Matts Broken Tibia

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This video contains graphic film of an injury and the resulting surgery to correct a compound fracture of the tibia caused by a motorcycle accident.

Matt has 4 stainless steel surgical screws in the bones of his right leg to hold it in place using an external fixator.

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[MikEtheGimP]

I wrecked my motorcycle on the last day of may. compound fracture of the tibia and fibula plus some internal injuries. thank god i didn't have to have one of those external fixators cuz that doesn't look like much fun. how's the leg doin now? how long did it take to build up your leg muscles? i start physical therapy in a week and i CAN'T wait!

[lurch63]

The fixator was removed around 8 months ago. Took about another 4 weeks of using crutches, then 6 weeks using a cane for support before walking without any support. Muscle build up took about 2 months, constant therapy at home in addition to the hospital therapy. It can hurt like hell, but you gotta do it. The bad part of this break was it was just below the knee, at the plateau the knee rests on. Still can't lift anything really heavy (like a TV) because of the pressure it puts on the knee

[cityofwinds]

hey when did this happen, the reason why i ask because my son has the same pins in his left leg and he too was in a motorcyle accident. he has those pin since june 4th of 2007 and now in december 10, it was taken out and was put a rod in his leg so in other words it did not heal. but the rod for some reason has got a bad infection so now he has too go back and get it remove and get other rod put in which by the way those doctors call it a hardware. I would like to know how r u making out.

[lurch63]

Matt had the fixator removed on December 21, 2007. He was lucky that he didn't get an infection around the screw sites. He is currently walking with only a cane.

[QualityAirsoft]

Due I flipped my quad off a jump and broke my tibia

[jbeard100]

Must have been a bad break. I just gotta titanium rod 4 screws 2 n knee and 2 in ankle region. only scars are a 4 inch on the knee from where they hammered in the rod, and its weird because some spots in that area are still numb after 14 months. And of course at the site of the break is a very small incision scar where the break was, (about 6 inches above ankle) when i flex my calf there's a huge dent where i broke it. Im 100 percent now though, no pain. good luck

[mfsfilms521]

DUDE I HAD THE SAME THING!!!!

[Sk8DuckieElmo]

damn dude hope ur better now!

[Rangepro266]

@MikEtheGimP

[vividwander]

How is Matt doing these days? Is he 100 percent back to normal?

[TheJAYNE129]

My heart goes out to you for putting up with all that metal, that looks like a night mare. I have had problems with internal metal in my ankle but this is nothing compared with what you are going through. I wish you well XXX

[andy9876543210123456]

You are lucky you aren't dead from what I've seen, most of the time when people get into bad motorcycle accidents they die. You are one of the very few who survive.

When I broke my tibia and fib, they said I might have to get one of these....so glad I didn't have to

[DaTUkrAinIanKiD2]

@XxMotocrosser211xX

same except i was doing it off 2 stacked tables