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How can you prevent an ankle fracture from becoming displaced?i am using a walking boot currently as recommended by my doctor.
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Use the boot: Wear your cam walker as directed by your physician. Remember that a fracture takes weeks to heal, so don't stop using it before your doctor tells you so. Good luck!
Answered 3/19/2013
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Listen to your doc: It sounds like you are being treated properly.
Answered 3/19/2013
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Immobilize, crutches: Some ankle fractures simply need to properly immobilized (walking boot or cast) and some also require a period of limited or non-weight bearing with the use of crutches or a walker. The first 2 weeks are often the most important. If an ankle fracture is potentially unstable and prone to displacing, then it often does so in the first 2 weeks.
Answered 3/19/2018
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3 1/2 weeks ago broke 4th metatarsal nondisplaced. In walking boot. Yesterday walked a lot & today top of foot is sore. Could I have displaced the fractured bone by wearing the walking boot too long?
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