Hello!
My brother had an ankle injury. He was in hard cast for two or so months and now out of cast. Right now, he cant move his ankle so his foot would make 90 degrees to his leg, I mean he can but he have to really force it. Folks from hospital says he has contracture and he needs physical theraphy. What I understand from my google searches this happens to pretty much everyone in cast, long term immobilizations cause contracture. Normally flexible stuff (ligaments, muscles, tendons?) becomes stiff etc.
Now, while he is waiting a call from hospital so he can start his physical theraphy (and he have to wait at least one more week they just told us) I figured he should start doing some exercises. Question is how hard he should do that? How hard and how fast? Should he force it or just move as much as his body lets him. I see two possible ways.
1. Keep moving that ankle but only as much as your body let you. Don't force it at all but keep doing light exercises, those light exercises will make whatever got stiff flexible again.
2. You gotta force it. At least a little bit? Then take painkillers? Doing light exercises all day won't help, you have to open that lock?
Thanks in advance.
My brother had an ankle injury. He was in hard cast for two or so months and now out of cast. Right now, he cant move his ankle so his foot would make 90 degrees to his leg, I mean he can but he have to really force it. Folks from hospital says he has contracture and he needs physical theraphy. What I understand from my google searches this happens to pretty much everyone in cast, long term immobilizations cause contracture. Normally flexible stuff (ligaments, muscles, tendons?) becomes stiff etc.
Now, while he is waiting a call from hospital so he can start his physical theraphy (and he have to wait at least one more week they just told us) I figured he should start doing some exercises. Question is how hard he should do that? How hard and how fast? Should he force it or just move as much as his body lets him. I see two possible ways.
1. Keep moving that ankle but only as much as your body let you. Don't force it at all but keep doing light exercises, those light exercises will make whatever got stiff flexible again.
2. You gotta force it. At least a little bit? Then take painkillers? Doing light exercises all day won't help, you have to open that lock?
Thanks in advance.
After cast removal exercises (ankle)
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