Ankle Injury Update! Getting My Splint Off and Taking My First Steps!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Such an exciting day! The splint/ cast has been taken off, I met my physical therapist who was incredibly knowledgeable, kind and put me at ease, AND... I took my first steps post surgery!!! I was only allowed to put 20lbs on my foot, which isn’t much, so most of the work is done with a walker or crutches at this point, but being able to take steps at all is big progress.
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Broke my ankle in 3 places a couple of weeks ago, and I'm already so sick of this cast. Watching you get your cast off gives me some happiness lol
Oh my gosh, that is rough! I am glad I cou,d. ring you some happiness. 😀
Me too. I had a trimalleolar break, fibula and tibula. I am almost 8 weeks post op and am now trying to full weight bear. It hurts as my tendons are so tight. Progress is happening but it's slow. I guess we all just have to persevere.
I broke my ankle last Monday . . I hate this cast,esp wen I get out of bed and that stinging sensation, like blood rush,pain Combo😩
@@tippytoez8685 Sorry to hear this. That blood rush feels very weird but it's normal so don't worry.
Thank u so much for a reply. 😊 Take care,Be safe.
Be VERY careful watching this video. VERY careful. All ankle injuries are different but it is NOT normal to have stitches removed and be walking on that ankle 30 minutes later. I have a broken ankle as I type this. I had surgery and stitches removed 2 weeks after that surgery. THEN I had to sit at home for another month of non weight bearing. It sometimes happens that healing is so fast that you will get permission to start weight bearing earlier but it's pretty common to be non-weight bearing for 6 weeks after surgery. I'm currently approved to start weight bearing 8 weeks after my accident and 6 weeks after surgery and it is going slow. I am now using one crutch rather than two. Losing both crutches and getting out of the walking boot is expected to take a month.
The very quick recovery time shown in this video is not what the normal ankle injury looks like and it's not normal to have stitches removed and be walking on that ankle immediately after.
I am the same I had ankle surgery 5 weeks ago and had my stitches removed 2 weeks after then waited for a further 3 weeks to have an X-ray and be allowed to put only partial weight on my foot. Start my physiotherapy on Sunday wish me luck 🙏🏽
She wasn’t putting full weight on it though, she was still using the walker for assistance. I have my post op appointment today (hence why I’m watching this video lol) and they told me that I should be able to walk on it two weeks after the surgery, which would be today after getting the splint and stitches removed. Hopefully all goes well and that plan remains 🤞🏼 so while I agree with you that no two ankle injuries are exactly the same, I wouldn’t say that it’s not normal to walk on it after having the splint and stitches removed because that’s what my doctor told me to expect. If it wasn’t normal, they wouldn’t say that and her doctor wouldn’t have allowed her to do it. Obviously she was healed enough to do it if they gave her the ok. Bottom line: always listen to your doctor’s advice about your specific injury.
Same I get my stitches out November 20th and I'm zero weight baring until after Christmas 😢
@jenniferrhoades4877 until after christmas!? I had mine done Nov 3rd and stitches removed at week 3. I have x-rays tomorrow and Wednesday we shall see if it's healed to put half my weight in an air boot. By Christmas time full weight in an air boot hopefully.
@Nasty_J so I had staples 28 of them. lol I thought it was stitches. I'm out of everything because my cast was cutting me. I do have a boot for when I'm mobile. I go next Monday . My surgery was the 7th of November. I'm not sure if I will be ready at 6 weeks to be honest. Unless it changes here in a week . Week 6th with my surgery is only 25% weight baring in the boot and crutches, then each week it goes up basically. I wish you good luck! This is so hard.
I broke 3 bones and was dislocated. The 20th of November i get my stitches out but im not allowed to walk any of my 1st steps until December 26th week 😢😢im over this trying so hard to stay positive ❤thanks for sharing
How are you doing today
Oh wow! That foot looks really good! I've been a physio before and have seen a number of post-op feet after coming out of surgery and after coming out the splint/cast, yours looks really nice and tidy and that's good! Fingers crossed it stays that way! Stay as positive as you are, it will help your foot with the healing process! Best wishes from the other end of the world (Germany) :D
Awe, thank you so much for the encouragement! It’s nice to get the positive feedback about my foot as well. 😄
haha i‘m from Austria
How r u noe
I broke my ankle doing a double toe two days ago and they’ve told me i’m gonna need surgery on it, this series about your injury has really helped me relax about the whole thing
Injuries are so rough. Glad I could give you a little hope.
What a wonderful smile you have!
Sheara longtime Oh thank you so much!
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You a massage
Your so kind, thank you for sharing. You helped put my mind at ease about my up coming ankle surgery.
Fractured my ankle in 3 places a couple weeks ago, still just have a splint. Have an appointment tomorrow and I cannot wait to get this fucker changed. Seeing this gives me hope.
