Femur fracture : Recovery Story & Progress after six months
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- čas přidán 22. 11. 2022
- #FemurFracture : Recovery Story & Progress after six months
I fractured my right femur, shattered my knee and broke my left collarbone six months ago. Here what progress looks like.
If anyone out there is undergoing their own 'situation' and please feel free to contact me through the comments.
Cheers,
Phil.
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Hi I’m 55 also I my accident was on 5/10/24 I broke my left femur at the top just before the hip. The most painful experience now after surgery is sitting down. It’s coming from right by my hip and at the knee, of course my leg is still swollen. I’m a very impatient person the one thing I’m learning is patience I know it will take time losing the ability to walk is devastating and a very humbling experience. Hope all is well for you now. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Good afternoon - thanks for stopping by. Very sorry to hear about your accident and injury...Patience is the thing absolutely. One thing I didn't realise is that while there is the fracture to deal with, there is also all the wider trauma your body has suffered, whether that's muscle, nerves or other soft tissue. And that's where a lot of the pain comes from. Not using your leg, it wastes away and it takes a long time to get it back. Thing is though, it WILL get back and as soon as the medical folk say you can weight bear and get moving, then you're on the journey.
You're right about it being humbling. All the things we take for granted. I really noticed that everything is setup for full mobile people and everything was so difficult.
At two years in and three x surgeries I'm now walking around 7 miles a day, can walk up and down steps and cycle. Even better, it's still improving. I'm still doing physio stretches and exercise, pain is minimal most of the time and things are really good.
You'll get there, really you will. Let me know how you get on, cheers, Phil.
Great recovery Phil, Keep pushing💪
Morning Lee, thanks for the encouragement - I'm on it - promise! All the best, cheers, Phil.
Great video. Considering the topic matter, it's informative and entertaining (as much as the topic allows - your personality carries it through). It's nice to see the progress you've made. All the best and wishes for a nice recovery. One day at a time. Stay safe!
Thanks Rob - much appreciated and I will! Cheers, Phil.
Hey Phil, huge respect for making this video, I'm sure it'll help and motivate others in a similar situation. You're clearly on a long haul back to better mobility, but all your online mates are here for the duration too. Nice gaff too!
Good morning Hugh, great to hear from you as always. And if the video does help just one person somewhere, that will do me. As for the gaff - it's all CGI actually, I actually live in a shoebox on the side of the A1 so it's easier to have a cup of hot gravel for breakfast (etc, etc).
Cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews Bloody luxury! You were lucky! Etc etc
Hi Phil, great to see you making progress! I know from experience that being fit and active before an injury can be both a positive (aids with recovery, better health to start with, etc) but can also make things tougher (loss of ability, bigger step backwards from being very active to unable to do anything - this can be a big mental challenge). I hope that you can see the big bright light at the end of the tunnel and keep pushing towards it, the hard work will be worth it in the end. Best of luck for a speedy recovery mate!
Morning Dave, good to hear from you and hope you're doing well. You say some very wise things and yes, most times, I can see things are improving and that the trajectory is good / positive. I see this period as being absolutely key to achieving the best recovery I can hence I've stopped working to focus on it. I look at it as a kind of contract between the people that patched me up and myself - they have done their bit very well and I now need to do mine. And you say, it will be worth it!
Thanks for the encouragement and best wishes and likewise to yourself, all the best, cheers, Phil.
Chapeau, Phil! Fantastic progress, mate! You’ll be riding that ADV in no time at all once you’re ready to ‘get back on the horse’! 😎👍
Hey Paul, thanks very much for the encouragement. Yeah progress is great actually and while it seems slow I feel like I’m getting somewhere - I can carry my own mince pies at Christmas now! I think the ADV will be a good choice, it should be comfortable and while not fast (or slow) it’s got enough to get me to places. I’m looking forward to it 😀
All the best Paul, talk soon, cheers, Phil.
