Broken Ankle Rehabilitation (and Tamata)

Yesterday I would have jumped for joy, if I could have done so, as my fibreglass leg and ankle cast was removed (with the help of a small vibrating circular saw). Liberation Day! I felt as if I had been released from a ball and chain.

Although the X-Ray assistant seemed to have some doubts, the specialist assured me that my ankle bone had healed. No more crutches!

But no leaflet or manual of physio or exercises to do either?

I searched the internet and found this video on YouTube, which I am posting here for my own reference.

Other items of information I found online:

"It takes about four to eight weeks for a broken ankle to heal, and it may be several months before you regain full movement of the lower leg and foot".

From a Diary (Saga)

"I can drive. I can push a trolley round a supermarket and walk around town centre with a stick.

I have exercises that involve balancing on a wobble board, raising myself up on tiptoe, and stretching.

I can balance on the bad leg. I can jump up spontaneously and be impetuous! I can hurry downstairs to answer the door".

Physio advice (pdf)

Exercises

It looks like I may need a resistance band...or a visit to the miraculous shrine of St. Wite (St. Candida) in Whitchurch Canonicorum?

Vesica-shaped limb-hole,
where cures are sought

Tamata as Art, National Gallery of Greece, Corfu Branch

Tamata, Saint Paraskevi