r/LisfrancClub

My husband hurt his foot at work 5 days ago but didn't think it was anything. Woke up it was really swollen and walking hurt. It's been swollen and he's been icing/elevating. ​He saw a foot doctor today, got an x-ray and was diagnosed with Lisfranc, but non surgical. It is getting better, less swollen and hurts less but still hurts. He works on his feet all day intense labor. They didn't tell him to keep weight off or give him a boot or anything. We are also going on vacation literally tomorrow and will be on his feet. I keep reading a lot of non surgical stories where everyone is in a boot and staying off it.

My question is why wouldn't the doctor put him in a boot? Or tell him to stay off it. Maybe if it's not that bad then it's okay?

Hi all! I ruptured my lisfranc (and broke 5 bones) in 2021 and had 2 surgeries about it in the following 2 years. I loved having the knee scooter while recovering, it was a godsend while I was NWB. But I'm trying to declutter my apartment now, and I'm not sure what to do with the thing.

Facebook marketplace won't let me sell it as it's considered a mobility aid which violates their terms of service, so I'm at a bit of a loss. I don't want to toss it on the street and I'd feel bad throwing it in the dumpster when it's perfectly functional. Does anyone know of any kind of recycling/redistribution program I could pass it on to? I'm not sure what to look up here.

Thanks!

Tore my lisfranc the day before yesterday and have surgery scheduled tomorrow. I am so freaking bummed out that I won’t be able to ride for so long.

Any fellow mountain bikers out there? How long did it take for you to get back on the trails?

I’m one day post-op so I do expect pain, but literally nothing is cutting through this and I can’t even sleep. Help😭 Is it gonna be this bad the whole time?

I tore my lisfranc on 5/6/26, and when that tore it also chipped off of bit of bone. I had surgery on 5/22/26(three screws in there). I had the splint on, and now I’m in a cast until 7/14/26. I’ll then go into a walking boot for gradual weight bearing.

Now, I have been nwb since 5/6, the day it happened. When my splint was taken off, it wasn’t hard to miss how floppy my foot/leg is. There is little to no strength left as a result of nwb. To any others who’s torn their lisfranc and had a similar process, how was it to start walking again ? I know there’s going to be pain and difficulty. I’m also anticipating having to build up all the strength back to walk better too.

My doctor also said that I’m not able to start physical therapy until after the screws are out, so I’m hoping there’s some low intensity exercises that I can do to get my leg/foot back. He said I should recover somewhat “fast” and well since I’m young(25) but who knows.

Any kind of advice about anything would be so welcomed ! This is the first injury I’ve ever had in my life :(

(Also if anyone has recommendations for sneakers for when I can start not wearing the boot !)

Nonsurgical people, did you go nwb for 6 weeks, or longer? were you in a cast? did you wear boot at night? Was it hard to get a surgeon to take you seriously if no operation involved? How was it post-boot/cast? Thanks!

Hi guys, I have a surgery coming up in a week and I’ll be in a cast for 2 weeks. I’m planning to go ahead with my scheduled flight 2.5 weeks post surgery and it’ll be an 8 hour long flight. Has anyone does this and what did you do to mitigate any of the risks?

Hiya everyone! First off this community is so amazing I love seeing everyone’s achievements as it is really inspiring and knowing there is hope! A couple things (btw I had plates and screws!):

1. I’m around 3 months post op and I have noticed a lump at the top of my foot the last couple weeks as the swelling has really gone down PT thinks it’s all good and can just be hardware as swelling is setting- has anyone else had this?
2. I’m booked in for my removal surgery next month and just wondering what the recovery from that is like? Hoping it’s not too bad and I don’t have to be NWB for too long!
3. Are people still experiencing pain this far in? I’m out of my CAN boot at home but still in it when going out to protect my foot but I’m getting more pain in the boot then out? Has this happed to anyone else?
4. How long have people continued with PT?
   If you have answers to any of my questions I would appreciate it!!!!

I only just got a diagnosis at week 12 from injury that I strained a ligament in the Lisfranc complex.

Thankfully, my injury was never very severe. It was sore to walk on the day after I hurt it (cutting during field sports), but slowly seemed to progress. It never even bruised. It got to the point last week where the only reproducible pain is when I do the high velocity cutting action. Even was able to run on it 20 min with no pain during or after.

