how long does a bust leg take to stop hurting
 

I bust my fibula at the ankle 6 weeks ago. The plaster came off after 4 weeks and I was given an aircast ankle brace which I personally feel does not support the foot/back of ankle etc.

I am still suffering an ache, cold foot and pain after walking more than 200 yards (so why do that then stupid). plus terrible pain if I jar the foot and am not careful putting on a sock etc. Everyone is telling me that I should now be over it and I am a wimp.

The only X-ray was done at my initial A&E, my last visit to the fracture clinic at 4 weeks, the doc looked at the original x-ray, my leg and said it was repairing nicely. His x-ray eyes must be brilliant.

The wife works on the fracture clinic and has read my notes and said I should have been given a pneumatic boot not a brace and that further x-rays had been recommended.

When I queried this I was told I was being treated appropriately for such a minor fracture. My next fracture clinic is in two weeks (8 weeks after initial break). So question, how long before it stops hurting. My last injury a bust shoulder 6 years ago still hurts


OK, they are right. I am a wimp. But I want to play out in the sun and cannot get my boots on for the pain trying to get my foot in

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As you get older it takes a lot longer to heal and in addition to that old breaks start hurting again.I have started to develope a slight limp to compensate for the pain in my right leg[Old fractures with plates and rods] which is now manifesting itself into hip pain after about 200yds
Sorry old bean but as you are no longer a spring chicken you just have to learn to live with it----------any how its an excuse for being grumpy:)

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hi m8 busted my colar bone 4 months ago now the pain has gone but it still feels mmmmm how could i say ..a bit un comfy but thats down to the steel bit they put in to hold it together (i think) im back to see my doc in a week time hopefully to get the all clear to get back to work ,thought id never say that <<<<<and mostly back on the bike in this weather !!! i still get a few twinges now and again but thats due to me trying to doo too much after bieng in a sling for the last three and a half moths !!!!

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I had an op on leg when i was kid, they had remove some bone, ie scrape some of it away. That would still still ache well into my 20s, it still does sometimes, but I ignore it and just crack on. One of those things really.

I don't bother with pain killers really either, unless it really sore, they often make me feel like crap anyway, I have loads of codine at home which I never took.

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I damaged my ankle pretty badly about 6 years ago and every now and then it really hurts. I remember the doctor saying that it would take up to 2 years to heal. Hope yours is feeling better soon so you can get out in the lovely weather.

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increased on non diminishing pain -> a&e or gp.

sometimes they set the cast too tight/loose and it sets the bone wrong (yer wife will tell you that) or sometimes there may be a shard of bone loose

get another xray done

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^^^^^^ what she said

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14 months and still on crutches and painful for Miss Ophic. And it wasn't even broken. So don't hold your breath :pale:

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the leg is directly attached to the tongue Timothy..

stop talkin and the pain will subside.