I shattered my patella (knee cap) in a freak skiing accident at the end of December. My knee smashed into a tree while skiing in the trees in Montana. I had ORIF surgery with a plate and a bunch of screws put in, fortunately at the top orthopedic hospital in NYC. It was a rough start to the year, but I've now regained range of motion with lots of PT and have been putting in a lot of time on my bike trainer which I've felt good improvements from.

My injured leg completely atrophied, since I literally could not contract my quad for about 5 weeks (the day it finally kicked in was magical). I have the PowerTap P1 pedals, and prior to my injury my left/right balance was always around 50/50. I've been back on my trainer for about 5 weeks now, when I first started it was like 80/20 balance, and now I'm right around 60/40, but I feel myself plateauing here. I also feel like I'm furthering the leg imbalance since I'm disproportionally strengthening my good leg.

* Anyone have suggestions for building my injured leg back up? I've been doing single leg drills. Does it just take time and over time it will even back out? I know it doesn't need to be 50/50 perfectly, but 60/40 feels quite imbalanced.
* Anyone dealt with a similar injury and have tips for returning to tri? Cycling has been great rehab but I'm a bit nervous about returning to running. My doc is cautiously optimistic that I can make a full comeback, just will take time (1 year +).

Thanks all!