I still get hugely tired but on the whole I don’t get much pain so I consider myself to be really lucky. OOh dear – maybe some old injuries (nothing serious) of mine will reoccur! At least the pain is tolerable now, but something is “popping” as it rubs over the bump with knee motion. So in Aug of 2013 I went back in to see an ortho to figure out what was going on. Wow you guys have been through a lot! If so, did the PT ultimately alleviate the pain or did it get worse? I know the hospital stays suck. I found myself completely relating to and empathising with your plight in hospital, Colin; my hospital stay was similar. Cast dilemma solved I had black. Recovering from a femur fracture is definitely one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, as I’m sure you’re finding, but sounds like you’re working hard at it, so you’ll get there! (not for long, but am really getting there now I think! After doing my research, I noticed that Diz Runs has actually been doing a ton of amazing content on injury recovery, so I reached out and he has graciously provided us with this massively awesome post on recovery from a stress fracture or preventing one!. Thanks for getting in touch Ann, and great to hear you got back to normal after the accident. But then I overcompensated and spent the rest of my recouperation time, when I couldnt exercise energetically, feeling miserable and eating chocolate…, I well remember the mid morning snacks of an apple and three or four dried apricots or figs and a glass of orange juice (50% water with it) to get my system moving again… I think it took about 3 weeks to get back to “normal”…. She said I am doing everything right in order to help the bone heal – weight bearing, muscle usage etc. Having Dexa Scan on Friday so hoping this will be good news. He then said “What are you limping?”. His routine consists of bike 10 min, ecliptic 20 min, treadmill 20 min, rowing machine 10. [35]. That was 10 weeks ago today. Awesome! A: Immediate postoperative film shows a cortical plate has fixed the fragments of the transverse portion of the fracture with 1 to 2 mm distraction (short arrow) while the oblique fractures are compressed (black arrow).B: After 7 weeks, endosteal callus bridges the transverse fracture (arrow . Hope to be back on horse in 4 weeks?? People say I won’t run as fast or anything as good as I did before, but come on people just say that to make themselves feel better. Recovery from the surgery, overall, takes about 3 months. Congratulations for walking a mile without a stick. And although I was fit to be released, I can tell that I’m still anaemic – very drowsy, a bit light-headed, a bit pale and regulating my own temperature is completely impossible for my body right now. I was (quite rightly) worried about being in the car and going over bumps/emergency stops and stuff like that, and also it was so difficult to get into the car/down the kerb and so on, I just stayed in till I was allowed to weight bear. Figures 3, 4: X-ray of a femur fracture with spica cast (top), and 10 months after injury and removal of spica cast (bottom). Although I have not had a bike accident I was involved in a car crash on impact it broke both my tibia, fibia and femur. Guess I just keep praying, ,I am somewhat old, mid 80’s I still hate to give up. Miller T, Kaeding CC, Flanigan D. The classification systems of stress fractures: a systematic review. Guess I am the old one here. lol. Do you have any video of that? I might also mention that my therapist has me walking doing 10 to 20 side steps in each direction. But, a leg. One day in the future, I hope to be able to report that I’ve ridden my horse past the spot where the accident happened! The one benefit is that because you’re starting off at such a low level, you see increases pretty quickly. Keys: swimming early and often. Vancouver B1 periprosthetic fractures are best described as those fractures distal to the intertrochanteric region of the femur but around the femoral stem. resolve all the compatibility issues and hand you over a fully functional, secure website. The result of my fall was a fracture of the femoral shaft, hairline fissure of one of the epicondyles, hairline fissure on the patella. The craziest thing is we had a huge baby shower the night of the accident and had our daughter June 16. Suffice to say, turn back for home at that point. Well, now’s the time and I’ve managed to get […], […] Recovering from the big break: a femur fracture – mountain […], Your email address will not be published. So I had a further op the replace the femur nail with a thicker one to stimulate the bone to heal. Continues swimming 3 x per week. 2012 Feb. 132(2):249-56. Stress fractures are tiny cracks in a bone. Your child may have already been seen in an emergency room for initial treatment for the fracture. January 27, 2014; Accessed: October 2, 2015. If you gradually build that up, your leg will be able to stand more and more . I was left with the standard fracture