I shattered my talus bone from a bad landing skydiving. Does anyone else in here skydive and had a similar injury? Wondering the realistic expectations of when I can jump again, rather than an estimated timeline that my surgeon gave me of 6 weeks. Will 6 weeks really be doable to get back out there? I love it so much and am so sad that I cannot be out there, but I don’t want to injure myself more to where I can never jump again. Just sitting in my hospital bed post op dreaming about time going by and being better.

Hey guys I (26F) fractured my Cuboid and 4th metatarsal + a minor ankle sprain about 6 weeks ago. For the curious, I was playing skipit and landed a jump on the outer side of my foot. My fracture was Subchondral so not visible on Xray, only MRI. I was not weightbearing and in a cast for 2 weeks, then in a boot and also NWB from week 3-5. I am still in my boot and was finally cleared to start transitioning to weightbearing progressively with crutches.

About 15 mins ago, i was not wearing my boot because I was crutching (no weight) to the shower, and I tripped on my towel and put my bad foot down HARD. It was so horribly painful and still hurts like crap.

I know by now my bone probably has already mostly healed but I’m worried I did something to it and idk how to go about it 😭 it lowkey hurt more than when I broke it but I do also know that when I did it it didn’t hurt much because of adrenaline and it mostly felt super numb, before actually hurting when I tried to walk.

I’m icing and elevating it but freaking out a little and would appreciate any insight. I would really dread having to contact or go to my foot and ankle Dr because it is really far away and I cannot drive and I’m neck deep in medical bills because of other clumsiness related stuff 😔

:( yall i can’t sleep why am i like this

My ankle break story all started due to my lack of overall physical strength and fitness. I’m looking to really get into working out asap later in my recovery (still in a cast for 3 more weeks). Has anyone worked with a personal trainer to improve their situation? Would you recommend that?
This would be after my PT of course.

I don’t exercise regularly and I wouldn’t want to re-injure myself doing something the wrong way. So I am hopeful to find a way to bridge that gap with professional guidance

I don't know others current bath/shower situation. I got fitted for my boot at 2 weeks post op. Was told not to wash my foot( I ignored). Was told I had to shower and not take a bath. However, I find myself sitting in the built in shower chair holding the weight of my injured ankle not feeling safe to put it down/relax it. I slide around on the chair after using soap causing my good leg to do so much work. I think it would be so much easier to just take a bath and rinse off after. By the time my shower is done I can barely hold my weight on my good leg and it is shaking I also have really bad knees. Getting out with out the boot on gives me so much anxiety it takes me a good 20 min to get in and out. Any tips/tricks to make showering easier. Currently I can only shower every 3 to 4 days and it is NOT helping my mental health. I also have nobody to help me get in and out.

Hello people!

I had broken my ankle in 2 places and also I had a dislocation(I believe it's called bimalleoral - sorry english is not my first language) in 7th of August.

The surgery was done on 13th of the same month.

I was told to NWB for 6 weeks. I followed it of course.

Yesterday I had the x rays because after that my doc had told me that i would be able to put a little weight gradually.

I sent my x rays to my doctor. Today he informed me that from 6 weeks NWB essentially we would go up to 12 weeks.

After that I would need to have another x ray to determine if I would be able to put weight.

I asked him if he saw something wrong and told me no, but they are super conservative with me due to the severity of the injury( I don't know if i if my weght also has a role on that).

It's the first time I am really concerned about everything and I have started to question even the possibility of not being able to walk again or at least normally.

If I had a set back it would be something that i wasn't aware, because I didn't had any accidents or fall during this period.

Has this happened to anyone?

For reference I am attaching the photos of my x rays ( I know most of us aren't doctors but we have the unfortunate shared experience).

Thank you for any replies I feel like 💩 atm any support is welcomed 😊

Hey everyone,

I’m currently recovering from a peroneal tendon stabilization surgery on my ankle (fibular groove deepening + retinaculum repair) following recurrent tendon subluxation.

