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Trimalleolar Fracture

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margaret31948
margaret31948

I broke my ankle and had operation 2 weeks later due to swelling and blisters around the ankle. I know it is going to be a long road to recovery. I can't weight bare at present. My anxiety is that my ankle feels like I have a vice around it, I can't put my foot flat on the ground because it feels restricted by the plate in the back of my heel. Does anyone know if this is normal. I'm worried that I'll never be able to walk normally again. I haven't got to the stage of physio yet.

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  • q77898
    q77898 margaret31948

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    I'd ask your doctor, but in my case (also trimalleoral fracture and I had ORIF with screws and a plaque) I used a caste for the first 5 weeks. Once I starting massaging my foot after being allowed to be partial weight bearing, the swelling went down and mobility slowly came back.

    Take it easy and, if you want to motivate yourself, I took videos of my first days of mobility exercises and every day I saw a bit more movement. I'm on week 10 and mobility is almost back to normal, but ankle stuff are a long journey, communicate with your doc and PT when you get to that 😃

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