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5 week post distal fib orif web b. full weight bearing in boot. pain at heal and difficult to walk. is this normal? doc expects no boot in 1 week.
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Heel: Judith this is most likely as a result of you having not put any weight on this foot for the past five weeks, the soreness in your he'll should get better once you start to bear weight on it as that weight-bearing continues the softening of the heel bone from not putting weight on it Will start to subside.
Answered 5/24/2016
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