Good day Phil, I am Judge from Botswana. Like u said one of the things that keeps me positive is watching other people's recovery stories. I am going through a similar trauma as you and had plates and screws aswel...it good to see you walking as I have started walking myself though the bones haven't joined yet I'm on my 6month aswel..I was just at the doctor's office and the x-rays are showing slow progress now I'm so afraid to full weight bear because of the images I saw from the x-ray thinking the metal plates will just break .. keep is posted because you give me hope that I will be soon able to make progress as you🙏
Good morning Modise (or Mr Modise? Apologies if I get this wrong), great to hear from you again.
I can only talk about my situation and I was 'allowed' to fully weight bear from 3 months - the bone hadn't started healing then (and is still nowhere near close), but the surgeon was happy that muscle strength was coming back, the wounds were healing and that more importantly the metal plate and pins were not moving around. They told me the metalwork would hold my weight and that I should increase weight bearing as I saw fit.
Like you I was scared of doing more damage but the doctor said that A) I would feel it when I was doing too much and B) More weight = more blood flow = better healing.
I was really wobbly and weak when I first started on crutches and the feeling in my knee was just horrible. Over time though, the muscle strength has built up and that has really helped. I can walk on one crutch for 4-5 KM and completely unaided I can do around 300 metres but I'm trying to increase that everyday.
Have you asked your doctor that your metal plate will fully support you - even though your bone isn't healed? If the answer is yes, then you can begin - it is a horrible feeling both physically and emotionally to begin with but you will get more confidence over time.
You must confirm with your doctor first though!
Hope that helps, let me know how you get on, cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews Good day Phil, can I kindly have your email address if possible I would like to ask you something just not on this public platform.
@@modisejudge2861 Afternoon - all details on the channel 'about' tab, cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews sure🙏
Good to see your improvement Phil, I know it's not even close to easy, but I can already see you back on a bike. Hold Fast.
Hey Chris, good to hear from you again and loads of thanks for the encouragement. Back on a bike....Yeah...It's getting closer I think :-) Hope all is well with you, cheers, Phil.
As a fellow biker in the states I’ve been in bike accident at the end of October. Luckily no concussion and broke my right femur neck going over the handle bars with small cuts and a gashed shin. I may be 28 but the military ages u faster in 9yrs of current service. I’m trying to recover quickly and was walking within 18hrs after my operation on crutches. Seeing ur video and others out there with this surgery sharing recovery time lapse is a great way of motivating and inspiration to keep pushing ourselves to get back to normal. A big thanks from the East coast 💪💪
Hey - great to hear from you! Your accident sounds nasty but walking after 18 hours on crutches is amazing. I think that says a lot about your own determination and also that getting up and active as soon as possible is the way to go. I think the 10 days I spent flat on my back after the accident, even though it was unavoidable, really added months on to my own recovery what with muscle wastage etc.
So glad you found the video helpful and likewise I found other folks experiences really useful also even though no accident / person is the same. I think what I learned is that even if recovery takes months and months it will happen as long as the patient puts the effort it. The doctors do their bit and the patient has to do theirs.
Good luck with your own recovery and greetings from the (UK) East Coast, all the best, cheers, Phil.
Great progress you're making, stay focused on your recovery however small each day. Could have been so much worse.
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Thank you very much! You’re right it could have been loads worse so I’m feeling very fortunate. Thanks for the encouragement and I will! All the best, cheers, Phil.
Marvelous progress, Phil! (Of course I’m referring to your improved skills at lugging bottles of IPA 😂). Happily, it appears like the leg and it’s kind owner are coming along nicely too. Cheers!
Good afternoon Mr Brooks - it's very good to hear from you again and I hope you're doing well. Yeah, being able to carry one's own drinks is a massive improvement - although it does mean I do have to go to the bar now and get a round in :-) But yes, it's coming along and while it feels slow to me, those who see me every couple of weeks notice the improvement.
