Trimalleolar fracture with a syndesmotic screw here. :) 2 weeks post accident, a little over a week post orif. Anyways, how long did you all take off from work? I’m starting yo get antsy, haha.
Blessed are those brave warriors who upload the articles.
For every lower leg and ankle fracture protocols, it says to NWB until (x) period of time, but how about heel raises from sitting or simple foot inversion-eversion on stability disk(also from sitting, for mobility).
Also if you have good protocols sources, I will appreciate :)
Edit: fibular malleolus fracture, ORIF with plate and screws AND a syndesmotic screw. Patient is 2 weeks post OP, he started AROM on plantar/dorsiflexion with an ok mobility. He wants home rehab so I'm not aware of his surgeon and his take on WB.
Hi. I suffered a trimalleolar fracture about six months ago and had metal fixtures installed into my ankle. I was in a cast for a good two months. I only really started to walk normally about two months ago, after I had a syndesmotic screw removed from my ankle about six weeks after the initial operation.
I've since then regained most of my mobility, enough that it doesn't really bother me anymore. The strength in my ankle has also come back for the most part.
My only concern is, No matter how much stretching and massaging I do, I can't seem to get my injured ankle to flex as much as my non-injured ankle. I feel like I'm just that last 2% short of my original mobility pre-injury.
So I'd like to ask anyone with experience with trimalleolar fractures for tips on how to really get that last bit of mobility back. Anything helps! Thanks.
What complications can occuour after a few years when you get such an injury?
Here is a Xray with a person who got such an injury and after several years is presenting with pain and swollen at the ankle.
What can be discerned in this xray?
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Had a bimalleolar fracture around 25th of last month and had an ORIF along with a syndesmotic screw which will be taken out next month. I have to stay another six weeks in cast, post the screw removal, I can walk. I am just so anxious thinking about what will happen. Trying to do everything to keep my mental health from getting worse. Some say, you’ll be better by 3 months with PT, some say it takes a long time to get back. Can anyone who went through it, tell me how long did it take. I really miss working out and doing everything and I really want to get better by end of December with PT. Please tell me for how long do the swelling and stiffness stay once you start working and by when you started working out? Really looking for some positive stories and reassurance here. :(
So I finally got out of my cast, 8 weeks post surgery. I had a bimalleolar ankle fracture. Had a plate and 6 screws inserted on one said and two syndesmotic screws on the other. And I will have to wait another two weeks before they take the syndesmotic screws through local anaesthesia and then I can bear weight immediately. I was anticipating PT but a lot of people who had the same surgery didn’t need it and doctor suggested no PT for me. He suggested slow walking with crutches, then without, etc. It’s weird cause most of you’ll had to go through PT but doctor literally said my bones are flexible and rom is strong and I don’t need it. I have been asked to move my ankle to and fro till I screw is removed. I think the treatment differs country to country. I live in India. Anyway, now that the incision where the plate is inserted is almost dry and healing. I can feel the areas around it itch and burn when I rub my leg against the bed sometimes? And rubbing a part close to the incision sends shock like sensations to my big toe and second toe. It’s very weird but could it be a possible complication of hardware? No pain, nothing. Are the nerves still recovering?
So, wanted to update and share since today’s the first day after ages that I feel reassured and positive. Today was my first day of PT after 10 weeks of non weight bearing. I had a tiny procedure after 2 months of the main ORIF surgery to remove a screw for my biamalleolar fracture which was on the 18th of December ‘21 post which I was finally allowed to bear full weight. It’s been two days since I started walking. The pain from the stitch of the minor screw has kind of gone now but it still hurts, so do my heels but I am finally walking, bearing partial to 100% at my convenience. Today being by first day of PT, my therapist made me walk without crutches and to practice walking without a limp, made me do some strengthening exercises. She’s going to come everyday for 2 weeks at home and help me recover quickly. She says I am doing pretty well and by beginning of Jan will be able to go back to being normal. I am a tad bit anxious about the walking up and down and stairs bit and transitioning to running or other general activities tbh but keeping myself motivated. My mental health’s finally falling back into its place. Whole of 2021 was such a shit show and I am glad it’s over and I might have a fully functioning ankle by then.
Here’s a link : https://imgur.com/a/RPuMpeh to a video of me walking a really short distance without crutches today and trying not to limp. Excuse my ugly doctor slippers lol and the bandage is from the syndesmotic screw removal stitches which are to dissolve in 2 weeks.
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Or would that be too forward thinking?
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
Hindus, on the other hand, never had any beef.
I won't be doing that today!
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
