I have mainly stuck to the exercise that the physio gave me. There are times when I have pushed to hard and had the same result as you with swelling and pain. The next day after elevation and a...

I haven't tried ice for my swelling but instead have been using elevation and tubi grip elastic stocking which I find has worked well. Have been using a heat bag and massage while trying to increase...

Still neck a neck we are.
Fantastic to hear you can start WB.
I spoke to a Doctor yesterday and he told me to take paracetamol and not expect to bear full weight, take it slowly. The OS gave me the...

Well, I was thinking FWB was going to be ok but not so. My knee isn't giving me any trouble but I have bad pain from my heel to ankle, so much so that I am still using my crutches and only putting...

Yes I thought they had a roofing screw look about them.
Have been told by my work rehab coordinator that they will eventually loosen. Interesting!
Started weight bearing on my leg...

Sure will.

I also just read your original post and we injured ourselves on the same day. Originally in my post I wrote 11/11/12, must have been late at night when I wrote that because it was...

Justathought, we are very close surgery wise, I may have had mine done the day before you. It will be interesting to see how well or similar our recoveries go.
After reading some of the other posts...

I'm at seven weeks today. At six weeks I had the same range as you (90deg)
Yesterday was PT for me and I had extended that to 103deg. The PT massaged and pushed my leg back while I was seated over...

Hi all, am new to this forum and found it while looking for more strengthening exercises to help with my tibia plateau fracture (also have a compound fracture of the lower tibia and a broken fibula...