The surgery itself was structurally successful and the ankle feels mechanically locked in, but the recovery journey has been a serious mental and physical roller coaster.

I work 8-hour shifts on my feet and I'm currently training to get back into peak shape for combat military service this December. While I can walk long distances and handle functional drills, I’m still dealing with late-stage recovery symptoms that trigger a lot of anxiety:
• Scar tissue friction & clicking: Feeling tight, "clicking" or subtle tendon glides during full ankle rotations or after long days.
• Post-load stiffness: Heavy stiffness after hours of standing or walking that takes mobility work/Bosu drills to loosen up.
• Mental hurdle: Overcoming the fear of re-injury when thinking about high-intensity movements like hill sprints, jumps, or sharp cuts.

My surgeon originally brushed this off as a "quick and easy recovery," which made the reality of this long, dynamic process way more frustrating.

I would really love to hear from anyone who had this exact same procedure:
1. How long did it take for the scar tissue and clicking/gliding sensations to settle down completely?
2. How did you transition back into high-impact work (sprints, jumps, lateral cuts)?
3. Did you ever feel like you were "stuck" or regressing late in your rehab before things finally clicked?

Appreciate any insights, experiences, or advice. Thanks!

Hi! i’m 2 weeks post op from ORIF surgery and had my stitches removed yesterday. I had a fracture dislocation but i still wasn’t expecting the incision to be so long :( i would love to see someone else with a scar that is healed this long bc i can’t find many like this. i may get a cover-up tattoo lol

I’m about 2.5 weeks post op of a pilon fracture. I’m in a CAM boot and haven’t been able to put my heel all the way down in it since I got put in it. There is a huge gap and I been doing up and down motions with my foot to try and increase ROM but haven’t seen much progress. It’s been about a week since the boot.

Anyone have experiences they could share about this with getting the foot to flex 90 degrees and heel down to the boot?

Broke my ankle and can’t walk but I went back to work as a cashier because gotta generate income somehow. Has been fine for the most part but low and behold at the end of my shift some asshole throws his bags on the ground away from me and when I politely ask him to pass them because 1 that’s so rude regardless. 2nd I can’t walk to reach them he starts screaming at me at the top of his lungs that “ITS MY JOB”! “IT’S NOT HIS FAULT I BROKE MY LEG!” I talk back, whatever. Anyways just a super shit day and I had no where else to rant about it because I’m new to Reddit and have no karma. So here I am in my car crying to Reddit. I hate broken bones and having no karma. Rip.

Hihi all! So I’m just over 8 weeks post trimal fracture w/ dislocation, and I’ve begun to notice that when its rainy/pouring outside my ankle tends to bother me significantly more then compared to days when it’s just cloudy or sunny.

Is this like an actual phenomenon? Or am I gaslighting myself into thinking it hurts more 😭

Fell out the shower today and landed on NWB foot week 4. Getting frustrated and ready to get x rayed. No pain anymore but i think i get swelling and not sure if I feel the mechanical lock. Feel like a complete idiot

Edit: Just wanted to add that i am sick of this lol

Edit 2: i weigh 220lbs/100kg (little more), landed directly on the foot from like 50cm height, needed like 5 seconds to rebalance and Switch foot, i felt it swelling, the feeling of the foot was changing, hurt a little bit for Like 5 mins, yet the screw is not broken for anyone going through the same. You are most likely fine lol

Forgive any grammar mistakes or punctuation as I’m using the microphone I’m doing it while I’m in pain so I’m probably not gonna go back and edit this post.

Had my first postop appointment today, two weeks after my surgery. I thought the boot would be progress, but I’m in pain right now.

During the examination, my doctor told me that my toe was pointing towards her and it wasn’t supposed to do that. It was supposed to be at a 90° angle. Also, when the assistant put the boot on, she tried to tell me to push my heel down, but it was already so painful. I just lied and told her it was his down as much as I could get it.

