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The 215-mile Lisfranc recovery test
Overcome Injury G.R. Stahl Overcome Injury G.R. Stahl

The 215-mile Lisfranc recovery test

When I tore my Lisfranc ligament June 2 and needed reconstructive surgery, I expressed to my doctor that I wanted to participate in a 215-mile, 20,000-vertical-foot, hut-to-hut backcountry mountain bike ride from Telluride, Colorado to Moab, Utah three months later. “That’s not definitely out of the question,” she’d said. Her initial optimism was all I needed to keep the ride on my autumn to-do list.

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Learning about the scary, life-altering potential of a Lisfranc fracture
Overcome Injury G.R. Stahl Overcome Injury G.R. Stahl

Learning about the scary, life-altering potential of a Lisfranc fracture

On June 2, 2018, I over rotated while doing a front flip on a trampoline and sustained a moderate Lisfranc fracture that merited open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) surgery. This is the story of my journey from injury to recovery: how I planned, what I learned, and how I stayed motivated to overcome this potentially debilitating foot fracture.

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