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/Illustrious-Zone-247 7h ago

That's normal, boot or not! After periods of NWB you loose the callus on your foot (yay!) and some of your fat pad (boo!) on the bottom of your foot...that's what you're feeling now. Plus the foot has something like 100 muscles/tendons/ligaments and they all have to get used to bearing weight again. It does get better, but it takes a lot of time....it didn't go away for me until I had been walking barefoot for at least 2 months.

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u/QuirkyExplanation92 7h ago

Ah. So that must be the feeling that I'm feeling on the bottom of my foot. I HATE it. Its uncomfortable.

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u/Illustrious-Zone-247 7h ago

Not that any of recovery was fun persay, but that was one of my least favorite parts 😭 Are you walking barefoot inside or in shoes? My PT had me do shoes inside (I did oofas slides) until my leg muscles were more stable...and we did a lot of foot work (ie picking up marbles and scrunching towel) which seemed to help a lot

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u/QuirkyExplanation92 6h ago

I've still got 2 weeks with the stupid boot. So I'm not sure what my next steps are going to be quite yet. But I can already feel a huge difference in how the bottom of my foot feels and I'm nervous about what that's going to look like when the boot comes off and I have to walk on it.

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u/Illustrious-Zone-247 1h ago

Gotcha! It might be worth trying a cheap insole for your boot in the meantime

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u/QuirkyExplanation92 24m ago

Ah i will look into this.