Fractured ankle

For me this was all about adjusting my intake (eating) to meet my new activity levels (pretty sedentary). Again, in my approach, I chose to eat at maintenance so that my body could heal all the stuff for the first 6 weeks or so.

The chair itself (if fully manual) can work your upper body quite reasonably (as soon as it's safe for you to do so). Work at traveling some distance where you begin to fatigue, and focus on increasing that distance each time you're out (like 3-4 times a week, or more if you're up to it). Pressing your bodyweight to get into and out of the chair can be a lightly loaded "captains-chair" sort of affair (I used to set the arms on mine fairly high, then work the presses over a larger range of motion). Floor work may not be an option if your ankle is not well stabilized, but again - as you're cleared for some effort, look at some of the body-weight floor work where your ankle is neither loaded nor required for stabilization (movements done on your back will likely be first to be permitted). Since the pushing (chair and lifting from the chair) seemed imbalanced to me, I added in some adjustable barbell work as well - overhead presses, lateral raises, curls (bicep and triceps), and bench presses.

Again - this was just my approach, and my personal and primary goal was to focus on the healing, so eating well and at maintenance calorie levels were key -- Adding in the upper body items turned out to be a nice bonus and made my time much more 'livable', since the work allowed me to be a bit more independent and better able to address my needs as I healed.

Again, only my thoughts, but focus on healing for a few weeks (like 6 or 7 weeks) and then you can get back to some level of activity as you get up outta that chair.

@sarabushby said it: water is your best friend. And, you may have to wait a bit if you have broken skin and bandages, but after that, you are good to go!

I got back in the pool when I cracked up my knee a while back, and I've parlayed it into becoming a full-blown swimmer. I swam for a solid hour today, in fact, and man, I feel fantastic!

(I also rented kayaks from a nice place that helped me in and out. I also did upper body and core workouts using the machines at the gym --all seated).

Best healing wishes!

If you go to Youtube and search "chair Zumba," there are quite a lot of videos. Depending on your fitness level, they may be pretty easy, but I thought they were much better than nothing! You could also put a light dumb bell in each hand, or something similar. I did a lot of these with a broken foot when I wanted to boost my cardio a bit, in addition to strength work that I was able to do.

I wasn't able to swim because my cast wasn't waterproof and even though it was removable, my foot flopped around too much in the water and I couldn't figure out a way to stabilize it.

Do hill drills in the chair. You'll get a great cardio and upper body training session.