being much easier to work with, every sane doctor will try without them at first even for moderately hard cases.

[Fnoord]

Is this survivorship bias?

[lnsru]

I just searched around and it’s accurate and worthy reading by user called Minardi-Man: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/73aiiu/what_...

The chisel part happened to my classmate. I rather take western medical titanium screws than second attempt to fix the hand old school.

[selfmodruntime]

Yes.

[sim7c00]

you are not wrong, shattered leg, waited too long, can't do shit now. never healed properly. should have listened to my body rather than my doctors. fucking sucks.

[grumpy-de-sre]

The story of Valentin Dikul is a great read for anyone interested in the importance of physical rehab, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Dikul