Broke my ankle. Cast comes off today what happens?
My mother had the same injury. Once she got the cast off, she got another walking boot she could use against her uncasted leg. But, obviously, she was able to take it off and wash it, which was a big relief. She started getting physio to help her move her ankle again and start walking using her leg muscles. The first physio appt was just the therapist moving her foot around (which can hurt a bit), then he gave her exercises to practice, like putting a small towel on the floor and scrunching your toes on it to move it towards your heels. Later your therapist will let you start putting pressure back on your foot, you can use a bathroom scale to see how much you are pressing. Sometimes your foot and leg will be oversensitive because of the damage. My mother rubs the skin where it’s oversensitive to help it get back to normal. This can be a long process depending on how much atrophy (your muscles loosing strength), and how many ligaments and tendons were damaged in the accident that broke
Well it sounds like you had a pretty bad compound fracture and I can relate as I had a very bad break on my left arm. They will probably have you take it easy for the next week or so and test out how much you can do with it. After that you should start some leg strengthening exercises that will help you tremendously. You will be okay, just do not be afraid when they pull off the cast your leg will look very weak and it will scare you a bit but just wrap it up in ace bandage and take it easy. Then do your workouts and your leg will look muscular again and you can have a great story about getting attacked by a shark. hahah.
