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Leanne Waldal
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Sep 3

Broken Ankle at 15 months

Reclined pigeon pose is easy again! It’s been 10 weeks since ankle hardware removal surgery and my ankle feels great. The plate on my left ankle fibula had made it painful to cross left leg over right leg, lay on my left side, sit on floor with my legs crossed…

Broken Ankles

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Broken Ankle at 15 months
Broken Ankle at 15 months
Broken Ankles

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Jul 30

Broken Ankle at 14 months

It’s been 5 weeks since ankle hardware removal surgery and I can walk/hike 5 miles and balance on one leg just as I could before the hardware removal. The long incision over my fibula, however, is healing and recovering, and I’m still working to get dorsiflexion back. When our cat…

Broken Ankle Recovery

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Broken Ankle at 14 months
Broken Ankle at 14 months
Broken Ankle Recovery

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Jul 1

Broken Ankle at 13 months

My ankle is no long bionic and the hardware was taken out! I mentioned, in last month’s post, that I was planning to talk with the surgeon about hardware removal. I had an appointment with her, she felt how the screws on the fibula were visible and palpable and painful…

Trimalleolar Fracture

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Broken Ankle at 13 months
Broken Ankle at 13 months
Trimalleolar Fracture

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May 29

Broken Ankle at 1 year

One year ago I slipped on carpeted stairs in our house, my left ankle took the force of the fall on a tile floor, and that began my recovery from displaced trimalleolar fracture. I got a lot of help and support from my wife and daughter during this injury recovery…

Trimalleolar Fracture

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Broken Ankle at 1 year
Broken Ankle at 1 year
Trimalleolar Fracture

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Apr 30

Broken Ankle at 11 months

At 9 months my left calf (above ankle that was broken) was an inch smaller than my right calf. It’s still, now at 11 months, an inch smaller though I noticed my right calf got bigger so the left calf is still catching up. …

Trimalleolar Fracture

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Broken Ankle at 11 months
Broken Ankle at 11 months
Trimalleolar Fracture

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Apr 1

Broken Ankle at 10 months

I love snowshoeing and x-country skiing. I talked with physical therapist about which would be easiest/best given state of my ankle at 10 months. We decided on x-country skiing since snowshoeing might be more difficult. Surprise! Before this injury, x-country skiing was easy and fun. After this injury, caused by…

Broken Ankles

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Broken Ankle at 10 months
Broken Ankle at 10 months
Broken Ankles

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Feb 26

Broken Ankle at 9 months

It’s been 9 months since I slipped on stairs, landed on my ankle on a tile floor, and started this journey of injury and recovery. Months 1–3 were NWB (non weight bearing) Months 4–6 I worked to walk again and go up and down stairs Months 6–8 I improved balancing…

Broken Ankle Recovery

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Broken Ankle at 9 months
Broken Ankle at 9 months
Broken Ankle Recovery

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Feb 10

Broken Ankle at 8 months

I’ve reached a new point of view on this experience. Instead of worrying that pain is going to be tendonitis, and resisting or relenting to pain, I’m thinking of pain as scar tissue that needs to break up and joint that wants to move more and breathing through it. …

Trimalleolar Fracture

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Broken Ankle at 8 months
Broken Ankle at 8 months
Trimalleolar Fracture

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Jan 8

Broken Ankle Weeks 30–31, 7 months

I brought one trekking pole for hiking in Hawai’i, while on vacation, because walking downhill is still difficult. The rainforest hiking trails had exposed roots and streams to cross and the trekking pole really helped give me confidence on steep declines and over slippery rocks in streams. I did it! …

Trimalleolar Fracture

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Broken Ankle Weeks 30–31, 7 months
Broken Ankle Weeks 30–31, 7 months
Trimalleolar Fracture

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Dec 22, 2022

Broken Ankle Week 29

Dorsiflexion and plantarflexion are now the same in both ankles! A few days ago I did an hour of stretching and working on motion and strengthening. Then I gave my ankle an epsom salt soak, massaged it to help continue breaking up scar tissue, and for the first time noticed…

Trimalleolar Fracture

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Trimalleolar Fracture

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