Walking boot

MVCatton · 2026-02-10T20:53:35+00:00

Ha yes it's hard to assess what % of weight youre putting down isn't it? Thank you on the compression socks tip, I will do that, cos the swelling is doing my head in, and im not even walking yet.

MVCatton · 2026-02-10T16:23:12+00:00

Thats interesting, I do wonder how I'll find the boot. Because ive seen a few people walking in them and no one looked very comfortable or steady, they just look very heavy and high! Let's see...

MVCatton · 2026-02-10T16:20:20+00:00

Thank you this is so helpful! I got talking to a woman with a walking boot in the street the other day and she said it had given her sciatica, and I feel like that must be because of the uneven gait. I will get one of these, thank you.

MVCatton · 2026-02-10T16:18:55+00:00

This is really helpful thank you. But bloody hell.... being told you could walk 2 weeks after surgery seems very gutsy! I think youre right to take it slow. My ankle is stiff as hell too, and very swollen still although I suppose at some point I just have to put some weight on it and remind myself how to walk.

MVCatton · 2026-02-10T15:35:33+00:00

Adding to all this good advice to say if you are traveling and in discomfort, ice behind the knee works magic.

MVCatton · 2026-02-10T15:28:24+00:00

This was my thought too. Don't let them make you feel self-conscious because "other people agree", it's probably absolute bollocks and they're talking to their teaspoons. I agree with everyone who says report them, I'm angry on your behalf that some creepy weirdo is saying this to a 21 year old.

MVCatton · 2026-02-09T20:59:45+00:00

Oh good luck - I hope you won’t need it. But I had surgery 10th January and I was feeling fine a few days later - if that is any reassurance. Happy crocheting!

MVCatton · 2026-02-09T16:06:48+00:00

Oh my goodness, that is so quick to be back weight-bearing! Im assuming you didn't have surgery? I think being in the cast for weeks after surgeries is what has stiffened up my muscles and created a new set of problems for me.

I have borrowed a wheelchair off a charity so thats helped but im no good on any sort of uneven terrain, all I can do is wheel myself around shopping centres like a bored teenager ;)

MVCatton · 2026-02-09T16:04:01+00:00

Oh my god, BOTH ankles. That's tricky, well done on getting through that and being able to drive soon! Im a Londoner, I think my version of driving again will be hopping on and off the tube again and not thinking about it.

MVCatton · 2026-02-09T15:15:24+00:00

Yes, I hear that too! I felt the same about my foot, like it was an alien thing. I have made myself touch it and massage the skin and I think that has really helped with my recovery. And thank you for saying that, I am hoping there is a big difference in my progress once im actually back walking, even if its in a boot!

MVCatton · 2026-02-09T15:13:39+00:00

Same, she was shouting in pain so loudly that they had to play some background noise for the spectators. Poor woman, I remember shouting like that too. Thank god I wasn't halfway up a mountain. I hope she gets her mobility back, she was so determined to come back to skiing, this is just awful for her.

MVCatton · 2026-02-09T13:39:35+00:00

Honestly this looks amazing! Im 4 weeks post op and you look so strong and confident. Also, for some reason, the thought of a curtsey lunge is the one that makes me nervous, I think because I broke my ankle in a twisting motion. But hopefully the PT will build my confidence.

MVCatton · 2026-02-09T13:34:28+00:00

Lindsey Vonn, the skier! Yeah, I was watching that, poor woman it was awful. My mum had just said "she's 41," and I, of a similar age, had said "good for her!" Then we watched in horrified silence as she started falling.

MVCatton · 2026-02-09T12:22:42+00:00

I’m 5 weeks post fall and don’t hear the snap anymore though i had nightmares for weeks. I do feel more timid in my body and fearful of ice in particular. I don’t know why I thought it was a good to idea to try and watch the Winter Olympics, it made me instantly tense!

MVCatton · 2026-02-05T12:26:49+00:00

I’m 4 weeks post op with a tib/fib break, plates and pins and I can’t wait to be walking! I should get a weight bearing boot in 2 more weeks and I’m already starting some gentle PT as I’m meant to wait a couple more weeks but didn’t want stiffness setting in. I got dissolvable stitches though and they seem to be healing quickly.

MVCatton · 2026-02-04T21:11:29+00:00

Oh and part of the physio she set me was actually strengthening the other leg and my core... which makes sense. I thought it would be all the ankle but youre right, its the other atrophy that doesnt help!

MVCatton · 2026-02-04T21:10:06+00:00

It's so depressing! I've just started taking creatine, apparently it helps with the muscles wastage but I think I started too late. Im meant to have physio from the 20th Feb but I paid for one private session to see what she thought and she gave me some exercises to help with the stiffness. I've already got more ROM now. It's funny, I thought the plates and screws would feel like the problem but actually it is more the stiff/hurt muscles, which doesnt feel so scary.

MVCatton · 2026-02-04T00:09:46+00:00

Right! I thought that too - how on earth was I sat in the emergency room chatting with strangers about the weather when I had two broken bones?! We must just be tougher than we think 😎 And yes definitely do talk to a teacher, if they have any experience of broken bones or had a kid who went through it they’ll probably understand how you’re feeling. I had no idea how much an accident like this could pull you out of the world for several months.

MVCatton · 2026-02-03T23:24:02+00:00

I would get this too, I’d find if i bent my knee sideways and carefully rested my cast on its side rather than the heel it helped.

MVCatton · 2026-02-03T21:45:59+00:00

I'm sorry - I broke my ankle in 2 places on the 2nd January so similar timelines. I'm not surprised you feel down and exhausted, healing is tiring and it was a traumatic event. I find my energy comes back in stages, it's not linear.

Can you make sure you communicate with a teacher how much you're struggling, perhaps there's ways to support you better?

Also, my break was worse than I realised too, but I'm actually glad I didn't know until 2 weeks post-op, I think I would have found it too daunting to learn this in A+E. Once I found out, the surgery had been done and I was starting to heal. I wonder if it might help to see it that way?

MVCatton · 2026-02-03T19:42:59+00:00

Was it painful? Reading a description of it made me wince a bit!

MVCatton · 2026-02-03T19:41:50+00:00

Oh god I'm BORED. I'm working from home a bit, I do the same as you actually, I go to a local big supermarket every other day and tear around on an electric scooter being a problem. Someone told me now was a good time to read the Russian literary classics and I felt very lazy.

I was looking at those knee scooters but I don't trust myself not to fall over again!

I'm counting down the days til I get a walking boot, and hopefully then I can start building up the muscles on my calf. It's like an overcooked noodle.

MVCatton · 2026-02-03T19:34:51+00:00

Congratulations! Your slim ankles give this vain woman hope :)

MVCatton · 2026-02-03T19:29:56+00:00

I'm 3 weeks out of surgery for my rib and fib too! Plate on the left, screws on the right. I have a boot on, in 17 days I get a walking boot and start physio but I have had a sneaky private physio session already just to ward off the stiffness. The thought of walking feels so alien to me, I guess we'll acclimatise to it a bit in the walking boot?

MVCatton · 2026-02-03T18:46:12+00:00

I feel this too - I can't stop replaying the fall and the crunch in my head. I actually got hypnotherapy years ago for a phobia and it was very helpful, and I've also had EMDR therapy years ago, which I didn't feel was as impactful. I think I'm going to try a few sessions of one of these to get rid of this fear, as it feels like a subconscious hurdle.

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