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  1. #26
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    Swim finds in the bath tub. Now that will really make the wife happy, LOL..... Actually, as soon as I can (with Dr's ok) I plan to join a gym that has a pool....

    Thanks for the advice

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    Yet another broken heel here. I was skiing Park Lane in Breck closing day yesterday and I came up short on a 45 foot backflip and landed straight-legged. I smashed on the knuckle, right ski came off, and right foot exploded in pain. I skied down on one ski, and hobbled to a ski patroller at the base. He checked me out, thought it was a heel injury and advised I go to the ER. At the ER, my x-ray showed a broken calcaneus. I have to follow up with a foot ortho today.

    The ER doc said it was likely that I need surgery. I'll find out more this afternoon. Any positive thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated.

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    That Sucks Zartagen! Sorry Man! Find a Orthopedic doctor who only works on feet and ankles. That will be your best bet for success! You've got kind of a long road to recovery ahead of you, but you'll get there! pm me if you want the name of my doc! He did an amazing job of fixing me after 2 other regular otho's left me limping!

    Hang in there and prayers and positive vibes for you!!!

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    Thanks, I saw a foot specialist here in Vail on Monday and had surgery Tuesday morning. He put in 2 screws and I'm non weight bearing for at least 6 weeks. Thankfully, my foot stopped hurting about 24 hours after the surgery. The worst part of this is a cramp in my right hamstring from holding up the hurt foot.

    I broke my back 2 years ago, so I'm no stranger to long recoveries. So far, this is a much easier recovery process than that was.

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    broke both my heels 9-2-12 riding motocross and i dont need surgery on them.. just got my hard casts on yesterday, and the doc says ima need to have my casts on for two months! im hoping for a sooner recovery me being 23 and fairly healthy.. your guys thoughts? this is the best thread i came across

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    Whatever you do I wouldn't push it. As far as I know there is not much to be done to speed up recovery, and when I got back on mine too soon I ended up having pain for a couple of years. Suck up an extra month of healing time to not have to worry about it in the long term.

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    @ cmor- thanks man. i guess all i can do is stay off them and try and eat healthy, wanna get back on my bike asap

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    thanks man, its cool to be able to talk to someone that had the same injury... how long was it before u felt like you were back to normal?

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    Hey guys, I'm 5 months out from breaking mine. I figured I'd summarize my recovery here.

    I was on crutches and in a boot for 2 months. I started easing into walking slowly, starting with one crutch. I went to no crutches and no boot about 2 weeks after that. If I walked too much, I'd get a serious limp and I'd have to take a day off the foot for it to feel better.

    I did PT from week 6 to week 12 twice a week, as well.

    The swelling didn't really go away until about 3 months out and that eased up the pain immensely. I then started walking more and suffered a setback when the doc gave me a night splint to stretch out my foot at night. The damn thing stretched too much and I had pain and swelling for another 2 weeks.

    From 3 months on, I started riding my mountain bike more and stretching and really working on my range of motion. The pain stopped coming from the fracture and more from the ankle movement. The more I worked on that, the less arthritic my ankle would feel. It would hurt that day, but I'd wake up the next day feeling even better.

    After 4 months, it certainly wasn't 100%, but it no longer held me back from doing what I wanted. I've been hiking and climbing and biking pretty hard with little to no pain. Now there's just a little ankle stiffness after a long hike.

    Because I got screws in mine, I was able to keep it moving as much as possible throughout the healing process. As soon as you can, I'd recommend moving your ankle as much as you can, but take it easy on the weight bearing.

    Keep your head up, it'll be healed before you know it.

