I didn't have any problems then. I am only 10 days post op and still in my splint. It was painful. No swelling. Hey Rick, congrats on weening off the boot. Still very weak. I have pretty good range of motion. She has difficulty getting out of chairs and cannot hop when using crutches. I fractured my heel on 3/23/19 calcaneus . Your surgeon will use this information to choose the best type of surgery for you. I see my doc on Monday and believe he will let me take one of the two heel lifts out of the boot then. While trying to get into the house with crutches I fell on cement step forward the pain was excruciating! Like I was pushing a muscle stretch too far. I just got the walking boot on September 21. Im more worried about damage to a foot that was healing so well. I am in my third week of pt. respect of any healthcare matters. Since then i have had to put weight on my foot 2x, but only for a brief moment to keep from falling. In my case the doctor clearly said that if the tissues around the suture get too loose, i will never recover full strength. I was just hoping that the pop feeling I felt was my incision and maybe part of a stitch? Ive been walking in a boot for the past 4 weeks and have gotten pretty good at it. Let us know how it goes. WebYou are typically in a sneaker about 8 weeks after surgery and can increase your activity I am 8 days out of surgery (follow up appointment in t-minus 6 days) for a full thickness achilles tear. All rights reserved. Keep in mind im now three months removed from my second achilles surgery and the only reason I havent started PT is because of the delayed wound healing. Bunion surgery is normally done as an out-patient, meaning you arrive at hospital a couple of hours before your surgery and are discharged later that day. During foot surgery, its common to use screws to hold bones together. Finding this blog gave me a sense of relief! If your injury is slightly above the ankle & is held together with titanium hardware after a few weeks(Id say at least 5 to 6 weeks) its proabably Ok. After surgery, the patient can walk and engage in other weight-bearing activities because of the use of screws. damage in soft cast like splint. If youre worried about possible problems, you can talk to a specialist at LuxeFoot Surgery clinic. I was recommended to only put 25% of my weight on it and to not to walk on it yet , as my physical therapy should begin next week . I also have PTTD symptoms in my better foot, and I can't imagine doing this again. i want to add that i was given a surgical boot to keep on and an appt to see my surgeon exactly 1 week post op. Instinctively I fully extended my bad leg and used only my heel to plant. I called doctors office was told if additional pain or swelling to come in Im praying there is no additional harm cant handle any more surgery. My right foot feels so good now and my left foot hurts like heck when I play soccer (my main source of exercise). The pain seems to be just in my toes and subsiding since laying back down. appropriate medical assistance immediately. I was reaching over the side of my scooter (nicknamed Bobo), and I leaned too far, lost my balance and put full weight on NWB foot for about three steps. Nearly all of us have had similar scares of accidentally placing weight on our injured foot while still NWB. Call you Doc if your worry. If you have more questions, please come to my site and check it out! I'm hoping I'm not moving forward to fast. I cant believe so many people has fallen off their scooter and on their no weight bearing leg such as myself. This thread has really made me feel better about what happened and eased my fear of reinjuring my tendon. It is FREE! Even if they didnt I think Ill stick with the booth because I dont want to wake up and accidentally do something like put too much weight etc when Im half asleep so I keep the boot on but much looser. Just contact us to book your appointment, and were sure youll find all the answers. I have my 2 week post op appointment with my doctor in 2 days and will explain what happened to my doctor. Again the surgery is like 36 Hours ago. I was vacuuming out the car in the garage and went around the car to fast and down I went and extended my surgery leg out! He also tested my ability to resist upward pressure on the foot, and because there was some, he was fairly confident that I was fine. My incision/surgery site has healed fully, i have little to no scar tissue. I am 10 days post-op and fell after the wing nut on my left crutch caught on my shorts pocket. THANK YOU SO MUCH for these posts. I've been totally off pain meds for over a week, and only took meds a few times before that. Thanks. 