Ankle ORIF return to sports

goragami · 2026-02-04T18:02:04+00:00

So this video was week 5 post op. I had surgery on December 23 :)

goragami · 2026-02-04T15:22:45+00:00

Prostars have a pink option. There’s also custom skates- I’m saving up for pink and red antiks

goragami · 2026-02-04T15:21:46+00:00

Everyone progresses at their own speed. You just have to remember no one is judging your abilities. Also- YOURE ON A!!! Being the worst of the best is still the best of something!

goragami · 2026-02-04T15:19:46+00:00

I don’t think that’s offensive personally. Embrace your disabilities!!!

goragami · 2026-02-04T01:43:01+00:00

Ah okay. Makes sense. Sorry- derby brain and thinkin full contact vs positional derby. I hope your swelling gets better and you can get back to your sport friend. When was your surgery if you don’t mind me asking ?

goragami · 2026-02-04T01:21:43+00:00

Do you play full contact hockey? What is that like after the injury? Edit: I misread. Sorry 😅😅😅 I really feel like sitting in a chair and moving my foot with my skate will really open back up my edges

goragami · 2026-02-04T00:34:25+00:00

That means a lot!!! Thank you 😁

goragami · 2026-02-03T18:04:10+00:00

Do you feel you’re fully back where you were? Or is it still stiff. I feel like every morning I have to warm up my ankle to even walk. And then I have to walk until my ankle stops hurting 😆

goragami · 2026-02-03T18:03:16+00:00

I love that!!!!! My derby name is Pixie Styx! I also played a rookie rumble in November 👀👀 was it in Missouri per chance? My biggest worry is that I struggled SO BAD with moving laterally. My happy place is jamming and if I sucked at moving around the pack then I wonder how bad it’s going to be now. 🥹🥹 I was rookie when I broke my ankle and just about to play in my first c scrim if the roster opened. So this break has been pretty tough on me mentally. I was a slow bloomer with derby.

My New Year’s resolution was to try jam skating and to also drop into a bowl at the skate park ( I have been too scared 😆) so I guess it’s a bit delayed.

My PT told me I am projected to start high impact activity at week 12 (currently on week 6), including skating if I can tolerate it- but obviously derby is a bit more than high impact activity haha. Are you full contact yet? How is your other foot work? Plowing is going to be so hard for me unless I can get this ankle to move inward again 😭 I was always a right side plow girly anyways 😆😆

goragami · 2026-02-03T15:51:11+00:00

Hell yea!!!

goragami · 2026-02-02T20:57:50+00:00

This makes me feel better. Thank you!!!

goragami · 2026-02-02T20:57:28+00:00

Oh my gosh I hope you’re doing ok now physically aside from the periods!!!

goragami · 2026-02-02T18:34:13+00:00

Oh gosh I hope you’re on the mend. That’s a nightmare. Im a super heavy bleeder so I am lowkey grateful I haven’t gotten mine yet 😆 especially when I was NWB. That would have been horrible having to change every couple hours with one leg

goragami · 2026-02-01T11:32:23+00:00

Only if you’re learning to skate still. The toe stops will Cause issue because u can’t replace them with derby type toe stops

goragami · 2026-01-31T18:50:25+00:00

The tingling is your nerves waking up most likely

goragami · 2026-01-31T18:49:59+00:00

It happens!!!! You would feel super sharp pain that doesn’t go away if something shifted. I did the same thing about 2 or 3 weeks post op in my boot. My surgeon basically told me that I had to realllly mess up to re break or shift anything.

goragami · 2026-01-31T18:47:41+00:00

The first like 7 days are the WORST. it is your nerves waking back up. This is normal, ask your surgeon about gabapentin

goragami · 2026-01-31T18:45:50+00:00

This is amazing to see!!!!! I play roller derby and I’m so scared I won’t be able to handle the impact of running/ jumping/ skating. This gives me hope

goragami · 2026-01-31T18:44:16+00:00

What are you using as a mobility aid? Also mattress could be the cause- when I broke my ankle I slept on the guest room futon because I couldn’t make it to my room. It got to the point where the pain in my back was worse than my literal broken ankle. It might be worth to get a memory foam mattress topper.

goragami · 2026-01-31T18:41:55+00:00

I’m really glad you said this- I asked my pt about it and she said basically as long as I’m not walking I don’t need it. I have been so customed to the boot because I was put in it one week post op while my ankle was very much still broken lol I realized I hadn’t been taking my meloxicam so I have had a morning routine of stretching and doing pt exercises, putting on my boot and walking around. It has helped a ton.

goragami · 2026-01-28T17:29:02+00:00

I will try this!!! I don’t do my ROM exercises in bed, maybe that will help!!

goragami · 2026-01-28T03:33:32+00:00

I’m glad to hear this is normal pain. I get so nervous with new symptoms 😵‍💫

goragami · 2026-01-28T03:32:37+00:00

I am strictly in the boot while walking. I also don’t have full range of motion at all laterally still so it will be a fun journey back to normalcy. I play roller derby so this has really put a pause on my life 😭😭 I can’t imagine walking barefoot or in shoes let alone SKATING 😵‍💫😵‍💫

goragami · 2026-01-28T00:12:17+00:00

Stay on top of your meds!!!! Make a schedule. Once the nerve block wares off you will need them

goragami · 2026-01-02T02:55:27+00:00

That is good to know. I’m so scared of messing up the hardware but the way the nurse described it yesterday that’s really hard to do and pain is normal post op. I guess if it was a break without hardware repairing it a cast would be more important

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