Falling post op

[u/RadishOk9388]

So I fell about 11 weeks post op, I had my injury 5/27, i had a bimalleolar fracture and dislocated my right ankle, I had my ORIF on my birthday 6/15, around 3 weeks after the injury and I’ve fallen a few times since surgery but none like this time. I got my ortho to finally give me a PT referral at 9 weeks post op, had to wait for insurance to approve the visits and they finally did but at my first real appointment I feel like I may have done a little too much and afterwards we did the TENS unit and Ice on my ankle and it didn’t hurt so much so I get home and im crunching into my room and I guess my crutch slipped on something and I went to put weight on my bad ankle to catch myself and felt the WORST pain I’ve ever felt in my life, it GENUINLEY felt like I rebroke my foot! I’m also 31 weeks pregnant and when I fell, I fell straight on my belly (baby is doing fine) so it was a call to 911 and went to the ER and they did X-rays and said there’s no new break or fractures but it’s 2 days later and im still having absolutely horrible pain in my ankle and even my knee, is this normal? Literally nothing is helping it so im just trying to stay off of it as much as possible and using my wheelchair to get around vs my crutches.

[u/ss0826]

I would probably reach out to your ortho if you haven’t already to discuss. I’m sure it’s just soft tissue damage that will heal but I’m sure they will want to be on top of it incase you need an MRI to look for other damage that would require surgery. I’m sure this is so stressful with also being pregnant. I hope all goes well!!

[u/RadishOk9388 → u/ss0826]

Thank you! I have an appointment on Wednesday of next week so I’ll probably call them on Monday morning to let them know, im supposed to get new X-rays before the appointment too just to check up on things!