6 months after breaking my ankle...

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  • sasawhite
    sasawhite Posts: 6 Member
    Hi all I broke my fibula on my left leg going into 4 weeks now I was in a cast for 3 weeks and now I'm wearing a boot doc said no weight bearing.. I've been limping around the house but using my crutches when I have to go out... Its so frustrating because I'm an active runner and this has changed a lot for me...

    I recent started the gym only doing upper body.. The pain has since subside a bit in my leg but I get a bit on waking up in the mornings and sometimes at night when I'm sleeping..... Even though my doctor said no weight bearing is it a bad thing with me limping around? ... My right leg which is the mobile one has been through a lot hoping around has been hard on it, and now I'm experiencing a tightness/soreness in my hip and lower back I feel as if the muscles is over use.. Has this been happening to anyone!
  • Owlie45
    Owlie45 Posts: 806 Member
    Jones fracture here, tomorrow will be 3 months. Was pissed off and not paying attention and ended up kicking a curb that was slightly taller than normal. So pissed that I felt no pain for 10 minutes. Then as fast as I could drove to the hospital. Xrays showed it was Broke all the way through. Thankfully I felt no pain unless I was stepping on it.
    Spent 2.5 weeks in a splint.
    Then no weight in a boot for a month.
    Then weight with crutches.
    Then more weight and start to lose the crutches.
    It's been about a week and a half since I got to take off the boot. And I'm already back at work. Unless I step on something the pain only feels like I have walked several miles on that foot. Compression socks help.
  • nashvillenellie
    nashvillenellie Posts: 75 Member
    I broke my ankle and shin bone after falling 12 foot from a ladder. My leg got hung in a rung on the way down. It was a very bad injury but I am lucky I did not break my neck. Somehow I managed to throw my self and land on my shoulder verses my head. My foot was pointing totally backwards when it was all said and done. I had bones sticking out everywhere. I was down for the count for a long time. I had 2 casts and had to wear a brace for a long time. I have enough metal in my leg to set off a metal detector 2 miles away. PT helped me some but I have a permanent limp and sometimes it really is very tough just walking. I let the pain take over and gained so much weight because it hurt to exercise. However, after losing 50 pounds since the first of the year I am going at it wide open at the gym. My leg still hurts but it hurts a lot less since the weight is coming off. I would love to run again, but that is really doubtful. Like I said, I thank God I did not break my neck and I am thankful I can walk, even if it is with a limp.

    I wish you a full recovery and for it to be pain free.
  • astartig
    astartig Posts: 549 Member
    I broke two bones in my ankle about five years ago. It took a year before I was pretty much normal again. my hardware developed a bursa this year and I had to have the hardware out.. it's the first time in five years I feel pretty much pre break..

    break your ankle is serious business.

    I broke mine golfing in late winter early spring. I slide down an icy incline looking for my ball. I haven't been able to golf again since.
  • midsummermadness35
    midsummermadness35 Posts: 12
    I fell off a ladder and shattered my ankle took me 3 years of being on crutches physiotherapy hydrotherapy and numerous operations the last one being ankle fusion it still hurts every day I just feel lucky I can still walk
  • jamiez33
    jamiez33 Posts: 1
    Broke my left ankle - lateral malleolus (end of the fibula bone) back in March by rolling my ankle on the bosu ball at the gym. Had a severe sprain, dislocated ligament and broken bone. After having to change doctors due to improper diagnosis, ended up having surgery in June...had to have the bone scraped/cleaned, and fused with a plate and 4 screws and reattachment of the ligament. Have been out of the walking boot for about a month now and just finished PT of about 8 weeks (had tendonitis due to lack of ROM for so long). Just now getting back to a "normal" routine (walking without limping or pain) as well as going to the gym and attempting to run again after being in and out of casts and boots and splints and non-weight bearing with crutches since March. I have days where I feel great and others where I can't believe the throbbing pain in my knee and hip, as well as ankle, on my injured side.

    I am 31 and am fairly active, running/kickboxing/lifting before the injury, but I think I am just as shocked as the rest of you to learn how long recovery takes to even feel slightly normal again. I'm hoping that with time the pains will subside but for now everyday is a hurdle. Still debating if I should get the hardware taken out but I don't think I could go through all of that again, especially the recovery time. But I don't know that I can live with the strange feeling of my ankle not being my ankle. Any suggestions on that would be great as I will have to decide if I want the removal before you know it.

    Thanks! And I hope everyone is recovering :flowerforyou:

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