Hong Kong Adventures, Ankles, & Active Recovery
Anyone who’s spoken to me in the last 4 years likely knows that I have quite a serious chronic ankle injury. I fell while on a work trip in Rajasthan in 2019, and torn ligaments unfortunately never fully heal. As an aspirationally active person, it’s something I think about every day. Since moving to Hong Kong, I’ve made remarkable progress on the injury because, to be honest, there’s been no other choice! Streets here are steep as staircases and walking is the mode of transit that makes the most sense for the majority of routes. At the end of grad school last June, I struggled with walking more than a mile a day, and now, I can walk 6 miles in a day once or twice a week with ease! My overall fitness level (cardio) is much higher, and I’ve built routines that allow me to strengthen, push, grow, and recover. My physiotherapist and I have a weekly rhythm for this, where my exercises progress each week (I’m now doing single-leg squats and lifting weights while standing on one leg 3x a we