As always, thanks for the encouragement and have a great weekend, cheers, Phil.
Hi Phil, so relatable looking forward to walk without crutches too...thanks for sharing
Afternoon Kandi - good to hear from you and I'm very glad the video was of some help. Are you recovering from an injury at the moment and on crutches? If so, best wishes for your own recovery. All the best, cheers, Phil.
Well done sir 👏 💪
Thanks Paul : And in six months time...All will be well :-) Have a good day, cheers, Phil.
Watching you walk reminds me of my first steps after a double pelvis fracture, when facing the stairs l truly couldn’t remember whether to put my toes down first or heel. How we automatically function before injury is a brain memory, when the thought process after injury subsides,you know your on the mend.good luck with any new increments of flexibility 👊🏻
Thanks so much for sharing your experience and yeah, you’re so right. My left (good leg) knows what to do, while my right leg has no memory at all. It’s like watching someone else’s leg and having to instruct every movement through written instructions on a notepad.
A double pelvis fracture is something else…On the assumption you got through to the other side, that is both heartening, inspiring and good to know. Good luck and all the best to you, cheers, Phil.
Wow. I'm here after watching your review on the Hyperstrada. Your dialogue has brought back so much that I thought I had long forgotten.
I am now 57, and at 18 in 1983 suffered at the hands of "joy riders" when two stolen cars (Renault 5 Gordini Turbo and a 2.8 Ford Capri), passing bottles of beer to each other at 125mph, failed to see me doing 50mph on my XS850 at 2am in the left lane of the M1 at 2am on a Sunday morning, on the way back from a party with my drunk friend on the back (I was teetotal back then), and crashed in to me, passing me from one car to the other before coming to a rest with me wedged under the crash barriers.
My father, as next of kin, signed me over to the hospital (Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham) for experimental work, fully expecting me not to survie. I spent 6 weeks in a medically induced coma while they worked to save my right lower leg and foot which was badly crushed and almost severed below the knee. They pinned my left femur with an femoral nail to secure the 3 segmental fractures. I also had a fractured skull, vertibrea, ribs, and hips.
I am pleased to say my friend was thrown like a rag doll over the roof of the first car and on to the verge, and suffered no more than a grazed hand, despite having no safety gear on other than a helmet.
I spent two years in and out of hospital for a multitude of operations, and then learning to walk again, and I am pleased to say that, bar some flexibility issues and of course the scarring, I was fully recovered in 3 years. I know I was much younger, but I can see in you determination not to let this render you permanently afflicted.
I am so glad to hear it has not put you off motorcycling, and wish you all the best with your continuing recovery.
Hey Miguel, that’s some story. Thanks for sharing it. That’s an incredible recovery and must have needed so much determination to get through it. I find it very heartening.
I reckon I’ve got another 9-12 months before peak recovery and I see getting on a bike again is very much a part of it. Thanks for your best wishes with respect to that, it helps a lot.
Have a good day, cheers, Phil.
This is a very good video.I also had a fructure on my left fermur and right humerus.I underwent ORIF 3 months ago and now am learning on how to walk again but am still using clutches.
Hey Charles, great to hear from you and very sorry to hear about your own troubles. As you know the right/left combination is a real pain when using crutches but you’ll get there. I managed to ditch the two sticks at around month 4 I think - I still use one crutch now when going somewhere with inclines but otherwise I’m ok on flat ground with just a stick and for short / easy distances no aids at all.
It takes time. Hang in there Charles and let me know how you get on, cheers, Phil.
perseverance. I can see a nice tie in with bear as a prize for goals achieved!
:-) It's all about risk and reward...Or is it carrot and donkey? Either one will do!
Thank you for this
And thank you for dropping by and taking the time to comment. If you're going through own recovery - good luck!! All the best, cheers, Phil.