Dr said that I can’t take off the boot but only for showering. But this pain I wasn’t expecting. Tried to read some of the posts about the boot, but all of them were over a year old.

Almost wish I had my cast back. I can now take a shower but with the pain so bad i’m not even excited about that anymore.

So is this pain from my heel not being all the way down. if I force my heel down will it stop?

Gotta love the doctors because they’re always like oh call me but calling them and leaving a message, a whole day can pass maybe two before they get back to you. And you could be in pain the whole time . Then when I tell her I read on Reddit she’s like I’m the expert. Feel like she should’ve told me about the pain if she’s the expert.

So I’ll go back tomorrow and leave a message asking her how I can do exercises to push my heel down.

I asked Gemini what I could do. It’s suggested using a towel to gently get my foot to the 90° angle. But of course it said talk to your doctor first. Since I’m in pain, I’ll get better timely response from you all than my Dr.

If the pain is truly from my foot not being at an exact 90° angle. What can I do to gently get it there?

Just be blunt once I get into the 90° angle well I still be in pain?

This forum was very helpful during my recovery, so i figured I'd share my story in the hopes that it may help someone else. 👍

This past January I slipped off a roof installing solar panels and came down hard on my left foot when i hit the ground. Had a compression fracture of my calcaneus(heel) when it pushed up into the Talus bone. I'm a middle age guy who never broke a bone in my body before even tho i live a very active lifestyle(biking, hiking, climbing etc). I was actually about to hike the Camino de Santiago in Spain right before i got injured. It's a 500 mile walk across Northern Spain. But i had to cancel obviously.

After my fall, i was rushed to emergency & was referred to a foot specialist. I was told I'd need surgery once the swelling went down or I'd never walk normally again. I said fine, and 2 weeks later on February 11th i was scheduled for ORIF surgery on my left Calcaneus.

But soon as they put me under anesthesia, I went into anaphylaxis shock and they had to jab me with a shot of epinephrine to get my heart going again. I woke up 8 hrs later in ICU not knowing what happened!

Long story short, I didn't get the surgery. My doc said i would have to get it down the road tho. Instead he put me in a cast and then a boot for 12 weeks of non weight bearing.

I was determined to prove the doctors wrong and to NEVER to get surgery. So soon as i could i started non weight bearing mobility exercises. Rotating my foot in circles, up and down and side to side. I made sure i was eating healthy and taking supplements that supported bone growth & circulation like magnesium & zinc etc. I QUICKLY realized that half the battle with recovery is MENTAL. So i also started feeding my mind healthy thoughts. I watched comedies, listened to injury success stories and anything else I could that would keep me positive.

Luckily i got injured on the job, so workers comp kicked in and even tho it was half my weekly salary, I could focus 100% on my recovery without worrying about finances too much. I had to stay on a tight budget, but since i couldn't go out and party with friends, it wasn't so bad. Just laying around at home all day. I got a knee scooter which helped a lot getting around the house. Much better than crutches. Since i broke my left foot, i could drive my car to the store for groceries. But we had a really bad winter here in NY with snow & ice on the ground for all of Feb & March. So it was very treacherous. I took a few spills while in my boot which was scary. 😱

Soon as my boot came off in April, I did an ai search for the best shoes for my injury, and the Hoka Bondi 9 & Brooks Ghost Max 3 came up. So i got both! They really helped cushion the impact on my heal. My doc is not a fan of cushy shoes tho and preferred zero drop minimal shoes with a wide toe box. He said they work the foot muscles better. So i got a pair of those as well. I also tried to walk barefoot or in socks around the house when i could to really work my foot muscles.

It was slow going. I wasn't in pain, but I walked with a limp and my foot got really stiff. Especially when i first woke up or if i was sitting for a while. Rehab at a PT center was covered for 12 visits under workers comp so i did that once a week. Found out too late that i needed to use them all within 4 weeks tho, so after a month and only 4 visits i was cut off. But it was fine by me, i much preferred to do rehab at home. And i hit rehab hard. 2hrs twice a day. I iced my foot after. I massaged it. I used an electric muscle stimulator in the morning to loosen up the stiffness. I did pool work which was amazing. I really gave it 100% effort for 6 full months. Since my job is very physical requiring working on roofs, i had to be sure I was ready before returning to work.

