Ciara Greene

flashbacks to that experience since and then after all that it didn't work they tried to set my leg and they put it in plaster but it didn't work so then they said actually after all that we need to do surgery anyway I'm assuming there must have been a very lengthy period of rehab after this much work on your leg Ciara Yeah, so I mean, I couldn't walk at all for several months.

flashbacks to that experience since and then after all that it didn't work they tried to set my leg and they put it in plaster but it didn't work so then they said actually after all that we need to do surgery anyway I'm assuming there must have been a very lengthy period of rehab after this much work on your leg Ciara Yeah, so I mean, I couldn't walk at all for several months.

I was on crutches then afterwards for six months and there was very extensive physiotherapy and rehab and so on. It's three years later now and I do still have pain in my leg. You know, it's much, much better and I don't limp anymore. Mostly I can walk fine. But I used to dance and I used to do things that I can't do anymore. So, you know, it has had a lot of knock-on consequences in my life.

I was on crutches then afterwards for six months and there was very extensive physiotherapy and rehab and so on. It's three years later now and I do still have pain in my leg. You know, it's much, much better and I don't limp anymore. Mostly I can walk fine. But I used to dance and I used to do things that I can't do anymore. So, you know, it has had a lot of knock-on consequences in my life.

I was on crutches then afterwards for six months and there was very extensive physiotherapy and rehab and so on. It's three years later now and I do still have pain in my leg. You know, it's much, much better and I don't limp anymore. Mostly I can walk fine. But I used to dance and I used to do things that I can't do anymore. So, you know, it has had a lot of knock-on consequences in my life.

More than I think, I think previously I would have used the expression, you know, somebody breaking a leg. Oh, you might break a leg. And you think it's, you know, unpleasant, but not a huge deal. But it was quite life-altering in a lot of ways.

More than I think, I think previously I would have used the expression, you know, somebody breaking a leg. Oh, you might break a leg. And you think it's, you know, unpleasant, but not a huge deal. But it was quite life-altering in a lot of ways.

More than I think, I think previously I would have used the expression, you know, somebody breaking a leg. Oh, you might break a leg. And you think it's, you know, unpleasant, but not a huge deal. But it was quite life-altering in a lot of ways.

Yeah, so definitely the memories have stayed with me. I'll find myself kind of repeatedly thinking about parts of it. In terms of getting back on a bike, well, of course, I couldn't for a long time because physically I was totally unable to. I was in a wheelchair for a while and then I had you know, crutches for a long time.

Yeah, so definitely the memories have stayed with me. I'll find myself kind of repeatedly thinking about parts of it. In terms of getting back on a bike, well, of course, I couldn't for a long time because physically I was totally unable to. I was in a wheelchair for a while and then I had you know, crutches for a long time.

Yeah, so definitely the memories have stayed with me. I'll find myself kind of repeatedly thinking about parts of it. In terms of getting back on a bike, well, of course, I couldn't for a long time because physically I was totally unable to. I was in a wheelchair for a while and then I had you know, crutches for a long time.

And, you know, but then maybe six, seven months after the accident, I did get back on the bike. I just said, right, I'll do a short cycle from my house down to my parents' house, which is not, you know, maybe a few miles. It's not very far. And I did it and I was proud that I did it, but my heart was going... I just going like the clappers the whole time.

And, you know, but then maybe six, seven months after the accident, I did get back on the bike. I just said, right, I'll do a short cycle from my house down to my parents' house, which is not, you know, maybe a few miles. It's not very far. And I did it and I was proud that I did it, but my heart was going... I just going like the clappers the whole time.

And, you know, but then maybe six, seven months after the accident, I did get back on the bike. I just said, right, I'll do a short cycle from my house down to my parents' house, which is not, you know, maybe a few miles. It's not very far. And I did it and I was proud that I did it, but my heart was going... I just going like the clappers the whole time.

And I found that I couldn't release my, I had this death grip on the handlebars and I couldn't release my hands from the handlebars enough to turn right. So of course we drive in Ireland on the left-hand side of the road. So turning left is easy enough. You just stay on the side you are. Turning right involves crossing over the road. You have to indicate.

And I found that I couldn't release my, I had this death grip on the handlebars and I couldn't release my hands from the handlebars enough to turn right. So of course we drive in Ireland on the left-hand side of the road. So turning left is easy enough. You just stay on the side you are. Turning right involves crossing over the road. You have to indicate.

And I found that I couldn't release my, I had this death grip on the handlebars and I couldn't release my hands from the handlebars enough to turn right. So of course we drive in Ireland on the left-hand side of the road. So turning left is easy enough. You just stay on the side you are. Turning right involves crossing over the road. You have to indicate.

So I did it to prove to myself that I could do it. But it was such an anxiety provoking experience that I couldn't. I feel there is a thing with a lot of activities like cycling where you need to have a sort of illusion of invulnerability in order to do it. And that illusion was completely shattered. But I knew how vulnerable I was. And there was no getting around that.

So I did it to prove to myself that I could do it. But it was such an anxiety provoking experience that I couldn't. I feel there is a thing with a lot of activities like cycling where you need to have a sort of illusion of invulnerability in order to do it. And that illusion was completely shattered. But I knew how vulnerable I was. And there was no getting around that.

So I did it to prove to myself that I could do it. But it was such an anxiety provoking experience that I couldn't. I feel there is a thing with a lot of activities like cycling where you need to have a sort of illusion of invulnerability in order to do it. And that illusion was completely shattered. But I knew how vulnerable I was. And there was no getting around that.