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Originally Posted by xrouteman
Read your original post asking for exercises. My doc told me to pick up marbles with my toes. This goes toward strengthening the calf muscle and improving the dexterity of the foot. Might give you something to do.
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Thanks for the insight xrouteman! This is exactly what I was looking for when making my post.
Also, I wanted to add on my time table for everyone so they have a reference point.
My break was a soccer injury due to an aggressive slide tackle. The goalie took out my planted leg and snapped my tibia and fibula clean through in the very middle of the bone (pics are posted in my Album).
12/17/08 - Broke my leg around 9:00 PM - released from ER around midnight
12/18/08 - 8:00 AM Doctor's Appointment with Orthopedic Surgeon Dr Hansen at Mclean County Orthopedics
12/19/08 - Surgery @ 12:00 PM for an Intermedullary Nailing of the Tibia. I came out of surgery with dressing around the leg due to fracture blistering and surgical wounds.
12/20/08 - Released from the hospital around 4:00 PM
12/22/08 - I removed the dressing from my leg to reveal all of the swelling and blistering that had occurred. This was a relief, I felt like my leg took a deep breathe. The swelling was sever in my ankle and foot. Elevation helped a TON and if I iced it all need the swelling would be minimal in the morning. My ankle was not really visible for the first 5 weeks post surgery
Also - I went back to work starting this day for the afternoon. I could have stayed home and relaxed but short term disability only pays 66% of your pay. I figured why sit at home when I could be at work. They gave me two hour rest time in our nurses office every day as needed as well.
12/30/08 - Stitches removed from surgery wounds, very painless.
12/31/08 - This was my first day putting a show on my foot due to swelling. I was going out to for New Years so I had to put on a slip on dress shoe. Everything was fine but the swelling in my foot was unreal since I was up for so long that night. I also found that my ankle swelled so much that one of my wounds opened from surgery.
January 2009 - During this month I dont have many updates. The swelling reduced greatly and I slowly weaned pressure on to my ankle while walking on crutches. I felt that my biggest road to recovery was going to be getting motion back in my ankle and knee. I tried to keep the most normal walking motion while crutching and it proved to help. I began driving approximately 4-5 weeks from surgery date.
2/2/09 - (approximately 6 weeks) I finally got tough and decided I was going to do full weight on my leg. I walked outside to take my dog out for the first time with no crutches. I had a major limp and my dog was wondering what the heck was going on, but super excited that I wasn't carrying around those big scary metal sticks that I had been carrying for the past month or so
! The next day I has some soreness and went back to crutches.
2/9/09 - (approximately 7 weeks)Im still on crutches but every day I feel that I make a little progress. I havent made it back to the doctor in 3 weeks so I will be scheduling an apointment. I feel that I have full motion back in my ankle and knee. I can easily swing my leg around without hurting. There is some pain on the front of the tibia when forcing a shoe on to my foot. This has been getting better.
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