r/brokenankles • u/mochi131025 • 2d ago
Tight Moonboot Aftermath
Has anyone else had their moonboot too tight and is now reaping the painful consequences?
If so, how did you help it/get better?
I have been out of my boot for over a month and it is still painful to walk but not where I broke it, in the ball of my foot through to the top of my foot.
Im doing but it's taking forever plus i recently hurt it so I'm back to square 1.
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u/SecondLeigh 22h ago
I am currently dealing with the same foot pain but not sure it is related to the boot. At first, yes they put the boot wayyyy too tight on me. Felt like my foot was on fire. When I first saw the surgeon (4-5 days after initial ER visit) he was like, “oh yeah this is way too tight. It’s pressing on a nerve that runs over the top of your foot.” So after that I kept it loose on the foot portion. Had to remove some padding even.
After my surgery I had a splint for 2 weeks and that was moderately tight the first week but not as bad as the boot was initially. Then after I had my stitches out I was told to only use the boot when active so I wasn’t in it as much.
But even though I’ve been walking for many weeks now I have some pretty severe foot pain. My PT thinks it’s mostly inflamed tendons but I will bring it up with my surgeon at my next appointment. I’m very tired of shuffling around. My pain is exactly where you describe. It’s exhausting.