http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Anyone here ever broken a leg? en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:38:31 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5159#post-55106 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:20:14 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 55106@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And a helmet... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5159#post-55104 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:37:10 +0000 kaputnik 55104@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry anth, no experience of bone breaking, but wish her a speedy recovery with minimal discomfort. </p> <p>I assume thankfully she was wearing high-viz, otherwise it could have been a lot worse. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5159#post-55100 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:18:28 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 55100@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@recombodna owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5159#post-55098 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:11:57 +0000 recombodna 55098@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah well my pal had the complete bone sticking out of the leg surgery and pins job...... I learnt a valuable lesson that day. NEVER drink 2 litres of cider and drop into the big bowl,....... it probably won't be ok! I said and meant 6 months and 1 year. strangely he gave up skateboarding after that....... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5159#post-55097 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:10:33 +0000 Cyclingmollie 55097@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry to hear that. My eldest daughter broke her femur when she and her partner fell in a school sports three legged race. It wasn't a spiral fracture - greenstick - but she was in traction for five weeks. I think she refused to take pain killers after a couple of weeks so the pain must have eased off by then. The fracture clinic imo will be able to answer your questions better than A&amp;E. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5159#post-55096 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:09:53 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 55096@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah. 6 <em>weeks</em>. I need an editor for my posts. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5159#post-55093 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:06:58 +0000 SRD 55093@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>you did say 6 months above... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5159#post-55092 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:04:17 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 55092@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And not something I'll be telling her. No, at the hospital it was stated that the bone hadn't separated - not a major break, primarily because no weight had been put on the leg <em>at all</em> after she broke it. The bone hasn't shifted at all, so prognosis was just the 6 weeks in plaster.</p> <p>Obviously doctors have been known to get this wrong, but from what I've read about spiral fractures it's the ones that separate that cause problems (I think cos they're difficult to knit back together). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5159#post-55089 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:59:17 +0000 recombodna 55089@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>OOH!! Spiral fracture bad (not in the good way) Had a pal spiral fracture his leg when we were skating at livingston skate park many moons ago. He was out of action and in plaster for a good 6 months and had to walk with a stick for another year....</p> <p>Probably not what you wanted to hear...... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5159#post-55088 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:31 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 55088@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>S'not me, for once. I've got previous, breaking my arm and tearing my cruciate ligament, but neither rendered me as immobile as my other half is just now.</p> <p>Walking on Sunday she slipped on some mud and fell on top of her left leg, whcih gave way with a horrible 'crack'. She has a spiral fracture just above the ankle, and is in plaster for an estimated 6 <strike>months</strike> weeks.</p> <p>On Sunday she had virtually no pain and was remarkably calm - yesterday it all hit home a bit, and the pain started. I do remember that from my arm and knee, the constant ache that makes you feel utterly ill. At least with the arm I could move about and make one-armed tea and so on; and with my knee movement (as long as it wasn't violent) was positively encouraged (if painful).</p> <p>With both the pain subsided to manageable levels after a couple of weeks, but just wondering if anyone had experience of this kind of fracture, and recovery times from it, that I can pass on?</p> <p>Fortunately she has an appointment at the fracture clinic on Thursday to answer more questions (A&amp;E was rushed and a bit chaotic) and move to a lighter-weight fancy cast. </p>