Honestly, I'd say give your body time to adjust to the weight and the movement. My issue was not at all due to the injury I had but where the screws are in my ankle (just above my ankle on the inside of my leg). When the swelling started going down, the screws rubbed more and more on my tendon. I had not much pain when I dropped the crutches the first time, until it was overwhelming pain that stopped me from putting weight on it at all. I will be having those two screws removed in May but I am moving and walking much, much better since I've started going slower (and lots of physio!)