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Broken Fibula

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Thanks everyone! I see my Ortho doc next Wednesday so hopefully I will be released from my walking boot then. I have a list of questions for him about jumping again - I'm in no rush actually. I'll wait as long as he says and a bit longer for insurance on my old bones. PLF's for certain - even though it didn't help on the runway!

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Let me second and put in bold what skittles said.

DO NOT MAKE A HABIT OF SLIDING IN ON YOUR BUTT!!

When you do this you are only one fuck up away from a fractured spine.



====> AGREED!!! I actually cracked my Coccyx bone on a jump landing on my ass. The Dr. told me immediately to get a spinal MRI. I would rather do a "Superman" face plant now than land on my ass again!
(and have).
Live deliberately; Dare greatly; Land gently
SkyPainter
SOS 1304, POPS 10695, DS 118

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The first ortho doc/surgeon I saw wanted to put a plate on my fibula and a screw thru my ankle. I got a second opinion from a different ortho clinic and the consensus from a group of doc's in that clinic said put a cast on it and your good to go. I guess what I'm trying to say is all breaks are different and before you let someone go and put metal in your body get at least a second opinion.

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DO NOT MAKE A HABIT OF SLIDING IN ON YOUR BUTT!!

I've never understood why it's OK to use your back as a shock-absorber if you haven't calculated well enough to use your legs.

Wendy W.
There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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:| Sorry about the break, Fibula is a tricky bone. It is also a known non healer. It controls allot of rotation movement of the ankle. If the mortis is not disturbed and its a simple break you are looking at 6 months. If it is truly non displaced fibula fx, cast 1 month, boot 2 months, PT 2 month. Otherwise plate and screws and its about 3 months.
If you are in a boot, treat it like a cast. The last thing you want is a nonunion of the fracture where your orthopod gets to break out osteotomes and refracture the bone then plate and screw.
Good Luck!
TB
www.skydivehouston.com

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DO NOT MAKE A HABIT OF SLIDING IN ON YOUR BUTT!!

I've never understood why it's OK to use your back as a shock-absorber if you haven't calculated well enough to use your legs.

Wendy W.



====> I never said to use your back .... just a PLF rather than a "sit-slide". Done halfway correctly, I think a PLF would disperse the shock of meeting Terra Firma pretty well!
Live deliberately; Dare greatly; Land gently
SkyPainter
SOS 1304, POPS 10695, DS 118

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