At 33 mph on a downhill descent, you have about a split second before impact.
On a Saturday morning bike ride, I was in the middle of an intersection when a truck turned left directly into my left lower leg. The impact launched me across the asphalt, leaving me in shock with a compound fracture—both my tibia and fibula snapped, the framework of my lower leg completely destroyed.
One emergency surgery, a metal rod, and a sleepless hospital night later, I was rolled out the doors with a pair of crutches, a heavy plaster cast, and a two-page generic discharge packet.
That violent bike accident nearly ended my athletic life. But the most maddening part of the ordeal wasn’t the impact, the surgery, or even watching my leg wither from muscle atrophy on the couch.
It was what happened eight weeks later when the medical system told me I was "fine."
My surgeon looked at my scans, smiled, and said, "The X-ray looks good. Start putting ‘lightweight’ through it."
What does lightweight even mean?
I went home, put my foot on the floor, and was hit with a searing, blinding pain shooting straight up my leg. For the next two months, I was trapped in a cycle of massive ankle swelling and limping through agonizing mornings.
The traditional system did what it does best: it surgically patched the fracture, billed my insurance, and washed its hands of the functional reality. There was zero guidance on joint mechanics, no discussion of how to safely reload tissue, and no plan to fix the fact that my ankle had locked into a rigid block.
By leveraging my background in physical therapy, I took charge of my own recovery—breaking the cycle of reinjury, restoring joint function, and returning to running and cycling.
Most people going through an injury or surgery don't have that clinical background. They get stuck in the exact same medical assembly line—given vague advice, rushed through 10-minute checkups, and left wondering why they're still in pain months down the road.
That crash taught me something the standard medical model frequently overlooks: being medically cleared is not the same as being functionally restored.
Most active adults get stuck in limbo after an injury. Your doctor says your tissues have healed, yet your knee still aches on stairs, your shoulder pinches during overhead lifts, or your ankle refuses to tolerate a three-mile run.
Living through that assembly-line care is why MoveWell PT exists.
My goal isn’t simply to get you out of acute pain—it’s to restore joint mechanics, build real tissue resilience, and bridge the gap back to peak performance. Whether you’re working through a severe fracture, an acute sports injury, or persistent muscle and joint aches that won’t quit, you don’t have to guess your way through recovery.
Let’s build a rehab plan that matches the demands of your life and training.
