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- Nov 21, 2017
To all my fellow skaters/atheletes: have any of you broken a leg and got back into sport after? If so, got any tips for an adult skater how to cope with it and survive the struggle?
Let me explain what happened. In october I landed my axel akwardly and snapped my fibula just at the ankle. The fracture wasn't very bad, the bone broke at an angle but there was barely any displacement. I happened to encounter THE most wonderful orthopedic surgeons and they've put me back from pieces to a whole I was fixed with metal plates and they are still in my leg. Then I've been put into a cast for 6 weeks.
After that I went into physiotherapy immediately which helped a little with the ankle's range of motion, I was quite depressed though because the progess was slow. To this day, nearly four months after it happened, I'm having slight trouble with movement and pain. I am planning on undergoing another physiotherapy session in february, the problem is however that each physiotherapist is telling me different things. The ortho-doctor basically said I can go back to skating (slowly though, no jumping) so I did. The physio's however do not agree with each other. One is saying I should rest the leg and do easy excersises, the other says I should go back to my full gym regimen and I'd heal faster. Both knew I am an athlete. I go to a physician regularly for check-ups and one of them told me that the pain I am describing is impossible at this stage, so I am basically imagining it
My problem is in my country you have to wait months to get some physiotherapy sessions in the public health facilities. I am able to get some but it is not nearly enough. I simply cannot afford private sessions with physiotherapists, those are costly. Have any of you suffered from such a hard injury? How did you come back to sports? Any tips for a depressed lady?
PS. I know age makes a difference in such issues - I am not even 30 years old.
Let me explain what happened. In october I landed my axel akwardly and snapped my fibula just at the ankle. The fracture wasn't very bad, the bone broke at an angle but there was barely any displacement. I happened to encounter THE most wonderful orthopedic surgeons and they've put me back from pieces to a whole I was fixed with metal plates and they are still in my leg. Then I've been put into a cast for 6 weeks.
After that I went into physiotherapy immediately which helped a little with the ankle's range of motion, I was quite depressed though because the progess was slow. To this day, nearly four months after it happened, I'm having slight trouble with movement and pain. I am planning on undergoing another physiotherapy session in february, the problem is however that each physiotherapist is telling me different things. The ortho-doctor basically said I can go back to skating (slowly though, no jumping) so I did. The physio's however do not agree with each other. One is saying I should rest the leg and do easy excersises, the other says I should go back to my full gym regimen and I'd heal faster. Both knew I am an athlete. I go to a physician regularly for check-ups and one of them told me that the pain I am describing is impossible at this stage, so I am basically imagining it
My problem is in my country you have to wait months to get some physiotherapy sessions in the public health facilities. I am able to get some but it is not nearly enough. I simply cannot afford private sessions with physiotherapists, those are costly. Have any of you suffered from such a hard injury? How did you come back to sports? Any tips for a depressed lady?
PS. I know age makes a difference in such issues - I am not even 30 years old.