skatha Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 My favorite skiier Sam(husband) recently broke his leg-open comminuted tibia-fibula fracture. God love him, in his morphine-induced, anesthesia haze after surgery was fretting that his ski boots will rub on his new plate holding his tibia together. I was gently reassuring him that we'll get an honest-to-God boot fitter to figure out a good padding system for his boot. Any suggestions? I was going just to stop by the mecca(the store in Summit Co) unless somebody had another recommendation. FYI, we live in TX and a shop in the Denver/I-70 corridor would be the most convenient. Needless to say, Sam will miss the season this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugger Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Make an appointment with one of the best boot fitters in the business 303-402-6733. You will be in good company of US Ski team members while being fitted. Larry's is less than an hour from Denver International and while there check out All Boards Sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschurman Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 But I only broke my Fibula. I am thinking that the plate won't be too much trouble as right now the swelling is down quite a bit and the aircast and air stirup that I am using for support dosen't seem to bother it too much. So I think if I just make a little pocket with some bootfitters foam and reheat my Thermoflex liners in that area with a heat gun I'll be set to go. I'm not there yet, gotta get the stength back in my leg and some more rehab but I think I'll be there late Feb early March. The attached picture, although not my ankle, is pretty much what I am looking at. I am also planning on having my metal taken out as soon as I can. I am told that I have to keep it for a minimum of 6 months. But I don't want it in me any longer then I have to. I'm not a fan of metal in the human body. What is the recovery time looking for your husband? With a Tib/Fib break I would think that it would take a while and then he could have the metal taken out before next season, heal up and then no bootfitting problems. But I'm no doctor. ->Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatha Posted December 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Well, Sam really messed up his leg but good-he's nonweight bearing for a minimum of 3 months-they didn't even consider plating the fibula-they were more concerned about his spleen first-got removed-then an external fixator for his leg. He had to have a free muscle flap and a skin graft to close the hole in his leg from the bone poking thru-a la Joe Theisman. And he has to be on IV antibiotics for 6 weeks and oral antibiotics for up to a year so he doesn't develop a chronic bone infection. I think the plate is there to stay. But we will go see Larry-I'm stoked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 wow... i've never seen an x-ray of a metal plate before!! looks so painfull:eek: the only bone i've ever broken was my arm, right above the rist....i fell of mokeybars:o nothing compared to u guys.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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