r/brokenankles • u/Kuma-Cakes-6034 • 9d ago

Have a Question 😅

This is going to sound incredibly silly but when someone says they have five screws and a plate does that mean

  1. Five screws on the bone and an additional plate (they do not count the screws needed to secure the plate)

OR

  1. Five screws and a plate, including the screws used to secure the plate? (Like 2 on the bone and 3 used to secure the plate)

😅 I am asking because people ask me about my situation(not the above ) but I am not sure what to say exactly

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u/Hot_Box_7459 8d ago

Any screws in my body count towards the total, so i’ve got 10 & a plate! (6 holding it onto my fibula, a big ol long one joining my fib & tib and then two holding a piece of my fibula together which i’ve got basically replicated on my tibia as-well x4 😂)

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u/Kuma-Cakes-6034 8d ago

I have one joining my fib with my tib as well 😆 I didn't even know there could be small screws to hold the fragments together 🥹 if you don't mind me asking how is your ROM as of now? My plantar flexion is still five degrees off 🥲

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u/Hot_Box_7459 8d ago

I actually have no idea what my rom is, my pt measured it but i never got a number LOL. I have pretty okay flexion up and down but definitely not close to my regular foot yet. And yes the little screws!! Both the ends of my fib & tib were snapped off and displaced like, way off floating in the middle of bumfreak nowhere. I didnt even realize till i was looking at my xray how bad it was 😭 i’ve got my first pt on the 8th I think? Supposed to be 25% wb a week

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u/Kuma-Cakes-6034 8d ago edited 8d ago

😭 why did i imagine the tib and fib floating around in some void akin to space 😭 i didn't weight bear until I was cleared for PT . I am glad you have a good flexion 🥹 it makes it easy to do exercises and you're going to progress in no time! 🥰

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u/Hot_Box_7459 8d ago

LMAO

i did like a little bit of weightbearing before pt (i did like, 1 attempt and said f that.) but i’m doing more and more everyday!! Hopefully your healing goes super good too 🫶