Scott Severin will get on his bike once again as he continues his rehabilitation from a horrific triple leg break.
The former Scotland star suffered the injury in a 50-50 challenge with St Mirren’s Jim Goodwin in August. Severin finally returned to the first-team fold earlier this week and is now walking without his crutches.
Last season he battled through a lengthy recuperation after an ankle injury, so he knows some of the cycling routes around United’s St Andrews training base like the back of his hand.
He said: “I saw the surgeon last month and he was happy with the way my leg was healing.
“Our physio hopes to see a big improvement in the next four weeks and he is wanting me to get a bit more walking done without the crutches.
“It is also great to be back in with the lads but it is not good being on that bike in the gym though. Hopefully, in the next couple of weeks, I will be back on my own bike doing my tour of St Andrews again.
“I’ll be getting my helmet and high-vis jacket on and away on my winter treks again. It’s hard but at least it gets you out and about and saves you from working in a gym staring at four walls. I will also be in the pool building up the muscles.”
Severin’s desire to look forward is understandable as there were fears when he suffered the injury that it could bring an end to his career.
He added: “Initially, I thought it was just a dead leg but when I tried to get up and put weight on it, I knew something wasn’t right.
“After my op, I was all over the place in the first three or four weeks or so as I was still on painkillers.
“All I wanted to do was sleep but I am back to normal now.
“Before I was sitting on the couch with the kids jumping around me but now I can do stuff with them. I also think my wife Andrea had seen enough of me lying there with the remote glued to my hand.”