My doctor didn't really tell me anything about the injury, just called me and said it takes 2-3mo to heal. Here I am at month 3 still with pain. He responded that it is common for it to take up to 6 months to heal.

I asked whether I ought to see a PT or do any specific exercises to help it heal and he sent me a sprained ankle strength booklet, which slightly confused me. It struck me as strange that he changed the expected recovery timeline in an instant and had literally 0 suggestions for what action I should take to help most with healing.

Then when I start reading online, I get afraid that I missed a window of time where I should have been immobilizing it. I'm worried I stretched the ligament and the healing process will never return my foot to its prior health.

Has anyone been through an injury or similar severity? Should I get a second option from an orthopedic podiatrist?

I was told I was good to walk around my house no boot. I just moved houses the other day, I had help and I was wearing my boot while doing so but I was definitely weight bearing. Felt fine. I sleep with my boot off now, and walk around the house now with no boot but now my foot is hurting across the top which is new. I had two screws installed, PT guy told me my foot was really sturdy now so maybe I got ahead of myself? Pains not unbearable but definitely sore. Before I began using my foot again I had next to zero pain. I know I shouldn’t have been moving and putting that much weight through my foot, but waddya do. Just hoping pain subsides, anyone else have a throbby foot after getting out of their boot?

I had my orthopedic appointment today after an MRI.
My injury is 2 months old and recently this week on MRI I discovered:

- Nondisplaced subacute fracture at the base of the 4th metatarsal (extends into the joint).

- Tear of the plantar component of the Lisfranc ligament.

- mild first and third intermetatarsal bursitis.

My orthopedist reviewed the MRI, examined me, and said MRI shows injury is stable. He recommended for a month:

- Weight bearing in a walking boot
- Continuous painkillers (I have been on painkillers since couple weeks on and off already)
- Starting physical therapy
- No cast or surgery at this time, reevaluation in a month to discuss if surgery would help

I’m still having significant pain with weight bearing, and I also have pain in other parts of the foot like inner ankle that worries me.

Has anyone had a similar injury and been treated successfully with a boot and PT? Did you end up getting a second opinion, and if so, did it change your treatment plan?

I am anxious and interested in hearing others experiences and whether I should seek a second opinion.

Hello all!

Surgery scheduled for July 3rd (thinking homerun fixation).

My family is asking me if I'll be up for a 12hr road trip 5 days later, lying down in the back across the bench seating.

Personally, I've never had lisfranc surgery, but this doesn't feel very realistic. I'm not sure how bad the pain and swelling would be, plus I can't imagine it's a good idea to be away from home for so long immediately after surgery due to any unforseen complications.

If I ask my surgeon what are the chances he says absolutely not?

I can tell my family no a million times but they'll just tell me how we can make it work blah blah blah and guilt trip me or throw adult tantrums about it, but if the surgeon himself says "F No!", they'd respect that.

I'm honestly nervous enough, and this just isn't making things any better.

Thank you so much for any help and insight you can provide!

So I'm having surgery July 10th, and I have to take my son to TN a week after, and I was trying to tie in my summer vacation with my 3 sons (16, 17, 21).

If I have a driver (21 year old) is this a completely unreasonable trip? Will I be miserable?

I'm going to attempt to get the freedom leg brace before the trip- but if not will have critches and knee scooter.

I"m fairly athletic and have had no pain with the injury and am no stranger to surgery (2 acl and rotator cuff)m, but realize the non weigt bearing is a different animal.

Is it swelling a have to worry about or just non weight bearing?

Hello everyone, I fractured my left foot lisfranc in March this year. I haven't had surgery. I spent six weeks in a cast, 10 days in a walking boot and then six weeks in a cast that came off last Monday. I am now in a walking shoe from the hospital and still have crutches. After the original injury and up to when I was in a cast the second time I didn't have a numb foot. After the cast was taken off last Monday I hadn't noticed any numb feeling, I just thought it was stiff. At this point, my big toe and some of the top of my foot is numb. My questions are, is this normal? Do I need to phone fracture clinic on Monday? I'm not seeing physio until 7th July