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    Hi, I have just registered because I have sawn this thread and I want to post my heel story, actually from the last Friday I have two On the 1 Jan 2003 I have just became confident in my backcountry ski abilities so I approached the first couloir. It was just above he hut in Rila mountains in Bulgaria where I celebrated New Year's eve the night before. The enterance was foggy and hard-pack so me and my friend took the widest one and I started first. Very carefully, turn after turn, I descend down until at some point the fog became not that thick and I saw the hut staying on a straight line in front of me. So I just put my skies straight like I was seen in the movies and got down on full speed. The feeling of gliding on the little cover of fresh snow was amazing BUT because of the fog I didn't see that between me and the hut there is a pit where a lake stays. And as it was in the beginning of the season, the snow didn't cover the rocks which were at the border of the lase. Thus, with full speed suddenly I saw that pit with tens of rocks in front of me with the size of pilates bows. My reaction was both legs close together tips up and ... I stand up and started move my hands, legs, I touched my stomach,I didn't feel pain at all! I saw my jacked was torn, helmet was scratched a bit and then I started feeling my right heel to burn. Fortunately, It was just in front of the hut so I get there on my own. I was so happy that I was alive with nothing broken, yes my heel was hurting but I could step on toes, I didn't have a lot of swell so I started drinking ... I even skied down to the parking on the next day, actually, it was much easier to ski down than to walk. I got X-Ray no fracture, so I was happy but I couldn't walk normally for months. As I said skiing was easier, in two months I got back on the boots but no running, no long walks. Even year after that I felt pain if I jump or run longer. So, it took years for the 99% recovery form that stressed heel. Nevertheless, since 2004 I am surfing, also from 2006 mountain-biking and skating, but since 2003 I got away from Capoeira, football and basketball. I am happy with the trade off, more outdoor stuff However, right now I am laying in my bad with swelled heel on the same foot. You can't believe how I did that. Three days ago, I was arguing with my girlfriend and suddenly I wanted to break something. I caught my Nokia E51 and smashed it in the pavement. Unsatisfied from the resulted destruction I jump and kicked it from above but the bloody phone didn't broke any more, unfortunately my heel might did it. I can't step on heel now and I have small blue spot on the bottom and on the lateral side of the foot. The swell is not so big after the amount of ice i melted. My feeling is that even if it is broken the procedure will be minor, staying in the bad and heel up for week or two, than you know you got on the road little by little. I remember the depression I got in 2003 and I can't believe that I did this to myself in such a stupid way. Hopefully I will recover one more time but I know how slow it is. Overall, my advice after the both accidents is, think twice before you act, especially when you do something you don't understand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rfus View Post
    I went big and hit the flats on hardpack up here in maine at the loaf. Big miscalculation.

    I was in my crossmax 10.0's and my left heel just completely blew up. I am 2weeks post op and was wondering if anyone had ever gone through this. I guess the bone chunks were good around the sub talar and the cartilage did not look damaged. This is a tough injury.

    Years ago, I dropped about 35 ft to the flats on a jump in winter park coming off a spin and attempting a screamin . I saw it coming and bailed. Broke three ribs and hand but was no where as near as painful as this whole ordeal.

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    Hi There!
    You've been given some very good advice... I was actually part of the original Yahoo group referenced in this thread. Please, please do listen to the advice to get a very Good/Reputable Ortho. Do your homework. It is Not an injury you can work through... in fact, you could 'very' well negatively affect your outcome if you don't understand this injury. The heel is like a light bulb (I was told) and may need an ORIF or time to heel. If not, you could end up with a displaced (blown out) heel and tons of issues. When they say wait to weight bear on this injury... they mean it. When they say it's time to get up and get moving, it's still with the right P.T. formula, etc. My injury was five years ago. I am able to do some hiking, definitely biking, snow-shoe'n, and some spinning classes, etc. There's pain. Be sure you understand what your injury is... and get the appropriate treatment. There's so much support out here and then there's wine!
    I wanna give you hope, but I also wanna tell you to be Very careful about that old saying, Push through this... there's no pushing through this. You are doing exactly what you should be doing by getting on here and asking questions. Keep Healin' Heelie!

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    I joined the club Saturday when I feel off of my roof from 12+ feet and landed left heel first on concrete. This has been the most painful bone I've broken by far. Doc said it may be two weeks before surgery due to waiting for the swelling to go down. Going to see a specialist Tuesday.

