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PHOTOSCOURTESY^ TIMBISHOPSunday af ternoon, August
17, in Sioux City, Iowa, 2,296 miles
into our cross-country bike tour,
my husband, Tim, and I had to stop.
My lower right leg was killing me.
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distance bike trip. I’d ridden through
pain before. But not pain like this.
My calf was swollen and throbbing.I made an appointment with an
orthopedist for first thing Tuesday
morning, hoping Tim and I could
check out of our hotel and be on
our way right after that.
No such luck. The doctor diag-
nosed chronic compartment syn-
drome, an exercise-induced muscle
condition. The treatment? Rest andBy Debbie Bishop, THOMPSON’S STATION, TENNESSEEWings of Hope