I just recently broke my ankle and I’m so impatient about the healing process but your videos give me so much inspiration!! ❤️🩹 How much weeks after the surgery was this ?!
I fractured my elbow and the cotton of the hard cast started to come off so the top of my cast was scraping my skin it didn’t cut my skin but it hurt so I put a sock we’re the cotton was at then 3 years later I sprained my wrist bad they thought it was fractured so they casted it and they said to keep it on for 2 or 3 week in 5 days my cast came off because my arm was itching and it slipped of my arm because I was scratching it lol don’t scratch near the cast ever if you have one 👍🏾👾👾👾👾 also hope you get better
Ive just got my cast due to fracture to ankle and torn ligaments, cant weight bare, already cant wait for a boot just to get mobility,
Oh the boot is so much better than the cast. I hope you can make the transition soon!
I'm happy for you! Broke my ankle falling from the attic 7 weeks ago. Surgery was 6 weeks ago and just got the okay to start bearing some weight! Lets see how this goes, so scary to put weight on it for sure. I haven't seen a physical therapist so I'm trying to figure it all out on my own.
That sounds terrible! I wish you a speedy recovery.
It’s very scary. I feel the same. Start physiotherapy next week 😅
so satisfying to see the splint come off
i had foot surgery a week ago and i’m already tired of my splint. can’t wait for it to come off 😩 so big and clunky
It was amazing when it came off! I hope you have great success with your healing!
I have a follow up tomorrow and I've been in a splint for a week. Its si heavy and hurts a lot bc it's so heavy. Praying it'll come off tomorrow even for just a bit
Stay strong and I know what you going thru and I broke my ankle in two places about 4 years ago and been home bound for fifteen weeks could not do nothing
OMG. I haven’t checked your channel for a while and I can’t believe your ankle still haven’t been recovered. I remembered you sprained your ankle with the skateboard. I can really feel your pain. I wish you could get well soon and be back on the ice.
Thank you so much for the good wishes! I hope to be back on the ice soon!
I broke my ankle 5 weeks ago and had surgery. I had to withdraw from Adult Championships in Michigan. I'm glad to have found your video Coach Julia because just seeing your upbeat nature is helping me. I've found myself very down and having a hard time staying positive 😞
Oh I am so sorry to hear of your injury. I hope you have a smooth recovery and can get back to skating soon!
What a great Nurse...and bravo to you for not being scared...lol I had my ankle op done three weeks ago...and it's still painful, sensitive and throbs when I stand longer than 3min. Was it painful removing stitches??Mine are still in
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So happy for you! Congrats 💕
Thank you!
My parents were fighting just trying to get me up the driveway and cussing me and each other out. Like thanks. I just got out of surgery. :)
I hope you have a fast recovery!!
Thank you for making me smile. I'm 2 weeks away from adding weight..
You got this!
New subscriber here, i love your energy. I had ankle surgery on April 12th 2020 and got a follow up on the 27th my second, so scared to walk
Hey! thanks for being part of my channel! I hope your healing is going well!
Thanks, is going well
I’m broke both of mine so I know what you’re going through
I am so sorry to hear that!
I am having ankle surgery on Thursday morning. I got injured in July 2019. They are repairing two ligaments and I am feeling so nervous. Great video! 😊
I hope your surgery went well and you have a smooth and speedy recovery!
@@CoachJulia Awe thank you so much!!!! 😃
Nice video dear, I know it was posted on 2020, so I believe you are all set! 😁👍👍 just had my ankle broken, playing B-BALL, but at least in my case it doesn't require surgery, (Nondisplaced Fibular fracture ankle), so I'm ready for my journey
any advice from you will be more than welcome!
Hi! I am just about days post ankle surgery and I was wondering how many weeks of the splint did you have until you went to the boot? Did your doctor not see a need for a removable cast after the splint? I have a different fracture than you, so I realize our post-op protocol will differ, but I'm just curious! Thanks for documenting your ankle surgery journey!
Oh well , eye didn't get a chance to warn you
about the JOYS of rehab
Broke my ankle on 10th and was operated on 12th February. Because it was a complicated one of the fractures wasn’t operated have the cast for more 30 days.😭😭😭. So tired of t already
OH my gosh, I am so sorry to hear that you are going through that experience
I got fractured at ankle 3month back.yestraday doctor told me to walk by putting 25% wight.but I am scaring a lot to walk.bcoz if a walk my hole foot feels like hurting 😭😭
Yesterday I was riding down my ramp on my knee scooter I ended up flipping over handle bars and hitting my surgically repaired foot toes first was wearin my boot I’ll go Monday to see if I did any damage
Oh my gosh, that’s awful. I hope you didn’t do any real damage.
