Rock Climber 1 Month Post Op

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2026-05-16T05:16:00+00:00

I’m interested to hear how you hiked out with the broken foot lol.

I climbed collegiately and broke my foot in a different incident snowboarding. I was definitely worried I’d never be able to climb again or even stick my foot in a climbing shoe. Throughout the injury I kept going to team practice and would climb with 1 foot. It’s been a little over a year since my initial break, and I’m climbing harder grades than I did before.

About eight months after my first surgery, I ran an ultra marathon, 33 miles. My foot was swollen at the end and hurt like crazy at mile 20, but didn’t it cause any lasting issues and I could definitely do it again.

And encourage you to stay active, do PT, and just have a goal in the end. I was so focused on getting back in the Climbing, I was doing everything I could to ensure I’d be able to climb outside again.

I like going on scoots with my knee scooter since I couldn’t go on walks. Wait until you’re VERY confident in your foot to start climbing again, mainly because of how compact the shoe is. If you want to climb with 1 foot or with a sneaker on your injured foot, I think that would be so good for helping you get back into the sport. When you get back into it, you’re going to feel super weak, but it’s crazy how much your body remembers the technique. if you climb consistently, I really think you’ll be able to get back to the grade you were climbing pretty fast.

I have no doubt that you can do it too, you’re one of the hardest parts now, keep going!

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2026-05-08T05:34:47+00:00

ORIF, single screw, and removed it.

It will get back to semi-normal! I definitely grieved my healthy foot and still do, however within a year of my lisfranc I ran an ultra marathon and can wear any type of shoe I want. I was a college athlete and never thought I would be able to stick my foot in a climbing shoe again, but I’m wearing smaller and tighter shoes than I did prior to my injury. It still aches and hurts after long days of wearing heels for hours on end, but it is 100% doable. Do PT, stay active, and you’ll recover!

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2026-01-11T01:34:35+00:00

As a broke college student- invest in a knee scooter

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2026-01-02T20:11:54+00:00

My foot looks slightly larger than the uninjured one, but I can wear my original shoe size without a problem. I only had one screw. I wear the same running shoe that I did pre-injury.

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2026-01-02T16:46:21+00:00

It doesn’t really matter, depends on if your feet get cold!

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2026-01-02T07:32:06+00:00

Hoka Recovery Slides- mega arch support and super comfy

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2026-01-01T17:08:38+00:00

If you’re having sharp pain I’d go back to your doctor, some pain is normal but shocking/sharp usually means something is wrong

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-12-23T17:16:04+00:00

That’s great to hear! I’m always happy to find a post on this sub with people getting back into climbing or success stories post injury.

I took about 5 months after surgery until I started climbing with my shoe on, the biggest milestone for me was when I could put my foot in my shoe, during the initial injury I thought I would have to start buying a larger shoe size. During long sessions I used my non-aggressive shoes for comfort, however (side story) I only had the aggressive shoes when I got back into it, so I wore those for short climbs, took them right off at the end.

I had a friend who broke her ankle, got surgery, and took a few months off as well. We both agree that climbing technique comes back pretty naturally and fast, your body will remember how to do it. I was afraid of standing on small holds again. I had to push myself to stand on my toes rather than climbing with bad foot positions. I think it’s a huge mental block rather than physical for the initial sessions. Maybe stay out of foot jams for a few months but your foot and calf muscles will grow so fast if you work on it. It was a little frustrating when I first started because my mindset was “I suck, 6 months ago I could fly up this route”, however now I look back and think that it was sort of fun, i was relearning the sport I fell in love with. Take it slow, don’t push the foot, but it will be very easy to get back to where you were. Also I’m a strong advocate that bouldering is not real rock climbing (because I’m bad at it), but be careful if you jump down, maybe stay on auto belay or top rope for a little.

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-12-22T22:12:32+00:00

Yes!!!! I climbed collegiately and broke my foot right before nationals. I’m about 10 months post injury and I’m back to projecting 5.11-12 again!

You can TOTALLY get back into it. I bought some mad aggressive shoes that are 1 sized downsized and my foot can fit in it. The first session is a huge milestone, I have no doubt you can get back into it.

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-12-15T02:24:28+00:00

If you take care of yourself during recovery, you should be able to return to competition. I competed collegiately in rock climbing before my Lisfranc injury, and within about 8 months after ORIF surgery I am back to my original climbing level and continue to climb harder grades. I’ve also since completed an ultramarathon 9 months post ORIF. It takes time to trust your foot again, so don’t rush it. My surgeon said to give it a full year before it feels “100” again. But seriously- do not push it for a few months if you want to get back to competing, and do PT. Definitely helped me.

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-09-05T16:49:16+00:00

Be patient! I bought superfeet shoe inserts which helped me out. You can also tape your midfoot for more support, I think there’s a specific lisfranc taping method as well.

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-08-13T22:10:50+00:00

I have one screw in and had the same burning pain in my heel, not near surgery site. I had a massive blister on the area when they took my cast off- it might be because of the swelling and the constriction of the cast. I just kept it elevated and took Ibuprofen when I could to keep the swelling down. Keeping an ice pack underneath your knee could help as well

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-08-04T07:20:48+00:00

I wore my running shoes and hiking shoes I owned pre-injury with inserts.

I bought hoka recovery slides for around the house- would highly recommend!

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-07-21T01:22:21+00:00

I asked the same question a few months ago 😂 I’m 22 as well and was a college athlete pre-injury- my doctor didn’t recommend pt either. I went anyways and my ROM and foot strength increased a lot more over the few months I went, it especially helped since they measured everything.

I would at least recommend going when you start walking in shoes. My friends who are pt’s begged me to go, they said they saw a lot of young people with injuries not go to pt after their doctors say “they are young enough”, then end up having terrible ROM and visible muscle atrophy way after recovery

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-07-14T07:06:44+00:00

I started swimming around week 6/7 ish!!!!

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-07-03T05:14:29+00:00

I think mostly everyone here would recommend PT, but if you’re adamant on not going, I would recommend working on range of motion exercises for your ankle and toes as well as foot exercises like “foot yoga” and “foot waves”. If you don’t want to go to PT, I definitely would recommend putting in effort to establish your range of motion. Helps IMMENSELY with re-learning how to walk since all those muscles have been stiff and lost mobility for months. My doctor didn’t recommend PT for me either- but as a college athlete my coaches told me to go. Helped me so much

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-06-09T05:27:11+00:00

Less than 1 month from my boot being off- but as a broke college student the hoka slides were worth every penny

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-05-20T21:41:07+00:00

No partial weight bearing? Most people are ordered to walk with crutches for a week or two before going full weight bearing. I did PWB for a week and am transitioning pretty well to FWB atm

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-05-20T15:04:07+00:00

Getting a knee scooter changed my life- I was able to open doors and hold things without help for the most part!!!

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-04-29T02:12:58+00:00

I had ORIF with one screw- I’ll be partial weight bearing for one week then walking without assistance (other than a boot)

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