pain I should have had all along. Otherwise, I have found my physio useful in two general senses 1) to motivate me to actually DO something every day 2) to give me some starting points. Especially not twice. Using a walker. I have found some really useful info here regarding calorie intake as well. Patricia – you will get there. Acetabular fracture surgery realigns and stabilizes the displaced joint surfaces while allowing the patient to avoid traction and prolonged bedrest. I can walk now with a limp of maybe 10% left? A year later I had another operation on the hip as there was a deep infection which meant the joint had to be scrubbed and I had 6 weeks of iv antibiotics and missed a holiday ( I don’t think I’ll book anymore holidays, I’ll go if someone else books perhaps! At 12 months surgeon very happy with result with result. Shaking my head in sheer WTFness haha. Please note, we cannot prescribe controlled substances, diet pills, antipsychotics, or other abusable medications. 2. They flew me to the nearest hospital and took x-rays. He did say that as the bone compresses, the nail might poke through the top of my femur and cause irritation -eek! Then after a few trips to the local shops without the stick and I find I am now able to walk around 3-4 miles without a stick. I also still have some fluid retention. I am so happy to have come across your blog today! Now present day, I am pretty much walking normally with some minor pain sometimes(more pain when walking down stairs). The pain was immense but my 8 month old daughter needs me and this empowered me to try and I stood up, on crutches but I was standing. It seems really strange to keep the titanium nail and those screws in place, but I have seen a few hockey players make a full recovery and even one football player. Location of atypical femoral fracture can be determined by tensile stress distribution influenced by femoral bowing and neck-shaft angle: a CT-based nonlinear finite element analysis model for the assessment of femoral shaft loading stress. Have been told will make a complete recovery I am 72 years old. I’m still limping but it’s improving very gradually – yesterday I managed the stairs without holding onto the hand rail. At the scene of my accident the doctor gave me ketamine so I could be arranged back into the shape of person and out in the helicopter. Any positive messages you can give me will be so appreciated…I’ve lost my confidence and independence and I hate it! After trying really hard for two weeks I can lift the good leg without holding onto anything up to kind of 90 degrees – standing on my bad leg!!! I doubt I’d been inside that long solidly since I was born. I reckon some of my knee pain which feels muscular strain, is from where they had me in traction of some sort during the second op – it feels like I was wrenched. I realise it’s not quite as easy at that though…! As I said can’t wait to see the Doc on Friday. They put titanium plating just above my right knee..I had a commuted distal femur fracture. It often causes groin pain that worsens when you putting weight on the injured leg. I am 62 and broke the neck of my fermer after falling over. J Orthop Trauma. New still sinking in…. I too tried to get off the painkillers far too soon. Now I think happy thoughts and imagine skipping through the tulips, well more sort of hobbling really. Hope everyone is healing well. Get prescriptions or refills through a video chat, if the doctor feels the prescriptions are medically appropriate. At week 9 I needed at least one person to hold me while walking and these days I can do it myself. Pediatric femoral shaft fractures are one of the most common peditric orthopaedic fractures and are the most common reason for pediatric orthopaedic hospitalization. Each season my biking was become more a part of my life. (thanks to ibuprofen) Its back to the usual today, but it makes a huge difference when you havent half your mind on “how can I make this go away?”. My fracture start healing but still not completely. I guess once people heal they must put it behind them and not share the story. Either way you will recover quick. Hi read a lot of stories on here. P.S I am also 58. The femur is a strong bone and is very hard to break. I am awaiting surgery to get the screws removed. Just Smile! I started to take off for a lay up, tripped, and put my left leg way out in front. He has been completely off crutches since week 8. The physio also said some very positive things. Keep up the good work. Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug ReferenceDisclosure: Received salary from Medscape for employment. Hi Richard. And if I fall heavily on a leg that is currently held together with blood clots, toothpaste and bogies it’ll be really bad. In fact, when sitting or standing still, I don’t notice any difference between both legs which is kinda dangerous, because I can’t put any weight on the injured leg yet. 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