Hi Phil. So glad to see how you are progressing. I confess I didn’t have the notification bell ticked and have just caught up with your videos since we last chatted. Being fit prior to the accident and a positive mental attitude has obviously helped your recovery, with a maybe a beer or two plus biscuits and cheese. This year a mate was killed on his Fireblade and another knocked off by a red light jumper with multiples fractures so my enthusiasm has taken a big knock and I will trade my Speedy for a CRF next year sometime but keep the Cub. All the very best.
Hey Jonathan - many thanks for your note and good to hear from you again. Beer, biscuits and cheese....I've got them on prescription :-)
Very sorry to hear about your friends - that's just awful and I know exactly how that can affect your desire to ride and how you might want to ride in the future. As you suggest though, trying something different can sometimes be the way to approach these things without killing the desire completely. And if you're after a CRF300L I've got one going spare hahahah.
Anyway thanks again Jonathan and likewise - all the best, cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews thanks for the reply. Good shout on your CRF though :-)
My friend who has the broken leg, ribs and arm has carers visiting twice a day and is itching to get back out on his twist and go scooter which he has toured extensively on. Let’s hope his insurers are sympathetic. His dct Honda was written off of course. I’ll be watching out for more of your videos. Watch those stairs..
@@jonathanmellish4439 I'm watching the stairs, I promise. Please pass on my best wishes to your friend - I'll see him on a twist and rip, sometime soon. Cheers, Phil.
You are doing great considering the extent of your trauma. Much credit given to your attitude and determination to get back on the horse. Keep it up.
Hello again Abe (hopefully I can call you Abe?), thanks for the encouragement and as the cliche goes, things can only get better. All the best, cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews Greetings from the USA, I have a 76 t140 and 83 r65 in the stable and have been lusting over the various v7 offerings to round out my European harem. I stumbled across your channel and really enjoy your wit, charm and easy style as well as the beautiful videography of your reviews. Feel free to call me Abe, just don't invite me to take in a play.
Hey Mr Lincoln, that’s a very nice stable you have there and yeah, I’d agree that a nice Guzzi would just round it out perfectly. But then, of course I would say that 😀 Thanks for your kind comments on the videos and let me know what you decide to do. All the best, cheers, Phil.
Abe, sorry…and no I won’t 😀
C'mon Bad leg, you got this! You'll be a Good leg in time.
Good afternoon - I've told it, I've wagged my finger at it..It gets the message :-) Thanks for stopping by, cheers, Phil.
Bloody hell Phil!!, I've come over all jelly like looking at the photos of your accident. You really have been through the mill with that one my friend. I am also 55 and have an RS, so it felt a little close to home for me. Not wanting for you to relive the accident, is it possible that the car you collided with was parked out of view, on the left in front of the bus, then made a break for it, appearing from in front of the bus towards you. This would explain how it suddenly appeared? Either way, the most important thing for you now is to move forward and try to be grateful that the outcome was not very different indeed. I love your RS videos and i rate them very high, with the quality of the editing, content and photography. Also, your cheery and funny quirks are uplifting for the viewers. You defo have a skill there, and i am certain you will adapt and find something equally interesting and engaging, to make on your tube channel. I for one, will be watching eagerly!! Take care my friend, and keep up the exercises, you will be grateful for the making the effort. Sending healing vibes.
Hey Tim, really good to hear from you and thanks for your support and encouragement - it’s very much appreciated. As for the car just ‘appearing’ it’s all possible I guess and for a while I just couldn’t get my head around it but either way, aside from perhaps the emotional comfort of simply ‘knowing’ it doesn’t change anything and as you so quite rightly say, it’s about moving forward now. My only thought is that perhaps my eye got caught by something else - that road has plenty of deer running across it and I’m always scanning the fields either side so perhaps I saw something and for a split second my eye was taken.
I’m glad you enjoy the videos and yeah, something will turn up I’m sure as it’s something I enjoy and want to get better at. It just might not be bikes though!
