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My bone is 80% healed and doc just gave permission for partial weightbearing using a walker for a couple of weeks. Afterward it will be walking full weightbearing with the fracture boot, then no boot. Doc will refer me to a physical therapist.
I realize my doctor is the expert and obviously has the final say but I want to get a sense of what I will need to be doing. My calf looks like a bone with a bag of hanging skin now This is the longest period of my life when I haven't exercised, or driven my car or left my house!
When you got permission to resume your normal exercise routine, how long did it take to have both your legs match? Did you do more reps on the injured leg than the healthy leg or work both legs the same amount? Did you change your diet to eat more protein to build muscle?
My bone is 80% healed and doc just gave permission for partial weightbearing using a walker for a couple of weeks. Afterward it will be walking full weightbearing with the fracture boot, then no boot. Doc will refer me to a physical therapist.
I realize my doctor is the expert and obviously has the final say but I want to get a sense of what I will need to be doing. My calf looks like a bone with a bag of hanging skin now This is the longest period of my life when I haven't exercised, or driven my car or left my house!
When you got permission to resume your normal exercise routine, how long did it take to have both your legs match? Did you do more reps on the injured leg than the healthy leg or work both legs the same amount? Did you change your diet to eat more protein to build muscle?
I lost massive amounts of muscle due to a medical issue.
The muscle disappeared, literally.
But muscle memory is a scientific fact.
Your calf, or any muscle will return to how big it was before.
Muscle memory is actually in the cells of the muscle.
It took me 7 weeks to get all the muscle back all over my body.
Worth noting, I was eating on a daily average of 135-145 grams of protein per day for my total body weight of 200 pounds to start and lifting on the heavier end for about 40 minute sessions about 4 days a week.
My bone is 80% healed and doc just gave permission for partial weightbearing using a walker for a couple of weeks. Afterward it will be walking full weightbearing with the fracture boot, then no boot. Doc will refer me to a physical therapist.
I realize my doctor is the expert and obviously has the final say but I want to get a sense of what I will need to be doing. My calf looks like a bone with a bag of hanging skin now This is the longest period of my life when I haven't exercised, or driven my car or left my house!
When you got permission to resume your normal exercise routine, how long did it take to have both your legs match? Did you do more reps on the injured leg than the healthy leg or work both legs the same amount? Did you change your diet to eat more protein to build muscle?
A few months, key component being re-gaining full range of motion in that ankle.
Without that, you will have issues for the rest of your life.
I didn't break mine, I shattered it(motorcycle); had to have a rod.
So my recovery was much, much longer.
Best wishes on yours, hopefully your PT is a good one.
Mine used both electrical stimulation and strength training.
I went straight back to squatting after the PT, as you'll want to favor your good side; squats force you to focus on imbalances beyond the scope of injury.
As you currently have one quad, calf, and glute stronger than the other.
Only then did I progress back to split squats etc.
Patience. You’ll get it back. My right calf is still smaller than the left 15 months after I broke both the tib and fib, spiral fracture. As far as I’m concerned I’m making good progress. I have no pain, no limp and my leg is getting stronger. Eat right, work out, be patient.
Complicating things is my wrist is very sore now so no using a walker or crutches. I tweaked it when I slipped off my knee scooter Frustrating!
I had a bimalleolar fracture. Per Wikipedia: Surgical treatment will often be required, usually an Open Reduction Internal Fixation. This involves the surgical reduction, or realignment, of the fracture followed by the implementation of surgical implants to aid in the healing of the fracture
No way in hell would I risk that! My doc is a foot and ankle specialist and I have total confidence in him. I have a fracture boot which I slept in the first month. Now I only wear it when I'm moving around
It took me 7 weeks to get all the muscle back all over my body.
I was eating on a daily average of 135-145 grams of protein per day for my total body weight of 200 pounds to start and lifting on the heavier end for about 40 minute sessions about 4 days a week.
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This is what I'm hoping - two months. I want to be totally back to normal before the New Year.
I've always been on the low side for protein so will have to force myself to start drinking whey shakes again.
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This is the longest period of my life when I haven't exercised, or driven my car or left my house!
