Ankle Surgery | 1 Month Post Brostrom Ankle Surgery Update 

I am 3 weeks in and love watching your videos cause my doctor did not really explain anything about 97% of what was going to happen. So thanks so much for your ankle videos.😎💕

Had this done two weeks ago plus a fusion AND an Achilles’ tendon lengthening. You got this!! 😘

Hi Denali. I just got my ankle ligament repair along with oz trigonum removal - a week ago, got my boot today . Very helpful videos. Thank you

I am so thankful to have found your videos. I just had this surgery 10 days ago. It is so hard!! I’m thinking what have I done. The pain is so intense. Just got a plaster cast for 6 weeks. Thank you for helping get thru this. You give me courage and information that is so helpful. ❤

Just got the same surgery done 5 days ago and your videos has been very informative. Thank you for keeping things real 🙏

Love your sharing….getting wrapped remove this Monday after 2 weeks. I’m 64 my first broken bones ankle surgery similar to yours with one exception I have a rod in my heel. I suspect it will be a pain to walk on. Well I hope you got your shoulder, hip, and elbow address by now. I just wanted to thank you for sharing and providing insights on what’s to come. You took it all like a champion.

Hey thanks for posting these. I’m right at 4 weeks with my Brostrom. I DIED at the bit about the dead skin rubbing off. Relatable 💀 Right now my biggest pain areas are my achilles and calf. Glad to see you doing the glute exercises too. Reassured me I’m on the right track and a bit ahead of PT 😆

I will be 4 weeks recovery this Friday. It is a long process and is very frustrating at times. Thanks for doing these videos, it makes me realize that my bad days are normal. I have 3 months where I cannot put any weight on the foot. 😢. But I am happy with my decision since I will stop falling all the time and can get back to running. Heal fast! ❤

I am 7 weeks out from Brostom, gastoc lengthening, tibial tendon repair/transfer, calcaneal osteotomy (he cut my heel bone off and moved it 8mm to the right to re-align my ankle with my leg) and cunieform osteotomy (top of my foot, removed wedge piece of bone and replaced it w/ cadaver bone, to give me an arch on the bottom of my foot.) all of these procedures because of multiple ankle sprains my whole life. The inside of my left ankle was caving inward. Do not repeatedly sprain your ankle or you'll be in the shape I was in. I am in a walking air boot with crutches, weight bearing as tolerated for 5 weeks. hope to ditch crutches in a few weeks and walk normally with the boot. Then in February I'll start PT. It is a long process. Thanks for your videos! They are very helpful, especially the exercises!

Your videos is really helping me frfr

I know this is old but I am 5 days post surgery -same one but also including posterior tibial tendon repair. This video series is saving me bc this sucks and I’ve gone through all the wondering if I’ve made the right decision. I am in the miserable stage right now but it helps to know it gets better. So thanks.

A year since I watched these when I had my lateral brostrom done and here I am 2 days in from medial/ deltoid repair. Did you have both done at the same time? I think yes. Knucklehead move on my part for not going with the surgeon who proposed this 1 year ago.

I’m on my fourth week from this surgery and I am feeling so anxious. It has been really hard doing the gas pedal exercises but your videos have been helping so much!

I am 6 weeks post op tomorrow. I'm wearing the boot 24/7. I can't start ROM_PT til after 8 weeks, for a total of 16-20 weeks. 😮. I'm still having pain, across top of my foot around to heel and at site of repair. During the day? Tolerable. Evening and overnight? Some nights I can't sleep and it feels likecweek one. I have another ortho appt this week and will discuss my pain with them again. Thanks for the video and your perspective.

I feel you I had to stop Birth control before surgery and I hate the after feeling of the breakouts and everything

4 wks out today- thanks for the insight, I have not gotten much info from the surgeon (haven’t even seen him) I’m a rn and I think they think I know it all. This is surgery #9 (overall body…knees, shoulder, wrist, ankle). So I get the surgery but dam what did u do about sleep? I cannot even wear the hard plastic brace at night cuz it hits the surgical site and malleolus bones bilaterally. Any tips on sleep?

Thank you for doing this video. I just had foot surgery myself. I am an athlete. Just wonder what sport you do?

Is walking boot a must? ... I'm asking if it's cuz my doctor didn't mention it... I'm supposed to remove my cast the next week.. He only mentioned an ankle support Hope you the best 💕

I'm sure that in your next report you will be telling us your surgery was a success and that you're on your way to a full recovery. We are with you Denali! Go girl! 💪💪💪🌹❤️

I'm on week 3 in the cast/splint

I'm a month post-surgery today for ankle stabilization surgery. Your videos have been really helpful, even though I am making progress much slower than you did. Today I got my cast off and the boot on and am just starting slooooowly moving my ankle. How long did it take you for the pain to decrease on the "gas pedal" motion? Mine is very stiff right now and does not want to move. Any tips as I move into month two?

I’m on my 2nd month after surgery. How long until I don’t use crutches and walking 😢

I had brostrom surgery on the outer ankle and had arthroscopic surgery to take a cyst out and bone fragment out April 26, no weight bearing for 6 weeks. I'm still in a cast until next Thursday then I'm in a boot.

I have CRPS so when you started rubbing the skin off it made me tingle lol, I cannot touch my leg like that I will freak out 😅 a little nervous for surgery lol

I feel the same way. But we are here. Having swelling all the time. And yea my back and knees are not doing well and that worries me a lot 😢

Girl. You have CRPS II now. You and I are the same. I'm so sorry! You need to talk to a neurosurgeon because you have been injured by the surgeries. I would love to connect with you and tell you a story of what's happening to you. The total reconstruction of my shoulder labrum ruined me and now total ankle foot reconstruction on both feet starting May 10th. All my careers are over due to a work accident and I tore everything in my bilateral feet, spine, shoulders, hips, neck, and arms... To the point, the stress took my vision and pancreas out from the stress. You have got to stay strong and no doctor you had worked with will ever admit you developed CRPS II ! Find me. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

I had tibial tendon surgery and bone fused. Wish I would have not done it. Recovery is hell. Hate not getting any sleep. I hope it is worth it

Thank you for this amazing video. I am 1 month and 3 days in and the exercises really helps me. It still kinda hurts on the heel part when I try to walk it barefoot.

I had surgery April 9th and my ankle is swollen so bad and I have numbness on top of my foot near my pinky toe and between my toe there not sure if it will go away and my heel burns .

Hi! Did u feel like ur ankle was like shakyyy like it moved involuntarily side to side a bit ( not too much) whenever u touched ur foot. Especially on the surgical side of the leg. Is it normalll?? 😭😭😭 like idkkkk does it mean my ankle is unstable but then i did surgery already its been 4 weeks post op 😭 pls replyy

I'm currently on my 4th week and I'm experiencing so much nerve pain!! I have no idea how to handle it. Also, my knee is swelling soooo much! I literally have been crying. Do you know if theres anything I can do?

Anyone with this have a weird sensation when tapping the incision area after surgery? I feel a nerve sensation running up to my toe.

8:28 skin falling off is normal, cheers because ankle is healing :)

Im just 5 days post op 😢

Te amo de verdad

Are those leg carts to make you lazy

can i please have your cast ajnd youyr walking boot

Video walking in the boot??

My energy is flat I feel like some chemical has been released

I had brostrom surgery on the outer ankle and had arthroscopic surgery to take a cyst out and bone fragment out April 26, no weight bearing for 6 weeks. I’m still in a cast until next Thursday then I’m in a boot.