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Maintaining Your Sanity
During a Pandemic:

As Easy as Riding a Bike
By Jay M. Kurtz, Esquire

T

his is a story of how I mentally survived and
physically thrived during quarantine. This is a tale of
a rekindled affair with cycling.

My New Year's Resolutions for 2020 did not include riding
a bicycle at all. I had not been able to ride a bike for nearly
five years. A bad car accident in February 2016 had left me
with debilitating, lingering lower-back pain that absolutely
prevented me from sitting on a bike for more than a few
moments. I lamented in pleadings and testimony following
the accident that I was worried I'd never get to ride a bike
again.
For me, quarantine really began after work on Friday,
March 13, 2020. That was the last time I'd be in the
courthouse with any sort of regularity before September.
Working from home was a big adjustment. Like many others,
I began looking for ways to get outside.
I began taking regular walks around my neighborhood
- three cul de sacs and a horseshoe. The entire circuit is 1.3
miles. Walking was a great way to get out of the house, and the
movement helped loosen my back when it started aching from
sitting in front of the computer. In short order, I was taking
multiple walks a day, routinely totaling seven to ten miles by
sundown.
Walking was not getting me anywhere quickly, and I was
growing bored with the neighborhood circuit. At this point,
more than four years had passed since the accident. I had
been doing what I could to protect and strengthen my back
from physical therapy to routine chiropractic care. Even still,
running was out of the question because it presented too much
impact for my back and pain almost instantly.
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