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Tibia open fracture

2018-01-03 05:51:46
I got broken tibia from middle on 3 dec in road excident, I operated my tibia with rod and nailing.how long does it take to recover and able to bear body weight.
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6-8 weeks for consolidation. Wieghts bearing by 3-4 weeks starting from partial to full weight bearing. Running by 3 months. Knee bending exercises from day 2 post surgery.

Answered2018-01-03 08:22:13

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6-8 Weeks for reunion of bone requires. After 6weeks physiotherapy u can start for gait training and muscle strengthening.
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Do exercises in supervision of physiotherapist.

Answered2018-01-03 06:28:16

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U can start wt bearing immediately.toe touch followed by partialwt bearing n thn full wt bearing.mean while continue ur quads exercise to make recovery faster.by nw u shud b able to wt full

Answered2018-01-03 09:36:06

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