Right, it’s time for my last set of exercises (4 times a day, 50 minutes each time) 😀 All the best Tim, look after yourself and enjoy the bike, it’s a cracker!
Cheers, Phil.
I too have am open femor fracture and tomorrow makes 9 months since my auto accident which caused the injury and I still haven't fully healed... I know the struggle especially with stairs... I learned to step up with the good leg and to step down with the bad leg... Every morning lately I've been waking up with tremendous pain but one thing that's really really helped wonders for the pain is red vain kratom tea!! After an hour or so, I'm walking again without limping so much... Hopefully all this will be behind us sooner rather than later my man... Best of luck healing
Hey Luke, great to hear from and very sorry to hear of your own experience and accident. Yeah the stairs one at a time, oh yes and I'm still doing that now with higher steps but I can use one leg after the other on the stairs in the house which is great. You'll get there and as you know the fracture is one thing but repairing and strengthening the whole trauma site really takes time. Especially with open fractures like ours.
I've never heard of that tea so will look it up now. My fracture and knee is a lot less painful these days but as I'm still limping a little I find it puts pressure on my back so I'm still trying to correct that. However, I can't complain and come the summer it will all be behind me - I'm determined it will be.
All the best with your own recovery Luke, keep moving is the key as you know and you'll get there. Let me know how you get on, stay strong, cheers, Phil.
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Looking Dapper 80:8. Great progress considering where you were just a mere 6 months ago. Keep it up 🚶♂️
Good morning Mr Neutral, thanks for dropping by. Dapper? Now there's a first...Let me tell the wife....And yeah, I'm on it - I've accelerated the 'regime' this week as I think bones and stuff have probably recovered sufficiently so I won 't be doing them any damage. Hope all is well in Florida, talk soon, cheers, Phil.
Ugh. The passing out. I hated that part too. I also had two surgeries.
Afternoon Meghan, yeah that feeling of horrible light-headedness is just horrible. Perhaps you were the same - but I wasn't really prepared for it either. I figured the first time upright would all be about pain from the surgery and broken bones so I was kind of prepared for that, but trying to stand for the first time in 15 days was just awful.
On the bright-side though, it doesn't last too long.
Anyway, good to hear from you and I hope you've made a really good recovery.
All the best, cheers, Phil.
Strange how your video came up as a recommended for me! I'm a motorcyclist but broke my left femur in a car crash in four places back in 1984. I had a k nail fitted and was in hospital for 4 week's,3 week's in bed without getting out as was in traction. Can totally relate to the feeling dizzy and light headed trying to stand up!! 38 year's later it is now the cold time of year it reminds me of what happened all those years ago! Keep up with the exercising and you'll be fine 😀. Have you given up with motorcycling?
Good morning @Bally 63 and thanks for letting me in on your own femur story - it’s good to hear that (winter aside) all is well. The dizziness thing is horrible isn’t it? I wasn’t expecting it at all and I can’t imagine what it must be like for folk who have had to spend much longer in bed.
As for giving up motorcycling….I’m kinda on the fence at the moment if only because no sort of decision needs to be made at the moment, given physically, I can’t ride anyway. So it’s at the back of mind for now as I concentrate on the rehab. I think when I am physically able to ride and perhaps when I get chance to, then I’ll know for sure. I do know off-road riding is now over for me and I’m really going to miss it. It took me to some beautiful places and provided little micro-adventures every time I went out. Not to worry.
All the best for the festive season, cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews all the best to you 🎅🙂,it is a strange one when you have a bad accident on a bike. Your first thought is right I'll pack it in and everyone close to you says the same. But when your accident is in a car, the first thing you do when your able,is drive your car!!! I've never really been into off road biking and over the years I've seen many people I know pack road riding in because of the danger's and then take off roading up as a new hobby too end up falling off and breaking bone's! Something that never happened to them when they were road riding! I suppose at the end of the day you can't predict your accidents in life,you just have to be as careful as you can be, best wishes Tim
@Bally 63 : That's a really good point actually - well said and well made! Cheers, Phil.
