Vertical Tibia Fracture

[Azzroid]

Hi,
About 9 1/2 weeks ago i fractured my tibia the doctor has told me i can now play football but when i kick the ball i gets pain in my ankle. Does anyone have any ideas of any phsio i can do to help this?

Thnxz
Aaron

[physiobob]

Originally Posted by Azzroid

Hi,
About 9 1/2 weeks ago i fractured my tibia the doctor has told me i can now play football but when i kick the ball i gets pain in my ankle. Does anyone have any ideas of any phsio i can do to help this?

Thnxz
Aaron

This sounds rather early to me. I would suggest visiting your local sports or orthopaedic physiotherapist for a functional review. Pain in the ankle could be indicative that the fracture has not yet full healed. Then again it may not and might just be a stiff ankle that needs mobilising. Either way the physiotherapist is an excellent person to lead this review and discuss the options, including repeated investigation.

[Azzroid]

Yes i thought this too but the doctor has told me that they would push me too hard... I dont think so. The pain i am getting is on the right hand side of my right ankle but i fractured it on the inside of my right ankle so i doubt that is hasn't healed properly. Also when i run i get pains along the bottom of my foot when i run which I have been told is because i havn't sed my foot for a long time, is there any exercise you can give me to help get the muscles working again?

Thnxz
Aaron

[alophysio]

Hi Azzroid,

Isn't it funny that your doctor said that you can go back to playing football (I am guessing soccer) but physios would push you too hard!

There are many reasons why you may still have pain. I won't deal with these now but mainly the logic as to what your options are:

1. Listen to your doctor. go back to football and hope that eveything will be ok (and it may be ok...)

2. Go to see a good physio or orthopaedic specialist or sports physician, spend a little money, get some good advice and make a decision.

Now if everything is ok, and you follow option 1, then you have potentially saved between $60-$200 by not going to see a doctor or physio.

If everything is NOT ok, then following option 1 will lead to further porblems down the track including possible refracture, permanent damage and pain for the rest of your life (again, possibly). This may also include time off work.

The question you want to ask yourself is can i afford NOT to see a specialist doctor or physio? The way I see it, $60-200 dollars is around the average day's wage here in Australia so it is a small price to pay to make a decision that could possibly affect the rest of your life.

I hope this helps in some way...