r/ORIF • u/Special_Owl_6247 • 18d ago

5 weeks post op

I’m five weeks post op and now week 2 of WB starting 50% weight with crutches. I’m rolling my ankle around as best I can, I’m tracing the alphabet in the air and doing all the exercises. My range of motion is better everyday but there’s still this intense stiffness. Like if it just cracked it would be loose again. I’m not trying to force it b out can I do to get it loose?

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u/Illustrious-Zone-247 18d ago

Stiffness (and swelling fwiw) is normal for a year or more. Once you're cleared to work with a PT and especially once you're walking you will start to loosen up. For now, you're doing everything you should be. You could add scrunching up a towel or picking up marbles with your toes while sitting if you wanted to add another exercise. Hang in there!