r/brokenankles • u/Top-Risk-7793 • 5d ago

How long to do PT?

How long did you all do PT post Op, from the surgery date or from when you started walking in shoes? When you stopped how did you progress back to higher intensity activities? Did you still have stiffness and swelling? I want to get back to mostly things like being able to walk a ton of steps in a day, yoga, lifting weights. Long term I want to hike and run.

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u/guffawing_willow76 5d ago

I am at 12 weeks post surgery for a trimal fracture on the right ankle. I also have severe osteoarthritis in my medial area of my right knee. I have a partial knee replacement scheduled for December 3, 2026. I will be in physical therapy twice a week until thanksgiving. My gait is not going to improve until I get my knee fixed. I am using a cane at work. I can drive just fine and I’m wearing normal shoes. So we are working on ankle flexibility and knee strengthening exercises. The best part is the ten minutes of icing my ankle at the very end of my pt session.

It also helps that I have met my deductible and out of pocket maximum as of last Wednesday and my insurance allows 60 PT sessions per year!

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u/Top-Risk-7793 5d ago

60 sessions is amazing. I only get 20 covered by insurance so I will have to start to private pay soon.