| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 401.1 | Call the doctor | TELALL::ICS | Gita Devi | Mon Apr 10 1989 09:52 | 11 |
| 401.2 | | GLINKA::GREENE | Cat Lady | Mon Apr 10 1989 15:43 | 8 |
| 401.3 | Shrinkage | ATPS::GREENHALGE | Mouse | Wed Apr 12 1989 10:08 | 11 |
| 401.4 | twist, pull or break? | ADISSW::HAECK | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! | Wed Aug 30 1995 14:08 | 12 |
| 401.5 | | CSC32::BROOK | | Wed Aug 30 1995 14:23 | 7 |
| 401.6 | maybe broken. Bad spaains need attention, too | UNIFIX::FRENCH | Bill French 381-1859 | Thu Aug 31 1995 11:57 | 21 |
| 401.7 | | ADISSW::HAECK | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! | Thu Aug 31 1995 17:33 | 8 |
| 401.8 | question about crutches | ADISSW::HAECK | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! | Mon Sep 11 1995 18:20 | 14 |
| 401.9 | Use your hands and wrists with crutches | UNIFIX::FRENCH | Bill French 381-1859 | Tue Sep 12 1995 09:18 | 25 |
| 401.10 | how high will the cast be, I wonder? | ADISSW::HAECK | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! | Tue Sep 12 1995 09:36 | 18 |
| 401.11 | | BIGQ::MARCHAND | | Tue Sep 12 1995 10:05 | 35 |
| 401.12 | tibia or fibula? | UNIFIX::FRENCH | Bill French 381-1859 | Tue Sep 12 1995 10:27 | 22 |
| 401.13 | | ADISSW::HAECK | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! | Tue Sep 12 1995 15:13 | 9 |
| 401.14 | I'm betting it's below the knee... | UNIFIX::FRENCH | Bill French 381-1859 | Tue Sep 12 1995 15:25 | 16 |
| 401.15 | | ADISSW::HAECK | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! | Tue Sep 12 1995 20:22 | 6 |
| 401.16 | | ADISSW::HAECK | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! | Wed Sep 13 1995 18:33 | 2 |
| 401.17 | there is freedom of movement after a cast | ADISSW::HAECK | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! | Fri Nov 03 1995 12:25 | 11 |
| 401.18 | ignore the x-ray?? | ADISSW::HAECK | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! | Wed Nov 22 1995 13:44 | 10 |
| 401.19 | | CSC32::M_EVANS | runs with scissors | Wed Nov 22 1995 17:05 | 11 |
| 401.20 | How does it feel? Don't worry about X-ray | UNIFIX::FRENCH | Bill French 381-1859 | Mon Nov 27 1995 20:25 | 10 |
| 401.21 | | ADISSW::HAECK | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! | Tue Nov 28 1995 10:44 | 13 |
| 401.22 | Sounds good to me | UNIFIX::FRENCH | Bill French 381-1859 | Wed Nov 29 1995 10:59 | 19 |
| 401.23 | | CHEFS::UKSTATIONERY | caw blimey, it's Merry Poppuns! | Tue Jan 28 1997 09:10 | 17 |
| About 8 1/2 weeks ago I was involved in an accident that left my 3/4/5
metatarsals broken and the soft tissue in my foot severely damaged. X
rays were taken of my ankle and no fractures were apparent. I was in a
half leg cast for 5 weeks and have just begun to fully weight bear on
my foot. My ankle is still swollen, although this reduces with ice, but
it has started to ache a little when I've walked about a lot, including
after physio, the ache doesn't last and the ankle has felt noticable better
when I've rested and iced it. The thing, is whilst non or slight weight
bearing, ther was no pain of this type at all. Am I worrying
needlessly about the possibilty that a break did occur and that the
doctors just didn't notice it? Should five weeks totally non weight
bearing in a cast have fixed it any way? Is it just aching because I
haven't used it for so long?
Thanks
Richard
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| 401.24 | | CSC32::BROOK | | Tue Jan 28 1997 10:46 | 28 |
| > About 8 1/2 weeks ago I was involved in an accident that left my 3/4/5
> metatarsals broken and the soft tissue in my foot severely damaged. X
> rays were taken of my ankle and no fractures were apparent. I was in a
> half leg cast for 5 weeks and have just begun to fully weight bear on
> my foot. My ankle is still swollen, although this reduces with ice, but
> it has started to ache a little when I've walked about a lot, including
> after physio, the ache doesn't last and the ankle has felt noticable better
> when I've rested and iced it. The thing, is whilst non or slight weight
> bearing, ther was no pain of this type at all. Am I worrying
> needlessly about the possibilty that a break did occur and that the
> doctors just didn't notice it? Should five weeks totally non weight
> bearing in a cast have fixed it any way? Is it just aching because I
> haven't used it for so long?
The only way to know for sure is to talk to the Doctors and the physio.
Muscles that have not been used in 5 weeks are going to be flabby. With broken
bones and tissue damage, there have been significant internal bruising, and the
surrounding muscle and tissue attempts to protect that. While we cannot tell
you "You're right", my suspicions would be that you answered your own
question. Some muscle and tissue damage can take months to recover. My
M-I-L was hit by a motorcycle a year ago, and still has soreness in places
at times attributible to that accident.
Bottom line, if you have questions, talk to the Dr. or Physio. If the pain
persists and doesn't ease, talk to your Dr. You may be overdoing the walking
etc. (Pain means you've gone too far ... No pain no gain is for macho fools!)
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| 401.25 | | BIGQ::GARDNER | justme....jacqui | Tue Jan 28 1997 12:29 | 3 |
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Ask for a complete X-ray of the site in question... go from there
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| 401.26 | | CHEFS::UKSTATIONERY | caw blimey, it's Merry Poppuns! | Fri Jan 31 1997 07:27 | 4 |
| The physio had a fiddle about with it this morning, and the pain looks
like it is due to inflamed nerves in the ankle area.
Richard
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