How to get rid of a limp (after ankle surgery or injury) 

I love this!!

Your comment makes me so happy! I always tell people to have patience with themselves, and it really is so important. This can be a long and slow journey, with lots of small wins along the way, so one day (and one step) at a time!

This my ninth week after a medial malleolus Rt foot. Still struggling to walk properly. One thing I have learned is that hurrying up the process is not at all possible. It's like baby will take nine months to be safely delivered so I guess proper walking may take at least 4 to 6 months.😣😥

yes a lot of it is totally mental. take your time, be patient, you'll get there!

Gabe: Respectfully, I totally disagree. The surgery did what it needed it to - it put my bones perfectly back together. All bodies respond to trauma differently, and there are so many elements to recovery - not just the bones, but the muscles, fascia, nerves, circulation, etc. Each are such delicate systems on their own, not to mention how they recover as a family of systems, and each require different types of attention and care over time. Another super important part, is that "success" is a journey, not a destination, and icing is an incredible tool to leverage throughout that journey, no matter where you are in it, because of how it helps the body recover. If you join webroken.com and watch my interview with the physical therapist, she too acknowledges that most people will likely never go back to "normal" and caring for your ankle post-surgery is a lifelong journey and habit, like brushing your teeth. Best of luck to you in your healing 💛

Dude I agree broke my ankle recently and I’m a pretty big muscular guy so I’m sortve used to my legs being built like air tanks, but man when my cast came off and I saw how small my leg was I couldn’t believe it.

How are you doing now?

@@jakerosario160 Hi Jake I'm much better than before I'm still doing physio I still have stiffness in some places like when I put my foot on the floor and try to bend my leg forward from my knee it gets stuck like I can't go any further when my other leg can it's weird I have another physio session Thursday I'll be shown some more excersizes to do 🙂

Omg that sounds so hard and painful - you may want to also try PT to help you gain strength and walk smoothly again. Sounds hard to find time for that with 7 kids, but it's also so essential! Best of luck to you 💗

I had my ankle surgery then sent home the next day with pain killers and morphine I was told to keep leg elevated in bed as much as possible to help the swelling and healing were they cut you got surgery after 2 weeks I had my stitches taken out then I rested for another 3.5 weeks then had appointment with doctor X-Ray etc from then he said I can try to start bearing weight I used crutches to help with boot on etc and take my boot off when mobilised and try to rotate my ankle to loosen it as it is stiff at the moment. Now my next mission is losing this limp. Good luck to you.

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Now u are alright ? or have a limb

You are not alone... Had my surgery 4 weeks back... Feeling emotional and very painful and sore while walking

Yes I got referred to PT, and I'd absolutely suggest you go too. The doctor's job is to heal the bone, but they don't typically care as much about the rest of your healing unfortunately. Go go go! Let me know how it is.

@@brokenankleclub and I am having issue of peroneal tendonitis while walking is it normal?

@@mm-majesticminer6389 I can't say what's normal or not - it totally depends. What does the person who gave you this diagnosis think?

I literally start talking about how to get rid of a limp at 1:10 - but it does require that you haven't had a limp for a long time. Alzo spellllchick before criitisising.

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