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7/28/2014 4:23pm
7/28/2014 4:23pm
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4/17/2020 10:32am
Hey guys was wondering if anyone ever had this injury? I broke my Talus, and cross broke my Tib and Fib. The doctors are really concerned that I may have to have it fused because the way it broke and twisted. Just seeing if anyone has had an injury like this and if you can still ride? I will be off work for 9-14 months. Any feedback would be great.
Thanks!
Thanks!
I have no heads up on this, but hopefully some one here can help....
and kinda on off topic...but on topic....
there is a guy here on vital, that claims, with any injury...he would be at work tomorrow....
kinda like superman..but knott
Was wearing fox instinct boots.
I did have Aussies best orthopaedic surgeon tho, he had done a few of our major cricket stars down here, Ricky Ponting and Glen McGrath who had similar issues...
Crush I'm happy to hear you can do everything they did say my movement would be almost gone? I don't know if you have that problem.
I'm just concerned about how long the recovery is seems pretty long. 9-14 months seems a little crazy to me
The Shop
Healed up pretty darn good though. Still have 2 screws holding it together. just never had them removed.
Good range of motion too.
My problem was I broke my lower tib/fib just above the talus 2 times in less than 2 years after the talus break.
Didn't fair too good with that though.
Sounds like your break is far worse then my talus in 2004.
See what happens when it heals, hope you do good.
Been talk of fusing my ankle, but haven't done that..........yet?
You'll be all good in time, it does suck I know, limited ROM is a bitch to live with......for me any ways.
Up and down is pretty good, when I'm weightlifting I have to wear finger shoes as I can't close up the angle right at full compression... The flat shoes drop my heel, better for form anyways... Running is fine, I run on my toes anyways, but if you run "normal" you'll have to focus on form.
I would recommend in your recovery to involve physio to look at possible need for orthotics... My right knee has definitely worn a little because my ankle doesn't have that smooth flow through the planting and lifting of foot... the knee has some increasing lateral movement but better shoes and orthotics would help i'm sure.
Every injury is different but likely the downside to not getting it cleaned up and fused will be increasingly bad arthritis... Fuck that. Wasn't an option for me, i'm 230 pounds and almost 6'7, couldn't deal with a crumbling joint! It definitely took a long time to come back to normal, and once it did a few months later I had to have the screw out of my heel as it started backing out by itself. Fuckers wouldn't let me keep the titanium tho, they recycle that shit! Gross!
You'll get back on the bike. If they push fusing it, get a second opinion. Do yourself that favor.
Shane
Jeremy
We should start a support group because it's a nasty injury.
I broke mine 12 years ago and I hobble around the house every morning. I started racing in 1982 so, given that, I've been reasonably fortunate with injuries. However, if I could have a do-over for any one crash, I'd back off for the talus one.
I broke mine in half. Two screws but I had them removed later because I was in constant pain and the bone had some avascular necrosis.
Still going strong. I run now but couldn't for quite a few years. Short distance stuff because I'm always scared of the bone.
Recovery is a long one. Glad to hear that there are some on here without major lingering issues. Wait until it's strong and do all of the PT. Best of luck.
Right now I have an external fixator on my foot and through my shin bone. It's been on there for about 10 days. Tomorrow is surgery and is going to be 5 hours roughly. So it sounds like mine is pretty much on the same lines as some of you. I'm just a lot more positive hearing you guys still ride ok.
Lots of time off and PT and I should be good to go in a few months it sounds. Thanks goodness haha
I'm 36 now and have no problems or pain in that foot. Although I no longer ride or race, I wouldn't have any concerns about doing so.
Good luck!!
Pit Row
So i broke my talus on the 17th of july shattering it into a shit ton of pieces and also cracking my tibia. i ended up with a hawkins type 3 fracture and had surgery on it to insert 6 screws and a plate into my talus and tibia.
I was then put into a plaster cast for initially 12 weeks with a review at the end to see how it had healed, being that i live in england the NHS our public healthcare did next to nothing saying stay in bed and see what happens?
i cannot stress right now how serious it is to get a ankle specialist to look into your situation as it is now the 31st of august and thanks to the specialist I'm out of cast still non weight bearing but into a range of motion boot to gain back the motion i will have lost. he said that if i was to stay in the boot then i would very likely have lost some of the motion in the ankle!
I have a little pain in the ankle when extending during physio but as i said today is the first day out of cast so expected but he has told me to swim and physio as much as i deem the ankle can take so that in 6 weeks i should be weight bearing and back on my feet to a certain extent!
I guess what I'm trying to say is that i went from 12 weeks in a cast with another 4 weeks in a boot to then see how it got on to 7 weeks in a cast and then hopefully 6 weeks until I'm back to normalish! the doctor said he will be surprised if i do get back to 100% but 80-90% is good for me considering i left the original appointment with the other doctors thinking i would have trouble walking and riding would definitely be out of the question!
So don't let all the negative stories get you down i know i did and sitting around with nothing to do its hard to stay positive but all i can say is get a specialist who has done the surgery and then smash the physio as much as you can and fingers crossed well all end up having speedy recoveries!
Drop me a message if you have any other questions i know what its like when the doctors are so vague!!
Good luck!
That's amazing that you, as well as others have had so much success breaking your talus, calcaneus and tib/fib is no good and definitely not fun.
I wish you well and hope you keep going up!! I'll be back riding I hope by this spring at the latest if not earlier!!
I broke my left talus clean in 2 with a fairly hideous dislocation where my foot was in the 4 o'clock position as I looked down. Once they put the dislocation back in, which I was awake for, the X-Ray didn't identify the break.
When they opened up to operate as th surgeon was suspicious that such a bad dislocation didn't have a fracture, the 2 separate parts of the talus were sitting neatly together like a perfect jigsaw. A couple of titanium screws, 3 months in a cast and I was back walking on it with a boot. Within a year I was running, parachuting (was in the Army at the time) and racing again.
It's now 5 years from when it happened. I do everything I did before, feel little pain, but the range of motion is probably 40% of what it was before. I have also destroyed my right knee by over compensating. I have nerve damage where I still can't feel the outside of my foot, and it is stiff in cold weather.
That said, I feel very lucky in that I can live a perfectly active life. Best of luck with your recovery.
P.s. I was treated by the NHS too....
My left side was considerably worse (shattered calcaneous, sub talar fusion) than my right, but oddly enough the "better" side gives my wayyy more grief than the fused side. 6 surgeries so far (3 per side) for me, with 2 more later this fall...woot woot!
I see a few dudes that can still run after their break, but godammmm...If my house caught fire I STILL couldn't run out, sigh... That is out forever for me :-(.
Physio is HUGE though, take advantage of that if you can, then go live life to the FULL!
Shattered my talus (body and neck) screwed that one by landing by approx a foot short. My skid/footpegs is what hit first. I am now 12 weeks post surgery. I have an apt with the surgeon tomorrow, we will see how it looks in there. So far i have a decent up down motion, still non weight bearing. I dont expect to be for the next 6 weeks. I have been doing everything in my favor to heal up and avoid AVN. Has anyone required a Fusion due to avascular necrosis ? if so how does this affect your lifestyle. Many say a fusion was the best in their case due to less pain. As much as i wanted to sell the bike when this happened you need to hold off and wait till your back to yourself.
Now only time will tell if i hopr back on the bike and twist some ponies out of it !
Great group !
Good luck I hope you heal quick and stay positive!!
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