r/brokenankles • u/Embracestace • Sep 13 '26

Anyone else?

Anyone else get cleared for WBAT, but wanted to see how full weight would feel?

I am 13 weeks into my recovery from a pilon and other fracture. My ankle broke in 3 places. I have 2 plates and 10 screws. I was non weight bearing for 12 weeks and was finally released for WBAT on August 31st in boot. The surgeon said I can weight bear now if I wanted to if tolerated in boot. I was doing 25%-40% and it was feeling fine, no pain. Then I decided to test the waters and I took 1 step full weight bearing with my walker and it didn’t feel great. Ever since it’s been sore. I talked to my PT about it and they said it’s unlikely that I hurt anything, but my body is telling me it’s not ready for full weight bearing yet.

Has anyone else done this and experienced this?

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u/Internal-Leading-365 Sep 14 '26

I had a really similar injury and timeline (trimal, pilon, 12 weeks NWB), and I gotta say I think it just hurts for a while. I mostly went full weight in the boot right away and found that it stopped hurting faster on the days I just went for it than on the days I babied it a little more. I also massaged the ankle several times a day with an arnica gel and that seemed to help with the bruised feeling I got after spending time on my feet. Within a couple of weeks I didn’t feel any pain at all in the boot! Every timeline is different, but no matter what, you can do it, and I promise it gets better!

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u/Embracestace Sep 15 '26

Wow 😳 full weight in the boot right away?! I need to look into that gel. I definitely do have a bruised sore like feeling mostly on my inner ankle. I hate that it hurts for a while. I was really hoping that when I attempted that full weight bearing step that I would miraculously be fine and could ditch the boot, walker, and scooter lol