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Sunday 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 and
By Debbie Bishop, THOMPSON’S STATION, TENNESSEE
Wings of Hope