2023 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. A very bad sharp pain shot through my leg, I kind of threw my body down onto the ground. Update. I sent a message to my doctor and he stated that the cast will protect the foot and it really cant move any direction so I should be fine. Grateful. Our number one complication is irritation from the retained hardware or screw. Im slated for my next docs appointment in a couple weeks, but may try to get in earlier so they can take a look to see whether I have done any damage. Hey all! With a collective experience of over thirty years of helping patients with lower leg, foot and ankle problems, the Foot and Ankle Service of the Rubin Institute is one of the leading treatment centers for foot and ankle conditions in the United States. We want the forums to be a useful resource for our users but it is important to remember that the forums are But as a caretaker who works from home and helps every time she has to get up, I am so frightened and have no idea what to do. I still have movements up and down, side to side. It may also occur if patients dont follow the postoperative directions carefully. Like davidk said above, I think it was the calf muscle contracting. I was so happy to find this blog. I gotta say i feel A LOT better,and have hope! After about 2 hrs I got up to use knee scooter and there was definitely more pain at incision as well as tingling in my foot. Dr. Noman Siddiqui was one of the first surgeons in the United States to correct bunions through minimally invasive bunion correction. The surgeon pushed around on my calf (very uncomfortable for me) and said not to worry. I had Lapidus/Akin surgery on September 21, was in a splint for 1 week, then a cast for 3 weeks. I am 13 days post op (supposed to be getting my stitches out today), I was on my knee scooter last night and fell. If you feel you cant do something then dont try doing it, or at least ask for help. Plates, screws, and other hardware are often used to correct the toe and keep it in place. Has any one else every had this happen? Im still a little numb and tingling on the top of my foot around my big toe, but hopefully that will go away in time. (I never received an email when I requested a password change). I has my pre op yesterday and am ready to go. The pain is probably from the trauma of it. Conventional foot surgery can be extremely debilitating. Theyre inevitable. Naturally I attempted to use my injured foot to catch myself and put a good amount of weight on the injured foot. Registered in England and Wales. So happy I didnt do any damage except for a bit of pain but I can manage. I thought for sure I had ruptured it but fortunately I didnt. I fell off my knee scooter tonight and put all my 220lbs to catch myself and felt some good pain at the time but now an hour or two later I dont feel any pain just wondering some symptoms of a re-rupture. I was able to see my surgeon at noon, after many nervous minutes and concern on his part, he was able to confirm that the Achilles was still continuous, and attached. The same thing happened with me when I lost balance I smacked my food down on the floor to regain balance it was a two step smack because I did it once then kind jumped off of it since I had my crutches and then still didnt have balance and went back on it and thats when my bf caught me. Second surgery was open then a week later I had to get a third surgery to debride a hematoma. I hope ALL OF YOU have the best recovery possible, and thanks so much for sharing!! OF course i was very careful in the beginning, but now im walking pretty well in it (Im almost at 6 weeks post op now). I pretty much blacked out and started vomiting from the pain. Praying I have not damaged the recovery process, the worried half of my mind is certainly giving me anxiety but the logical side is telling me that it will all be fine and that it is normal to have a couple of scares like this based on everyones posts. NOT TORN!!! For mild cases, non-invasive methods, like wraps, splints, and other apparatus can be worn, but these do not correct the bunion. *re-rupture (not re-rerupture). Bunions are painful, unsightly, and mysterious. Some bunion deformities worsen more rapidly than others, but they all get worse with time. The surgeon suspects it was scar tissue that i felt tearing. Katie Price underwent surgery on her foot earlier this month, with the procedure said to have involved taking screws out which had been inserted in response to her having smashed her feet in 2020. I ruptured my achilles about 3 weeks ago, had my surgery a week ago, nwb. This morning I woke up and forgot that the splint was of and put weight on the ankle. They are said to have been removed from her left foot this month. I knew immediately that Id done so because I literally felt it pulling off the heel bone, and it literally sounded like someone tearing fabric in two. My docs office hasnt returned my call yet so Im hoping thats a good thing. i took a little spill a bit ago.., felt lots of pain in my ankle but thats all so far. Well, I had my appointment today and everything is in tact. Hes 2 hours away. No pain, just the tingling and twitching. ), I'm using my partner's email because this server would not let me register. Other than the top of my foot now hurting I couldn't have asked for a better outcome. I had my first PT session today and went from 0% weight bearing on a scooter to walking on one crutch with 60% weight on the foot! Obviously sore. It will dramatically decrease your pain and swelling. 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