Broken Ankle Physical Therapy Part Deux

Personally, I think eight hours of walking at night when you are recovering from surgery and learning to walk again is too much. Have you talked with your doctor to see if a limitation can be placed on the amount of time you are on your foot? You might be doing damage to your foot.

i broke my ankle in two places. the doctor put two screws in and now i'm in a walking boot, he told me to start walking on but it hurts like hell, i'm getting 8 hrs of walking time a night because of work but the pain S**ks so bad.

Your doctor is correct. Until you are able to put weight on your foot you will not be able to build up the muscle lost during the time your leg was idle. Slowly build up a routine. Go VERY slow and each day try to walk with the walking boot on just a little more than the day before. The walking boot will provide support for your leg and the movement will begin to rebuild the muscle.

i broke my tibia n hve a crack on my fibula. i had a maj surgery ( been 3mons now.). i was on soft cast for 2wks. they hve me used both walking boots and crutches..after 6wks i had a xray and it looks like i'm not totally healed yet.. my Doc. told me to keep using the walking boots and try to put weight on my leg and comeback for another 6wks( w/c is on jul 7). since then i can walk small step w/o my boots and crutches on, now im using elastic bandage n i dnt have much pain.

Take it slow because it takes about one good year for everything to heal back. Good luck to you and speedy healing!