ryan81

i broke my tib / fib on 22nd march , had operation to put 2x plates ,9 screws and one long screw to hold both in place,(out in spain) then had other op last tuesday to replace the long screw with a tension screw to move my ankle in to line

anyways anyone else been through this ,and recovery time roughly ,i`am 27 years old , dont smoke never have , obviously not drinking just now, usually quite fit ....anyone have this injury and there recovery time? my docs are a bit blank on recovery time its well see apointment to apointment

looking on other sites about brocking (spelling)bones , but they all turn in to a braging mach in how they done it and how good they are doing in physio ,well they are american sites.....

just asking as have to give up my sport cause of injury , so looking forward to glasto festival , but will i be fit ....

so anywho , anyone had simillar injury and recovery time u had...

Jon(M600BHP)

I did the same playing footy, i was back at work in 5 months, think i was walking without cruches after 2.5 months. thx Jon

ryan81

5 months , cant be off work that long what is there to do, am a plumber and only get 195 sick pay .......

tabetha

Depends, comminuted(bone comes through skin) fractures tend to take longer.
But as said 5 months should be back to pretty normal, just don't twist your body on the ball of you foot, this is a big no no!!
I did my left tibia and fibula, 2 breaks on each, comminuted, left femur, right femur comminuted, both ankles, dislocated hips, cracked pelvis, both clavicles(collar bones), 3 ribs, sternum, right elbow 4 places comminuted, humerous, cracked skull 2 places, 2 areas of brain damage, plus stack loads more all in one go!!
I was walking even after this after 5 months in hospital on sticks, which was only 2 months after I came out of a coma.
I then had to stay in hospital for 19 months in total for infection problems, so I saw a lot of peeps come and go in the same ward.
They seemed to be around 6 weeks for tib/fib to be up on feet, but a further 3 months on crutches, much longer for femur though.
tabetha

TurboShed

Well, I had 2 plates, 12 screws. Walked as soon as I came out of plaster, very stiff, but mostly painless. But after about 7 months got bad again, one of the plates was rubbing the cartilage in the ankle joint, badly damaged the cartilage, damage had spread through joint. Had another op to remove the plate that caused the problem, but left with bad cartilage damage, been off work since November

Still need 1 crutch to walk. I wish you better luck than I had!

.Ross.

iTrader: (2)

OUCH!!

Worst bones to break ...

Friend Broken them on the Ski-Hill Mountian Biking ... 12 week out of the loop.

Jon(M600BHP)

LOl im a gasfitter m8 and when i broke my leg i was working for the local council and for all them 5 months on sick i got my full wage and even got 55 quid sick bonus a week on top, Fucking council workers you gotta love em

AndyGranger

My mate smashed his to bits racing mx
3ops later and 4 years of wheel chairs,crutches and hospital food
it has now been fused and he has about 40% movement in it

JC

i broke my fib
green laneing
was in plaster 4 weeks playing footy 2 days out of plaster ,back to normal 6 weeks