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How Long Will I Have To Use Crutches For An Undisplaced Lateral Tibial Fracture?
My xray was misdiagnosed and have been walking, with a 3-Tex knee brace, for 2.5 weeks on an undisplaced lateral tibial fracture. I am getting crutches tomorrow and am due to see an orthopedic doctor later this week. I m wondering how long I will have to be on crutches and how long until I can resume running and yoga. Thanks for your help.
Wed, 4 Jan 2017
Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist, Harsh Swarup's Response
Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
I have understood your concerns but in lower limb fractures healing time is 6 to 8 weeks that too if all conditions are favorable. For fracture healing like absence of any active infection, get calcium diet and good hemoglobin levels in body, along with proper rest given to fractured site.
So my advice to you is to take rest from your day to day activities and take bed rest. You may require crutches for next 6 weeks and once the fracture has clinically healed do start with light closed chain exercises (and for which we can discuss later) for early return to your active life, as per the question of running and yoga is there it may take you six months for those high level impact activities.
Hope you find the answer useful and feel free to contact once fracture is healed for exercise protocol to be followed.
Regards, Harsh Swarup
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How Long Will I Have To Use Crutches For An Undisplaced Lateral Tibial Fracture?
Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. I have understood your concerns but in lower limb fractures healing time is 6 to 8 weeks that too if all conditions are favorable. For fracture healing like absence of any active infection, get calcium diet and good hemoglobin levels in body, along with proper rest given to fractured site. So my advice to you is to take rest from your day to day activities and take bed rest. You may require crutches for next 6 weeks and once the fracture has clinically healed do start with light closed chain exercises (and for which we can discuss later) for early return to your active life, as per the question of running and yoga is there it may take you six months for those high level impact activities. Hope you find the answer useful and feel free to contact once fracture is healed for exercise protocol to be followed. Regards, Harsh Swarup