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    Damn, how did the fall happen? Last January I was chasing Sam around the park. I jumped about 6 ft off the jungle gym and in the moment completely forgot that the wood chips were frozen solid. I landed expecting some give, got a rock-hard surface instead and ended up with righteous bone bruises to both heels (suspected anyway, I never got an x-ray). Ended my ski season, couldn't walk normally for weeks, and full recovery took every bit of 3 months. I can't imagine the suckage a fall from double the height and surgery is going to entail. Good luck, let me know if there is anything we can do to help you out while you are laid up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 949rider View Post
    broke both my heels 9-2-12 riding motocross and i dont need surgery on them.. just got my hard casts on yesterday, and the doc says ima need to have my casts on for two months! im hoping for a sooner recovery me being 23 and fairly healthy.. your guys thoughts? this is the best thread i came across

    Quote Originally Posted by zartagen View Post
    Hey guys, I'm 5 months out from breaking mine. I figured I'd summarize my recovery here.

    I was on crutches and in a boot for 2 months. I started easing into walking slowly, starting with one crutch. I went to no crutches and no boot about 2 weeks after that. If I walked too much, I'd get a serious limp and I'd have to take a day off the foot for it to feel better.

    I did PT from week 6 to week 12 twice a week, as well.

    The swelling didn't really go away until about 3 months out and that eased up the pain immensely. I then started walking more and suffered a setback when the doc gave me a night splint to stretch out my foot at night. The damn thing stretched too much and I had pain and swelling for another 2 weeks.

    From 3 months on, I started riding my mountain bike more and stretching and really working on my range of motion. The pain stopped coming from the fracture and more from the ankle movement. The more I worked on that, the less arthritic my ankle would feel. It would hurt that day, but I'd wake up the next day feeling even better.

    After 4 months, it certainly wasn't 100%, but it no longer held me back from doing what I wanted. I've been hiking and climbing and biking pretty hard with little to no pain. Now there's just a little ankle stiffness after a long hike.

    Because I got screws in mine, I was able to keep it moving as much as possible throughout the healing process. As soon as you can, I'd recommend moving your ankle as much as you can, but take it easy on the weight bearing.

    Keep your head up, it'll be healed before you know it.
    FKNA, Zartagen, that has to be a bummer to do in one season. 949rider - to put some perspective on the healing, the ops and the time....I had a buddy who I invited to go skiing in Mammoth the same day I blew my knee out there. He declined because he had a motocross he was doing. Stopped by to see him two or three weeks later and he came out of his house on crutches with a soft cast and a hard cast. He hit a jump wrong, had his heels on the pegs and broke both calcaneus. He said one had broken off and pulled his hamstring up his leg with bone attached. Was talking to him the other day and he said he had surgery on the worst one and no surgery on the other. It's now six years later and he's wishing he had done it right and gotten the second surgery and let it heal correctly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dantheman View Post
    Damn, how did the fall happen? Last January I was chasing Sam around the park. I jumped about 6 ft off the jungle gym and in the moment completely forgot that the wood chips were frozen solid. I landed expecting some give, got a rock-hard surface instead and ended up with righteous bone bruises to both heels (suspected anyway, I never got an x-ray). Ended my ski season, couldn't walk normally for weeks, and full recovery took every bit of 3 months. I can't imagine the suckage a fall from double the height and surgery is going to entail. Good luck, let me know if there is anything we can do to help you out while you are laid up.
    I was using one of those folding ladders and the hinge failed. I even tested it on the way up by bouncing on it because I've never trusted the damn thing. I'm trying to mentally wrap my head around not being able to bear weight at all for four months.

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    Sorry to hear about that Zion - these are tough injuries with long recoveries. The xray image that Zartagen posted years back was on the less severe end of the spectrum, possible because the ski boot protected him as he came down. Based on the described mechanism and swelling, yours may be more severe, so I'd recommend seeing someone that has a lot of experience with these specific fractures. This frequently means an orthopedic foot and ankle specialist or traumatologist. There are also more invasive ("extensile lateral") and minimally invasive ("sinus tarsi") ways to approach these surgically, so worthwhile discussing because the wound complication rate is much lower with less invasive approaches - something to consider. Best of luck healing and keep us posted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Orthoski View Post
    I'd recommend seeing someone that has a lot of experience with these specific fractures. This frequently means an orthopedic foot and ankle specialist or traumatologist.
    ZZZ - I know you saw a guy yesterday, but just in case the doc who did my neuroma surgery is exactly what Orthoski described above. His name is Drew Van Boerum, he's at TOSH

    http://intermountainhealthcare.org/h...tors.aspx#7440

    Removing a neuroma was small potatoes for this guy. He told me about some people he has worked on with seriously fucked up foot/ankle fractures from car accidents and the like.