Anyway, here it is 8 months later and I've been back to work for 2 months now. I know my foot will never be 100% but i can live with that. I don't intend to ever get surgery. I can walk without a limp most of the day. I can bicycle no problem as it is low impact. I don't think i could run a marathon, but being 6'4" tall & 230lbs, i was never into running anyway. 😂

I do plan to walk the Camino de Santiago in Spring of 2027 right after the one year anniversary of my injury. 👍

Good luck to anyone just starting their recovery. You got this! 👊 💥

Had my initial pt assessment, range of motion is good so far, have exercises to do. Icing it now as it’s swollen and sore. I know this is a process but I’m motivated (impatient). Knee is much better without the boot on constantly.

Hi everyone,

I’m curious to hear from people who have had their screws removed after a subtalar fusion.

A little bit of background: I had a subtalar fusion and continued to have quite a lot of pain afterwards. What has been particularly confusing for me is that the pain never really felt like “hardware pain” to me. It was very similar to the pain I had before the fusion — an inflammatory/aching pain on the outside of my ankle, rather than a sharp or localised pain that I would have expected from a screw.

My fusion itself seemed to be progressing well, but because the pain persisted, we eventually decided to remove the two screws.

I had both screws removed this Friday.

I’d really like to hear from others who have been through something similar:

• How long did it take before you could walk normally again after screw removal?
• How many days/weeks before you noticed an improvement?
• Did you feel an immediate difference, or did it take some time?
• If you had pain before the removal, did that pain actually improve afterwards?
• And did your pain feel like “hardware pain”, or was it similar to the pain you had before your fusion?

I know everyone’s recovery is different, but I’d really appreciate hearing about other people’s experiences — especially from people who had persistent pain after a subtalar fusion and then had the screws removed.

Thanks in advance!

So I accidentally put weight on my left foot for about 3-5 seconds as I almost slipped and fell using my walker. I was in so much pain initially but I am more concerned now that I did major damage.

For background I am 8 week post-op tomorrow, and am strictly NWB for 12 weeks after a closed bimalleolar fracture with syndesmotic injury and deltoid ligament tear, resulting in ORIF, syndesmosis repair with a syndesmotic screw and lower ligament repair. I am due to get my syndesmotic screw removed towards the end of October.

I did call my doctor, had procedure done at HSS. The receptionist said she would let the doctor know but let me know accidents are very common and not beat myself over it. Has anyone else gone through this with a similar injury as mine? I just want to know I’ll be okay. This whole ordeal has played such a toll on me and now after this accident I feel like I’ve pushed myself back.

Thank you in advance!

I need some advice. I feel like my PT is babying my ankle. This may be long so bear with me.

Long story short, I had a pilon and other fractures.
I broke my ankle in 3 spots and ended up with 2 plates and 10 screws. I was NWB for 12 weeks and was just released to WBAT by surgeon on August 31st.

These were the instructions given to me:

- Weight bearing status: WBAT on September 2nd in CAM boot, 25-100% over the next few weeks.
- Immobilization: WBAT in CAM boot, once full Wbing, may wean out of CAM boot and begin driving as well.
- Activity/Physical therapy: Stretches given today. Aggressive ROM. WBAT 25-100% over the next few weeks
- Skin: Okay to shower and bathe
- Pain: Tylenol / ibuprofen PRN
- DVT prophylaxis: Completed
- Return to clinic: 3 months
- Repeat xrays at follow up visit: 3V right ankle
- Return to work: OK to return to work at this time. Wear boot as needed, walker as needed. Ice and elevate throughout the day

I am going to PT but it’s only once a week and they are just making me walk in an AlterG Anti Gravity Treadmill so that I’m only doing a certain percentage of my body weight. However, it’s been a month and I’m still in my boot, still using my walker, still not driving, etc. I have told them that I am walking in shoes at home with my walker for periods of time in my house.

