Rehabilitation Exercises for a Broken Ankle

[Soulfear420]

@sportsinjuryclinic I fractured the outside bone on my right ankle about a week ago but am able to move my toe's and am able to stand on it with some pain but not unbarable and am able to move my ankle some,but my ankle is swollen but not as much as when it happend do you think I can heal from this without surgury and possibly make a full recovery and do these excersize's and be ok..Note that I play Hockey how long before I can do this again?

[sportsinjuryclinic]

@Soulfear420 Yes you will be able to recover without undergoing surgery. Fractures to the lateral malleolus are pretty common and don't usually require surgery. If you can weight bear now with only minimal pain then I think you will be fine. It's going to take a good 6-8 weeks though until you can even think about returning to sports.

[omegaSEAL1988]

@sportsinjuryclinic Is a comparable recovery usually expected for a medial malleolus break? I'm recently out of cast and boot (which were worn for 9 weeks), and I find myself having issue regaining range of motion, much less motion without pain. The pain is worst at the base of my achilles tendon and on the lateral half of the ankle and foot, rather than at the break location, which is where I expected most of it be.

[sportsinjuryclinic]

@omegaSEAL1988 Yes but it depends on the severity of the injury, exact break location and any other soft tissue injuries. Provided the bone healed ok (did you have it x-rayed again?) then I would guess the pain you are suffering is due to associated soft tissue injury. You may need to get a physio or someone to look at this for you.

[Soulfear420]

@sportsinjuryclinic I was mistaken, I actually Compleatly Shattered My Talus, they were actually able to save a big enough piece to Put some screws in, 2 weeks with out going to the Ortho not recomended When they say follow up Do just that,Im 5 weeks past my surgery and just got the hard cast taken off yesterday,And just started these excersizes and I have to go back in 5 weeks for a follow up,do u think Ill have full mobilty by then or possibly sooner by following these excersizes???

[sportsinjuryclinic]

@Soulfear420 It is possible to regain most of your movement in this time, but again it is down to how much you have lost and what associated injuries there are. Just keen doing the exercises as regularly as you can

[ave383]

When she is on the wall which calf is being stretched?The one where her leg is out is that the one being stretched?

[sportsinjuryclinic]

@ave383 In the white pictures? The back ones.

[aNASTYfeed]

I have a broken and sprained ankle and I heard when I was in hospital that I had riped of two tendons in the foot .. so get surgery next week..

[bobodd5]

no after 10 yrs youre fuked dont b other take easy

[VaporTrailMix]

Hi, broke mine and now have a plate and screws. My issue is I've never regained full range. Its been one and a half years and I cant go back to the gym as the squat is/was a MAJOR part of my training. It's impossible for me to do a single squat in good form (we all know how important that is). I really don't want to put weight on my back if my form is off. Used to squat about 350-375 will I be able to do that again with a plate and screws? Thanks!

[sportsinjuryclinic]

@VaporTrailMix Not sure. You are right though that you need to get full range back to you have correct form.

There are other things you can do in the gym though and going back to it and building your strength will also help with your form

[Cerebralcinema]

Fractured my left fibula on 1/21/11. Never went to rehab because of no insurance. My ankle still swells a bit from being on it during the day. Is this normal? Also, when I had my injury I pulled ligaments and tendons. They still ache a bit and are a bit stiff. I still don't have full mobility and strength back. Would these exercises still help at this point in time? Thanks!

[sportsinjuryclinic]

@Cerebralcinema Yes they could still help.

[DYNAMIK775]

i fucking hope they do kuz i dint go to rehab either im having the same problem i hate being mexican lol

[WorldReligion]

@DYNAMIK775 Its not cause your mexican. Its cause your irresponsible with your insurance. I know it was a joke but this is the kind of comments that make the responsible mexicans look bad.

[proudbluestaterful]

have question broke tibia fibula 2008 never had any formal pt due to no insurance. is it too late to try to rebuild calf definition. i have no problem with range of motion. broken leg never regain size or other one thanks

[sportsinjuryclinic]

@proudbluestaterful No it's never too late!

[BigT125]

What do you do if you fractured your ankle, metal is in it, the doctors said that you healed so fast that you dont need physical therapy so you never treated it and just immediately started walking? Please Respond!!!!! I want to play football again or at least do the things i used to do

[sportsinjuryclinic]

@BigT125 It's never too late to start a rehab programme to strengthen the ankle and regain your sense of balance.

[vcfan1001]

How long will this take to get your ankle to full strength again

[sportsinjuryclinic]

@vcfan1001 Hi. It depends on how long you have been out of action and how much you stick to the rehab programme. A generaly rule of thumb is to half the amount of time you have been injured for. Sticking to a full rehab programme for this length of time should get you back to somewhere near full strength.

[cusin444]

Great advice!



[ozzied213]

Best advice on YouTube :-) 10/10

[TZINAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]

very helpful video thank you !!!!

[spideybeauty]

this is helpful thank you!

[TheJkhernandez]

Helpful thanks

[Williammba]

Thanks helped a lot just after I got my cast off.