Tibia fractures and recovery

[mr jamez]

I'm off to hospital tommorow for a check up on my broken tibia, the effort involved in getting the bus and crutching to the Berks aside, I'm bricking it! I /really/ don't want to hear that my bones aren't knitting back together, I'm starting to realise how serious it is now

Anyway, for those among us who have had a similar injury I'm just wondering how long it took for the bones to heal, what about getting strength back in the muscles? and have you healed 100% without a limp or limited movement.

From reading around on the 'net it looks like a full year or so for everything to be good again.
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Broke my tib and fib oct 2006. Got 3 screws to hold it together. Was able to walk(-ish) with the cast on, and then was on a walking stick until around may. Still have a bad limp, poor strength and alot of pain, but mostly due to another knee injury preventing me from doing physio at the moment.
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[MaybeGuy]

i broke my tib and fib as above on new year 2005.
it was pinned down the middle from knee to ankle with 4 screws and i didnt have a cast, and i was told to light weight bear after 2 days of the accident (did it in switzerland, hence the crazyness).

turns out the crazy swiss did an awesome job of mending it!

3 months later, walking about using 1 crutch just for when it hurt a bit, then after that i carried on as normal.

i had a bit of twingey pain up to a year after the accident.

i broke it in my last year of school, and then moved onto a very sports oriented course at college, and i have to say that helped to no end.

at the moment, its healed 100%, with no movement limited. the metalwork is still in there, but it would be a lot of hassle to remove, so its probably staying.

dont worry about it! when i first started back at school, it was 3-4 weeks ish after the accident. i played badminton in PE on one leg, and i could feel the bone still moving around a bit.

you only broke the tib, so its being held in place by the fib, so it will heal faster, and get back to 100% again pretty soon.

takes time

time is a cunt

deal with it

PS: broke how?
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[repiV]

I guess it depends massively on how it was broken...I shattered my tibia ten months ago near the ankle joint (6 pieces) - the doctor said that if it had been a clean snap they could have just stuck a nail down the length of the bone and I would have been able to walk on it the next day.

These things do take time. I had an external fixator for six months and I've only been off crutches since May. The leg is very tempremental now...I still limp a lot and walking can be incredibly painful (largely due to muscle wastage and the scar tissue from the fixator, the fracture site still gets sore and swollen sometimes too). I can't walk very far at all. It gets better and worse, but it seems to slide when I don't keep up with my exercises and when I'm more active - I've been working as a courier lately and it's really not doing me any good whatsoever physically. I find I have to manage the situation really - if I have a period of activity then I'll pay for it afterwards.

As for bones healing, with me nothing much happened for a few months. It was very frustrating - I'd turn up for my appointment wondering if they're going to take the metalwork off my leg only to be told it looks exactly the same as it did six weeks ago. But then after a few months it all started to knit together quite rapidly...so slow progress at the start isn't necessarily a trend. Muscles - well, when I had my first physio appointment a month or so ago I had 2" less muscle on my left leg, but only a couple of weeks later doing exercises etc I had regained a lot of muscle and strength. Walking became easier and less painful. I'm suffering now because I've been too busy (moving) to think about physio (bad I know) so it's important to keep that up. You get out what you put in, I think.

Full recovery? Depends on the injury. If it's a compound fracture or really one which was severe enough to require surgery then you're unlikely to ever make a complete recovery, but 90% or so is probably realistic within I would guess one to three years entirely depending on the severity of the injury and what you put into it etc. Of course location is important too - if it's near any joints it's going to be more difficult and a lot more painful.

Just try not to let it get you down! There are always positives you can take away from any situation like this. BTW, you should be eligible for hospital transport. You shouldn't have to take the bus!

[mr jamez]

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[Kickstart]

[mr jamez]

Jesus christ 7 years?! did you sue?

Repiv, I will be getting back on the bike in a week or so which should keep the negative feelings at bay. I was actualy considering quitting my job after I got back from my bike trip, so having all this time off with a bit of sick pay isn't so bad

Good luck with the leg dude
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