Broken foot 3 months after ORIF for trimalleolar fracture

Oh no, that is absolutely awful...so so sorry to hear this.

I will send positive thoughts your way that there is no new break or damage.  

I'm still struggling to be fully weight bearing and I'm finding there is bruising on the inside of my ankle just under the scar.  I think maybe I've done too much and have eased off a bit on the amount of pressure on my foot and see if that helps the cause.  

Hang in there best you can, and let us know how you make out.

Take care,

Deb

kbeen,

Fortunately, I have been accident-free since my bimalleolar ankle fracture months ago.

Don't worry too much about any new damage from your recent fall-- an x-ray or other diagnostic tool will remove any doubts that anything untoward happened.

The only reassurance I could give you is that you will put this all behind you, although it takes time.

Your mishap is a lesson to us all that we need to be extra careful in recovery to prevent any other injuries resulting from carelessness or just "carrying on life as if nothing ever happened".

I always recommend that recovered/recovering patients wear strong supportive footwear:   lace-up for sturdiness, normal heels, and orthotic inserts or ankle braces if your injury warrants those,

Flimsy footwear like flats and flip-flops (although comfortable) are tempting fate, in my opinion. Perhaps in many months time, with patience and unceasing strengthening exercises, you could go back to fashion and comfort. But be careful. Once the ankle is injured it is compromised no matter how uneventful the recovery.

Good luck.

Metatarsal injury happened due to vigorous stretching  of my ankle which was so helpful because ankle was so stiff. I had been going regularly and masseuse unfortunately used too much pressure with thumbs on my metarasil- Not mad at masseuse because I kept telling him - the harder you do it the more it helps me.

I feel stupid and set back.

No cast - boot to walk. Or they have a steel plate you can put in bottom of shoe which I use and walking must be limited. So you will probably just need to use your boot. If you can get even up shoe so you don’t get out of alignment..

I’m in 3rd week of new injury-hopefully after another 3 it will be okay and I can go back to PT and do lower body exercise-If not I don’t even want to think about it.

For now my doc said no lower body activity including biking. It’s so hard because I am such an active person. I read on the internet that biking on recumbent bike is okay but he said No.. so I’m not sure if biking is okay...Yes  my ankle is stiff without stretching.

Also anyone at there getting these breaks should get dexus scan. I did. Bones are fine just dumb.

Hi Kbeen, I am very sorry for what you are going through.

I broke my ankle in 2 places about 3 months ago and was in a cast for 8 weeks. I too was coming along slowly but surely, then I landed hard on my injured foot walking down some stairs. This caused a lot of pain and some sleepless nights. I thought maybe I had rebroken something.

My physiotherapist told me not to  worry about it but I still am concerned.

Also, I will be getting an X-ray next Tuesday and this is making me feel nervous, like you probably are with your future CT scan. I hope both you and I will get good results!

I don't like the idea of having to be recast either! 

Anyhow, my thoughts are with you Kbeen. I hope it all works out for the better!

This hasn't happened to me, but I must admit it is my worst fear. I am pretty careful about always wearing my aircast when I am up and about. I think it will be scary when I am starting to wean off of it. I hope you get good news when you get your CT scan.

it isn't strange. during time on crutches your bones lost some density so they were more fragile.

my story:

1) i flew downstairs and dislocated my foot, bad pains but no fractures on x-rays so back home with crutches.

2) days later i fell from crutches on bad leg and the foot dislocated again, pains were unbelivable, the scan shows a quite good fracture.

3) plaster is removed but i need ligament surgery so back on crutches and walker the bones are now weak

4) start putting pressure on the leg but the bones are really weak so i end up with stress fractures....

Yes, the doctor at the Emergency room said the xray showed my foot bones are very thin at the moment, so more susceptible to breaking, a fall like this wouldn't normally result in a fracture. Still waiting for CT scan after 4 days

Hi kbeen 

I hope you are now much better and feeling stronger, I have a couple of questions if you don’t mind?! 

I had a trimalleolar fracture with ORIF 8 weeks ago (rolled my ankle over on a hearth🙄 and am due to have cast removed tomorrow with a walking boot fitted, keeping everything crossed as I’m still in some pain after slipping a couple of times during the bad weather and landing on bad foot! How did you find the recovery with the boot and how long did you have it for? Are you back driving?! Sorry for all the questions, it’s nice to ask someone who has been through the same thing but is ahead of me! Thanks for your time, take care .

I am 6 weeks post fracture with dislocation. Got the go ahead to weightbear yesterday. I was in a cast for the first 7 days, couldn't handle it so went in and they took it off. Have been in a boot since with no weightbearing.