Fitness Broken Ankle Recovery

Broken Ankle Recovery

So I broke my ankle long ago in February (playing hockey and crashed into the boards and folded my ankle over) and now I've been given the green light by the ortho to begin walking again. Well I have little muscle on/around my ankle and quads. So everytime I take a step, well I can't. So I've been using the crutch walk method which helps but is kinda frustrating, since I'm getting sick of my crutches. I am going to PT as well.

So for those of you who have broken legs/ankles, how did y'all get your range of mobility back and get to walking again?


side note: I have 7 screws (1 floating) and a plate as seen in my avatar.

Been in your shoes before. Full ankle replacement, long story.

What I did was working with the crutch walk, which I agree is annoying, but I started with 2 crutches, then 1 then a cane, then nothing all of this was done with the help of PT and home PT. It took me close to 2 yrs to get my movement back fully, but within 6-8 months I was down to 1 crutch walking. Mind you I am a somewhat quick healer.

Stick with the PT man they know what they are doing.

gah, that has to suck horribly........

get well soon man :-/

I tore an ACL and fractured my patella. Couldn't even poop right!

Like rolla02 said, takes patience. At days my heel hurt so bad that i though i was getting a stress fracture on it. Give it a work out but don't force it. I feel like my PT actually hurt my knee more than it helped.

Day by day train it, no junk food, and eat foods with plenty of calcium. I ate cabbage everyday and when my surgery date came, the doctor reconsidered after retaking an x-ray just two weeks later.

were u in the car when atomicaz crashed his car? lol jks. hope you get well soon. or soonish.

do you wear your boot loose and was this ice or roller? curious how you folded an ankle.

It was ice hockey. Which boot are your talking about the hockey boot or walking boot? I've learned to suck it up, apparently I was crutch walking (1 crutch) the wrong way, had the crutch under the left shoulder instead of the right one. Stupid me. Now walking is a lot easier.

E: They're staying in and not coming out.

Atomicaz really tried to run me over, but my ankle bashed up his car pretty good.

told ya you shouldn't have imitated the chuck

i am talking about the hockey boot. i've played hockey for a little over 15 years and never heard of that happening especially in ice hockey. was just thinking maybe the boots were too loose because in roller i had friends tweak their ankle if the wheels grip too much and it was unexpected.

It was pretty tight, i wear the shins over the tongue to add protection and more stability. They were RBK 9ks. Earlier this week a guy broke his tibia/fibula and his ankle was just flopping around in the boot.

are these beginners? worst i've seen is broken wrists and stitches in the face.

Nope, not beginners. He got checked from behind (in a no check league) and ended up baseball sliding into the boards...not a good way to go into them. Granted the guy who broke his leg is a showboat and doesn't pass and yells at everyone else when they mess up.

E: I've got a 2nd opinion from my sis who is also a doc and the ortho I'm seeing is the Atlanta Hawks team ortho.

iKon: there's been a rash of injuries in the leagues the last couple of months. The last 7 seasons (3.5 yrs) there was nothing major execpt for a guy who broke his leg in a AAA game.

Well I'm back walking around sans crutches for the most part. Still need them on the stairs though.

As for the plate, I had a left distal fibula fracture with a partially torn ligament.