Hi my name is grace I am a quadriplegic paralyzed woman with a broken femur and crushed part that attaches to knee when I first went to the hospital to get x-rays and a CAT scan. They did not find anything. I suffered that injury due to somebody hitting my vehicle and I slid down my chair and bend my knee and hit it someway somehow broke it, three months later I just had to get an x-ray because it was too swollen, since I don’t feel it, I didn’t know the extent of it now that I know that it was broken. My doctor doesn’t think it’s a good idea to operate on me because he says that it’s too much risk and it may not heal and probably have to operate again, but it’s not healing on its own properly and I have the risk of bone through my skin or let it heal, and when it heals, I might not bent my knee all the way and it’ll be a little bit shorter than the other side so I don’t know what to do. Is it a risk do I just do the surgery or it can be done and the risk of blood clots and infection is the same as a walking person versus a quadriplegic, please let me know what you think. If you have more information you researched this please let me know.
Good evening Grace, great to hear from you at the same time so very sorry to hear of your situation and injury. It must be just awful for you.
I can't give you any advice as I'm not a doctor, just a patient like yourself and of course what I went through was very different to your situation. Infections, blood clots and other situations are a risk of any type of surgery and they were read out to me for all my operations, including the elective one I had last year. Whether the risk is more or the same for you as someone fully able bodied I really don't know.
At the same time to a non-medical person, to leave the fracture alone and to heal - presumably very poorly when the last thing you need is more complications on top of an already very challenging situation is difficult to come to terms with. From what little I understand, as long as you have blood to the bone, it will try and grow and make some sort of union, but of course it needs to be the right kind of union in the right place.
Thing is we're non-medical people but as patients we need to be both assured and reassured what is going on with our bodies. If I could ever imagine myself in your position and having 'doubts' I would always seek a second opinion. That second opinion may say the same thing but you know this is as much about peace of mind as it is physical injury.
That's all I can say really and it's probably not much help. Let me know what you decide to do Grace and how get on. I can only, sincerely, wish you all the best, cheers, Phil.
Good to see you are progressing, Phil. I still think an F3-S is the 'bike' for you. Watch a few videos of them. Make sure it is an 'S'.
Thanks very much Nick, always good to hear from you. I've checked a few videos out and...they look wild! The 'S' particularly so. If I'm ever in Portugal I'll keep an eye out for you whizzing by. All the best, cheers, Phil.
Bloody hell Phil. I think this video is more impactive than seeing blood seeping through bandages! I’d sorta got this mental picture of you having a slight limp. Never realised you were so restricted still. Really hoping that you get much more movement! Is doing the stairs painful? It looked it.
Good luck and keep on improving. 👍🤞😀
P.S. Please don’t show me you carrying bottles of IPA. I was worried you might drop it. Not good for my nerves!!
Morning Jon, how are you doing today? Bought any new bikes recently?
Yeah, stairs and going down any sort of slope (up is not so bad) are painful and dodgy at the moment so I plot routes around town that stay on the level - which for Berwick isn't entirely easy - although, there's a little 3 pub, pub crawl I can do :-) Gotta take the rough with the smooth right? Nice crisps at pub number 3 also.
Sorry about the IPA - it was the good stuff also - Harvey's!! Risk and reward though :-)
Things are going to get better. Next video will be in six months when I'll be on a pogo-stick...Not quite sure why I'll be on one, but there you go.
As always, it's great to hear from you Jon, have a good day, cheers, Phil.
Afternoon Phil. I’m ok thanks. I definitely need an older Triumph in my garage. Hopefully going to M Live tomorrow if my shoulder blades will let me.(Arthritis.)
