Ankle instability post repeated trauma repair?

Hello @marietter.

Ankle fusion and ankle replacement are typically surgeries to repair bone damage to your ankle such as arthritis. If you are comfortable sharing, is the instability in your ankle related to bone damage or soft tissue damage like ligament injuries?

I've actually had an ankle fusion due to severe arthritic damage sustained over many injuries growing up. After a grueling recovery, the ankle is very stable now and almost pain free, but it is not without obvious drawbacks like mobility beyond walking.

There are procedures out there for stability and ligaments, but it all depends on your situation. Have you worked with a provider that has provided options or insights on which procedures may be of help to you?

Chronic ankle instability since childhood. Multiple high ankle speak due to inversion, several fractures and one extreme trauma with two fractures, heel separation, torn ligaments and one nearly completely severed tendon. OA . Seeing orthopedic surgeon in a month for possible ligament repair, also anterior impingement and osteophytes from OA.
Walking with a cam boot until then. Will see what he recommends.

@marietter One tip I could give you about the Cam boot is to make sure the shoe you wear on the other foot matches it in height. My husband started with a stress fracture in the foot, wore a Cam boot, and then developed a partial Achilles Tendon tear in the ankle of the leg wearing a normal shoe. That uneven stress can also throw your pelvis or knee out of whack. The best way to avoid further stress and possible injury is to keep the best alignment you can with your joints because they affect each other. I have recovered from a bad ankle fracture and I also released tension on the muscles in that leg using techniques of myofascial release to stretch out the tight fascia and the scar tissue from the surgeries. I had a lot of tendon and ligament pain until I did that and evened out the tension on both side of my ankle. The scar tissue tightens up and pinches the joint together, but if I keep it stretched, I can walk without pain.

Yes I knew that. But thanks for the reminder. I have an attachment for my other foot depending on the height of the shoe . But for the past five years I’ve been only wearing thick cushioned sole sneezers which are high enough. 😘