Wow 4 Months and 10 days since I broke my Tibial Platau
Still limping a little.
When I get up from sleeping or just sitting down for too long my leg feels tight and i limp a little with a bit of aching.
I'm still going to physio. Cant ride my bike long yet due to my shoulder but I can pedal for 30 mins on an excercycle at reasonable load.
My leg still feels weak sideways so probably needs some more exercises to help with that but it is improving. Its getting easier to get down on the floor and back up. Crouching is still not really possible.
I'm still kind of surprised how badly i messed myself up but sudden deceleration will do that :lol:.
Here a few photos of my leg now.
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They have modified my desk at work so its a little higher and that seems to help my shoulder so I might have to make a new desk at one someday soon.
I'm starting to learn which pain killers to take before bed on cold nights so I don't have to keep my room hot because I don't like sleeping in a really hot room but my shoulder and leg really ache when cold.
I think the cortisone injection may have helped my shoulder but its still quite grabby/ jumpy for some movements and will ache after half a day using a computer. The physio on it seems to help in combination with the injection but it wasn't a quick fix i was told by some it could be. Kind of hoping it keeps getting better because if not the specialist / surgeon wants to scope it and maybe get his scalpel out
. I've got a new appointment at the end of the month with the specialist so I guess I will have to see what he says when he seems me.
Its kind of hard to know how its improving because during the week I tend to take some slow release pain killers at the start of the day to ensure I can do my job and then take other ones throughout the day as needed. I'm still having to take the ones through the day so its still not 100% happy but I'm thinking its slightly better than it was before the injection and physio. One day I will try with no painkillers again for a true comparison but I don't like doing that too often as it can limit the work I can get done and we have some tight deadlines at work at the minute.
Heres a video I took at the 8 week mark just after I was allowed to start putting weight on my leg...
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I'm still surprised how much muscle wastage occurred in my left leg during those 8 weeks while at the same time my right leg being used to get around got bigger LOL.
I'm getting around a lot better than I was in that video. Still some limp but it gets worse if I've been standing or walking a lot or if I've just got up. I'm still experiencing quite a bit of swelling that seems to occur not long after I get up in the morning and start moving and it stays there until I get home and sit down with my foot up for a while.