I had this neutral vision of you with a slight limp. Now I can’t stop thinking about you doing the next update on a pogo stick! 🤣 Desperately trying to stay in shot while dangerously jumping about and trying to give a serious update! To top it all you have a bottle of beer in one hand! I shouldn’t smile, but I can’t help it. Sorry. 😊
@@JLOSTAFF1 Hey Jon, well, the thing is I've aspired to have a limp along with a slightly watery eye for some time now. There was always a kid at school with some kind of medical shoe fitted and a red eye who got all the attention plus excused from homework.
Hope the shoulder blades are OK at the show today - I know you'll be picking up lots of Z650RS literature and stickers so please be careful.
You know you can get carbon fibre pogo sticks now? Get in.
Cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews Spot on Phil. No MG stand at NEC. Wonder why? Bit odd and disappointing really.
Hope you continue to recover ok…I’m 61 year old motorcyclist and your videos are brilliant but your injuries and the nature of the accident do focus the mind a bit! I do love my bike though.
Morning Tim, thanks for dropping by and I appreciate your comments very much. I’m glad you love your bike though and none of this should put anyone off - it doesn’t put me off at all. Like yourself, bikes have given me some fabulous experiences over the last 40 years and I don’t regret any minute of that.
Hope all is well with you, cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews Phil cheers for that, bikes do seem to get under the skin and riding my triumph scrambler is a great way of de stressing! I hope you continue to make a full recovery and best wishes to you and your family. Keep making those videos. Cheers Tim
Hie Phil, i am Tasicious Kamambo from Zimbabwe am in my healing journey of a broken right femur, its now 2 months after surgery still on crutches but i can bend my knee 90°
Hey Tasicious, great to hear from you! Sounds like you are making a very good recovery - thanks for letting me know. In addition to my femur break I also smashed up my knee into at least 10 pieces which created the knee bend issue, but I had more surgery so hopefully that will work out.
All the best, let me know how you get on, cheers, Phil.
How much you can bend now brother?
Dear Doctor, Thank you for this motivating video. I am nearly 80 years of age. I am a victim of femur neck/head fracture and was operated upon three months back. I can walk limpingly and if I wallk without the walker I get pains on my groin (right leg is my bad leg). If you can suggest me anything, I would be highly pleased . I hope I would get it soon.
Good afternoon Dr Mrinal - it's great to hear from you while at the same time I'm very sorry to hear of your injury. As a relative youngster of 55 I can't imagine the injury you have at the age of (nearly) 80.
First of all - I'm certainly not a doctor - I'm just an average patient I'm afraid, therefore I can't offer you any particular advice on your situation. All I can say - and this is based on my own experience only, is that it's a long road with slow positive progress, combined with what feel like setbacks and/or no progress for weeks. Listen to the your physio, do your exercises carefully and 'feel' your way into what works and is beneficial.
I've personally found it's very easy to 'do too much' and then everything goes backwards, while the limit of 'too much' is constantly changing. So, it's difficult and every situation and for every person it's different.
Sorry I can't be of more help, I can only offer best wishes for your recovery and thanks for contacting me, all the best, Phil.
Knees fine small crack fro a 25 acp baby browning .. walked to hospital like it was a small hole minor crack of femur ..
Blimey!
Hello! How are you now? Are you able to walk without a limp? I’m 5 months post break and still limping.
Hello Jocelyn, thanks for stopping by & sorry to hear about your own accident - hope your recovery is going well.
Before I respond to your question it's worth saying that I broke my femur and had multiple knee fractures around 18 months ago. I also had another operation just 2 months ago - a procedure called 'Judet Quadricepsiplasty' where a load of internal scar tissue was removed in addition to lifting the muscles and other tissue away from the bone. The objective of this was to allow me more knee flexion. Up until four weeks ago I still had lots of swelling around the knee. I'm also not using a stick or crutches.
