Help! broken ankle 12 months ago

Question

Broken ankle just under 12 months ago

i broke my ankle in august last year, and had to have an operation to have a plate and 7 screws to hold my bone in place.

i had physio for 4 months and everything was fine.

my ankle is still weak, but for the past few months i've been gettin a numb uncomfortable feeling all under the foot of the ankle i broke whenever i walk or excercise for more than 10-20 minutes sometimes i find it turns a purple colour also.

does anyone have any advice or any knowlegde about what it could be?

thankyou

Answer 1

Its most probably the plate. I had a plate and 10 screws in my collarbone for 12 months and suffered numbness in my arm. I went to see the Orthopod who said my body was trying to reject the plate. He took it out under general anaestic and Hey Presto all problems gone.

Ask for a referal back to your surgeon.