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    I don't know Dr. Van Boerum personally but looked at his bio and he did his Foot & Ankle Surgery fellowship at University of Washington in Seattle, which is a world renown trauma center - he's undoubtedly fixed scores of calcaneus fractures. There are definitely many experts out there, however, so just do your homework and trust your gut. Best of luck to you - we're all wishing you a speedy recovery.
    Originally Posted by jm2e:
    To be a JONG is no curse in these unfortunate times. 'Tis better that than to be alone.

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    What about Dr. Nicholas Goucher? Saw him yesterday and scheduled surgery for next Thursday. He thinks he'll be able to do the less invasive procedure.

    Thanks for the words and thoughts guys.

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    Advice needed. I had the surgery a little over 3 weeks ago, still 6 more weeks to go of non-weight bearing. I'm in a hard cast almost to my knee. This morning I lost my balance crutching up the stairs and put at least half of my weight on the broken foot. The bottom of my heel feels a little tingly and sore and my ankle is pretty sore, I felt the ankle flex fairly hard when I caught myself on it. I don't see the doc again for another week. Is it likely that the cast protected it fairly well? Could I have hurt the heel/ankle?

    I know I won't know definitively until I go and get x rays but I'm just thinking it has to be fairly common to lose balance and weight the cast. Any thoughts?

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    Just wait and see how it feels Tuesday. You'll be fine!
    ER is probably your only alternative.

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    I've been cleared for weight bearing! I went a little big on the first two days, used one crutch only and now it's sore as hell. But it still feels like progress. Hopefully, the pain of weight bearing settles quickly and I can get to cane use or something.

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    If I could add my $.02, I had a friend who fell of some scaffolding and shattered his Calcaneous into 20 pieces. They local orthos wouldn't touch him so he went down to Denver to a trauma surgeon. After 12 surgeries, numerous infections and the bones calcifying together and 18 months of pain, he decided to have his leg taken off, BK. Rehab was tough and he got addicted to pain meds. But he is loving life now, pain free doing 99% of what he did in the past. Riding the mountain bike and skiing i s pretty impressive.
    What I am trying to say is do not push it to hard. Let it heal. Not worth it in the long run.

    Good luck

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    Quote Originally Posted by skideeppow View Post
    If I could add my $.02, I had a friend who fell of some scaffolding and shattered his Calcaneous into 20 pieces. They local orthos wouldn't touch him so he went down to Denver to a trauma surgeon. After 12 surgeries, numerous infections and the bones calcifying together and 18 months of pain, he decided to have his leg taken off, BK. Rehab was tough and he got addicted to pain meds. But he is loving life now, pain free doing 99% of what he did in the past. Riding the mountain bike and skiing i s pretty impressive.
    What I am trying to say is do not push it to hard. Let it heal. Not worth it in the long run.

    Good luck
    Jesus, I hope nobody with a recent calcaneus fracture reads that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zion zig zag View Post
    Jesus, I hope nobody with a recent calcaneus fracture reads that.
    I did.

    Did mine on Wednesday evening. Fucking stupid.

    Tried to hurdle the baby gate in our kitchen and I think my body instinctively slammed my leg leg down hard to get something on the ground so I didn't sprawl out. Calc fracture.

    I've seen the x-ray, but haven't seen the CT yet. Seeing the podiatrist on Tuesday. roverdoc (his forum name) did some work on my other leg a few years back and was looking at my CT yesterday morning. He said he'd probably deal with it non-operatively. He also said the less-invasive procedure might be an option too. Curious to see what the podiatrist says.
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