#BROKEN FEMUR RECOVERY FULL#

Healed doesn't mean you'll be 100% but at that point you're good to try most anything. What can go wrong? a big danger is overdoing it before the bone heals, wait til the doc pronounces you healed (it was 16wks for me). You're probably younger than me (62) so I'm confident in thinking you'll be back sooner than you think IF nothing goes wrong. James_n_la wrote:+2 on the loss of strength in the leg, I remember swinging my legs over the side of the bed one morning (huge accomplishment for me at the time) about 2 mos after surgery and noticing my surgery quad was about half the size of my good leg, really shocking. Be patient, be active, do the pt, good luck. +2 on the loss of strength in the leg, I remember swinging my legs over the side of the bed one morning (huge accomplishment for me at the time) about 2 mos after surgery and noticing my surgery quad was about half the size of my good leg, really shocking. Starting to run a bit now and that's coming around slowly. Walked a 10k at the end of Mar and did swim/bike of NOLA 70.3 in April. By Feb I was 8-10hrs/wk between swimming/spinning/biking/walking/aquajog and PT. By Jan I added walking and mountain bike a bit. Nov/Dec used a walker mostly transitioned to cane at end of Nov, activity was mostly just pt (couldn't lift leg, couldn't swing leg, mostly anything was a pain including shower/bm), began to swim/spin/aquajog at 4 wks, not too much 30/45 mins at a time, fatigue was a problem, had to take naps after nearly any exertion. I broke my hip Nov last year riding a mtb, fell on a root, hit the hip just right, ouch, subtrochanteric fracture, fancy word for broke the femur just below the knuckle that fits to the hip.

Handmade beverage charms, jewelry, and miscellaneaįirstly, my condolences, rehab will be tough (mostly because improvement is so damn slow) but unless there's some complication you'll be back biking by 4-6mos, not 100%, more like recovery pace but you'll be able to do way more than you think you can right now. This was recovery about #254 for this leg, so I wasn't in a hurry. It was sort of a long recovery, and overly tedious, simply b/c I couldn't afford to have the correction shift at all, so I needed to take it uber easy. I would say I was full-strength probably 24-30 months out? In March 2011, I started back to running. It was a laid back effort and pretty slow, but no issues completing it (aside from still being a bit out of shape).

I was able to start very easy, no resistance spinning.I want to say in May-ish, maybe? My first outdoor ride was on July 1, easy road riding, no big or out of saddle climbs, etc. I was on crutches from January to Mid/late-May. Which, of course, delayed my overall recovery. Mine was a bit different b/c the second break complicated the recovery from the first in that they had done the initial procedure to reaglin my leg, so any shifting/movement anywhere would jeopardize the angle of correction.so it earned me two+ months on bed rest. I had a condylar locking plate and 9 screws with a bone allograft. The second was accidental, and on the medial shaft. 2010-the first was surgically induced, so a clean break about 75% of the way through m frothe lateral side of the shaft. Also, if you have articular involvement, that can play a role, too. That could be b/c of the type of break, or the surgery itself or whatever.

#BROKEN FEMUR RECOVERY FULL#

Depending on the nature of the fracture, some patients are allowed to put weight on the leg immediately, while others may not be able to put their full weight on the leg for four to six weeks.In my own anecdotal experience poking around, it seems like plates tend to be a slower recovery (both from the initial break and from HWR, if elected). The incision is closed with sutures or surgical staples. Surgical screws are then typically placed into the bottom end of the femur and through the rod. Surgical screws are inserted into the top end of the femur, through the rod and into the femoral head to secure the rod. If the fracture has shifted a part of the femur, the bones are realigned.Īn intramedullary rod is inserted into the top of the femur and guided down through the fracture site and into the bottom portion of the bone. An IV is administered for general anesthesia.Īn incision is made on the side of the hip to allow access to the top of the femur. The patient is positioned so that the side of the thigh is clearly visible to the physician, and the area is cleaned and sterilized. This surgical procedure stabilizes severe fractures of the femur by placing a metal rod into the center of the femur.

Broken femur recovery