u/ramkuma1

PA says I can put full weight bearing on boot, but pain is intense and I feel like there is no support in ankle, so I am putting 80% weight bearing with walker. PA says to work through it and that physical therapy will help me get through it.

Six weeks post op. Walked with partial weight bearing today at PT and I feel like there is very little support in the area of the ankle where the deltoid ligament was reattached with surgery, like if I was to do full weight bearing the anterior of the ankle where the reattachment was done would collapse. Is that normal?

I am six weeks out from syndesmosis repair and deltoid ligament reattachment and doing 50% weight bearing in boot. I feel like I can walk on it 100%. Anyone else get that feeling this early on?

Gawd. Just pulled my lower back trying to catch myself falling backwards off the walker. Six weeks! post op, feels like six months. It affects every party of the body, I keep dropping things as well. Holy crap, this injury is interminable.

You know the names of the band members parents.

For syndesmosis repair is there ever a reason to use screws instead of tightrope repair? It seems like tightrope is the latest and greatest and I am wondering why some are still getting screws?

Did you get an MRI at your second post operation follow up with your doctor? I'm 6 weeks post-op and have my second follow-up appointment next week. I'm wondering if they're going to have an MRI done? I had a total tear of the deltoid ligament and they reattached it to the bone. My understanding is that ligaments don't show up on x-rays

I haven't been getting any communication between the physician's assistant/doctor and my physical therapist. The latest is physicians assistant told me I was supposed to communicate to my physical therapist what I'm supposed to be doing. Physicians assistant has been giving me cryptic messages about how much weight bearing and when etc and I've had to initiate those conversations. Any advice on how to handle this?

My mom makes too much a month ($5K) to qualify for Medicaid, but she is totally immobile and needs full time skilled nursing in nursing home. Her assets are nearly gone. What are options?

When you got your sport shoes after the boot, how much in size did you go up for what you usually wear? I am looking at the Brooks Ghose max but want to be sure to get the right size to accommodate any swelling.

Did anyone ever get a shot of tingling up your heel when partial weight bearing? Not pain, just pronounced tingling.

Does anyone here do a self massage on their calf muscle? (Syndesmosis with reattachment of deltoid ligament.)

Did your physical therapist do ankle massage to break up scar tissue?

Does anyone get the feeling they are getting ripped off showing up for PT when you can do the exercises at home? Maybe its just the one I am going to.

Has anyone reinjured themselves after surgery to the point that they had to go back in and do surgery again?.

What tricks can you offer to help alleviate the stress on your hip on your good leg due to using crutches to stay off your damaged leg?

At what point did you stop elevating your leg while you slept? I'm 5 weeks in.