@@CoachJulia I’ll find out tomorrow will say this people can’t treat these knee scooters as a toy not that I was but they definitely can be dangerous especially if you are new to them like myself
This is great!
Thanks!
Wish you good health! Hope you will return to the ice soon! Great regards from Russia!
Thank you so much!
I had a fibula hairline ankle fracture...Its 4 weeks now and yesterday my cast was removed...i cant walk its stiff and painful 😖😭😭😭
I am so sorry to hear you are going through that!
Hello srijita ghosh,, actually i got my cast off day before yesterday so same thing is happening with me.....i can't walk it's stiff and also thinner than another leg...so just wanted to ask now are u able walk properly?
Please do reply when ever u will see my comment am so worried....whether can i able to walk or not😭
Are you walking now?
Broke my ankle in 3 weeks this has been helpful!!!
Oh my word, I am so sorry to hear that! I wish you a speedy recovery!
@@CoachJulia after surgery it's been Teo weeks Doc just gave me 5 more weeks Brokw tibula and 2 ligaments ;(
3 weeks ago I broke my ankle in 4 places tomorrow is my 10 days post operation and I'm just praying that I don't have to wear this splint anymore
Owe shame sorry, i ddnt know you had an accident. But im happy that you are recovering
Thank you! Ive been dealing with this for moths, glad to see the end in sight.
@@CoachJulia get well soon, i was still glued to the last years video since im not a pro yet on ice skating 🙈🙈
What a gift...YOU can make broken look beautiful.
Awe thank you!
@@CoachJulia Thank You for sharing...I feel your pain...truthfully
@@CoachJulia I have always wondered how skaters do those spins and not fall over from dizziness.
Awwwww you and your dad are so cute 🥺
Thanks 😊
I hope your doing great! I just fractured my ankle on Friday sooooo in the same situation! 😹
I mean we both have an E-boot xD
Oh my gosh, that’s terrible! I hope you heal quickly!
ThriveDiaries Thanks! Stay safe!
Love you're doing good :)
Thank you,
as a rugby player who has pretty big calves, it freaked me out when I took off my cast and saw my leg was just skin and bone. it was probably half the size of the other leg.
Horrifying right?!? 😆
You need a downstairs apartment. Glad to see that you figured out the handlebars on your ankle scooter.
I have the same cast and it's remove yesterday and i cant move my ankle
How long did you have the splint on?
Wow, I had my cast off yesterday to have stitches out, my foot looks like something out of the walking dead
Oh My Gosh. lol. that’s terrible. I couldn’t believe how weird my leg/foot looked with the cast off.
Believe me, it looks great
This month is the longest after my orthopedic review
Hey I got a quick question I broke my ankle in football in sept and I was just wondering when u started therapy did u feel discomfort and where u able to get back to 100 percent I know our therapy will be different but what was it like walking on your actual foot for the first time ?
They started my physical therapy two weeks after my surgery. It took about 6 weeks to where I was walking without a brace or crutches or anything. I still don’t feel 100%, but I am doing significantly better, maybe 90%.
Everyone when cast after 4 months on comes off and you wash it hour or so after in bath tub sit down cause the sensitivity is over bearing and feels so amazing all the nerves are at surface almost feels better then sex lol but when I got to walk in boot was amazing feeling to
What walking boot did you use?
I hope the physio helps!
Thanks so much! it is making a big difference.
@@CoachJulia Yay!
Did you break your tibia and fibula??
No, it was a torn ligament and damaged cartilage.
Mam how r u feeling today??? Are u able to run prpoperly??
Her skin looks so neat wen the cast was taken off
Beautiful.. How is it now?
Doing much better!
i took mine off by myself and rewrapped it lol
How many days did you have plaster? After plaster removal did you have swelling.
Fortunately most of the swelling went down before the plaster was removed. My leg had actually shrunk quite a bit and my right calf was noticeably smaller than my left. I can't recall how long the plaster was on, a few weeks it seems like.
@@CoachJulia oh...
Was it fracture? Cause you got surgery done??
Not a fracture, but I tore a ligament and damaged my cartilage.
@@CoachJulia and still a surgery?
Sanan Zahid Janjua Yes, it was damaged to where it would only be repaired and heal through surgery. I have. Number of other videos about this subject on my channel if you are curious. 🙂
typically eye faint when the bandages come off
Oh my gosh, I almost did! So weird feeling!
@@CoachJulia No peeking
I broken my ankle two months ago still I'm not able to walk 😭
Oh that’s rough. I am so sorry to hear that.
U had surgery
Hey nivedita...i also got my ankle cast off yesterday, just wanted to ask after how much time u were able to walk....i am so worried😭 please reply whenever u will see my comment....
Beautiful
Thanks.
And now is fine ?
It is healing!
How r u now
So much better! Thank you for asking!
FML 😭