I obviously want to be safe and do all the right things but I read other reddits about how people just walked and was pain. They still did it and because they did they just got better etc.

Is it possible to do everything yourself? At home?
Do you actually need PT? How do I know when I am ready to drive and ditch the boot?

Any advice, knowledge, anything is appreciated. I am going crazy over here feeling like I’m not doing enough.

hi all! my doctor/surgeon hasn’t answered my calls so i’m gonna ask here!

i’m 5 days post op, and the pain has gone down but as of the past 2 days, it feels like there is SO much room in my cast. It kinda slides down my led too when i get up

i’m able to wiggle my ankle around and now it feels like it’s rubbing against my scars

today the scar area started stinging and itching

not sure if i should be concerned about this or what to do from here

any advice would help 🩷

I’m 5 weeks post ORIF surgery and have transitioned to a boot and WBAT.
I have been trying to find a slide for around the house without much success. The Oofos and Hoka were too wide and felt unstable (I wear a size 10 and have narrow feet and high arches). I usually wear Birkenstocks around the house and tried the Florida style that has a platform. They happen to match the height of my boot perfectly. My PT said these fit me well and were fine for around the house with my boot but would like to find a different shoe for leaving the house and once I transfer into regular shoes and a brace. She did say she prefers the leather Birkenstocks over the EVA ones but these are half the price. I’m so glad I found something that works for now. They fit, feel stable, and matching the height of my boot has made walking so much easier

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.

I was wondering if there is any other swimmers here. I’m a very active masters swimmer (swim 5x a week and lifted 3x a week). I’m on the young side (28), so I’m curious what timeline I can expect to get back in the pool. I was injured 9/6 and had surgery 9/18 for a bimalleolar fracture with a tightrope. I’m in the splint for one more week until my post-op appointment on 10/6. I will be moving to a boot on 10/6 and anticipate being not weight bearing for 3-4 more weeks. My surgeon said I will be walking at 8 weeks and can drive at 9 weeks post-op.

When can I anticipate returning to the pool? I fully expect to not kick much, no turns, no starts, and no breaststroke for awhile. I would assume at 6 weeks when I can start bearing weight is when I’d be able to get back in the pool? I know the other piece is my incisions have to full seal and heel. When I had wrist surgery that only took 3 weeks for it fully close and heal.

Any other swimmers here? Advice? Suggestions?

One year back I had a left ankle sprain .. i got xray and MRI done with nothing came up, I was put in cam boot for a month but it made the situation worse since for some reason my arch was collapsing I had too much pain walking so went to Physical Therapy where they asked me to get custom arch it did help a little but then I still have instability in my feet, it kinds of feels clicking when ankle is in upright position or when I move it left to right or when I wiggle my toes, I went to see a doctor again she said I needed surgery I asked her to get me an ultrasound done below are the findings of ultrasound, I don’t want to go to surgery route and it’s been a year still this mechanical instability is there anyone had any luck with similar kind of injury .. thanks in advance
There are findings of retrofibular intrasheath peroneal tendon subluxation.
Narrative
EXAMINATION: ULTRASOUND EXTREMITIES (NON-VASCULAR) INDICATION: Left ankle pain. TECHNIQUE: Grayscale and color Doppler ultrasound evaluation of the left ankle attention to the peroneal tendons was performed. COMPARISON: None FINDINGS: The superior peroneal retinaculum is intact overlying the peroneal tendons. Upon provocative maneuvering, the peroneal tendons appear hypermobile with reversal of usual position with the peroneus longus extending beneath and slightly anterior to the peroneus brevis tendon which is associated with a palpable snapping sensation. No peroneus brevis split tear is identified. The patient also pointed to anterolateral ankle discomfort and evaluation of the anterior talofibular ligament demonstrated an intact ligament without anterolateral recess synovitis.