So, bearing that in mind, yes, I am still limping but I haven't yet fully recovered from the operation back in August yet. The limp is reducing though and continues to improve. I think once fully recovered, I will have a small / hardly noticeable limp and that will be much better than immediately before the operation in August. I'm no expert but I think is mainly down to the knee fractures and damage, as opposed to the fractured femur.
Hope that helps - every patient and situation is different and I think the only common denominator is that it takes a lot of time and there's a lot of physio to get through.
Good luck with own recovery & let me know how you get on, cheers, Phil.
Hey! I have femur fracture 2 months ago. Now i have started walking with a walker. My lower leg feels as if it is freely rotating. I am worried.
Good morning Ayesha, first of all I’m very sorry to hear about your accident and broken femur. These accidents are tough.
Every accident and patient is different and I’m no doctor but being able to weight bear after 2 months seems like good progress?
As for your lower leg, I don’t know the context of your accident but if you also had soft tissue damage and swelling pressing on nerves etc, you may very well get some altered sensations.
For my own part I had significant soft tissue damage in addition to breaking my patella (and femur) and my whole leg and foot and right hand felt strange for months and I still have a numb feeling in my foot.
All I would say is that you’ve had a significant trauma and progress can be slow but with exercise, physio and good diet you will get there. Of course you must see your doctor and express any concerns.
Hope that helps and let me know how you get on. All the best, Phil.
Hi, 58yr old had a motorcycle crash here. Laying in my hospital trap waiting for first surgery after having dislocated femur put back in with manipulation, no other damage other than top of ball left in socket afaik.
Was hoping to be back on dirt bike on 8weeks but not that hopeful now. Does your difficulty with leg bend come from knee or hip?
Hey Robert, thanks for dropping by and sorry to hear about your own situation - best wishes for a rapid improvement.
As to your question, the restriction in leg bend is all down to the multiple knee fractures combined with all the tissue damage and internal scarring. While some of this was caused by the nature of the femur fracture (it was open and sliced it's way through my knee on the way out) the actual femur fracture aside from aches and pains doesn't really cause me to much hassle.
Good luck with your recovery Robert, let me know how you get on, cheers, Phil.
Thanks for the info, your injury sounds far more complicated than mine. My femur was punched backward out of the socket due to impact on my knee whilst sat on the bike. The complications is part of the ball sheered off and remained in the socket. Apparently the joint lubrication fluid can stop it mending and if blood supply was damaged in trauma that will also stop it healing
That must have been some impact to do that Robert...The one common thing I guess is the importance of the bloody supply for bone growth - hopefully your x-rays will begin to show a 'shadow' as the union begins to form. Let me know how you get on and when you're back on two wheels, cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews I opted to go for a complete replacement as the other options would likely result in needing a replacement in a few years due to arthritis. I have also found a fair few dirt bike riders that still ride with hip replacement without issues.
Hello so I'm about 3 months in a distal femur fracture I'm able to walk but I have so much pressure in my knee area and around it, gets tight when I'm standing and over time when I'm walking, will it go away??
Hey Kevin, good to hear from you and sorry to hear about your fracture. In answer to your question - with the caveat that every fracture and person is different, yes, it will improve and get better although the tightness may not completely disappear.
In my own case after 12 moths (and your recovery could be much quicker) standing and walking was just fine. No pain, discomfort or tightness. I was still kind of aware it wasn't the same as the good knee but it wasn't anything that really bothered me. Just be patient, do your physio and it will work out.
I'm speaking in the past tense as two weeks ago I underwent more surgery with a view to removing the scar tissue that was stopping my knee bending beyond 70 degrees, hence I'm back on crutches and have a very painful knee / thigh again! It will get better though!
Let me know how you're getting on, stay strong and all the best, cheers, Phil.
I broke my femur .. stressed but day 2 I’m waking with out a Walker … I’m stressed abt swelling from rods will my leg look like my other after healing I showered on my own 3 days after surgery any help would be awesome
Afternoon Kyle, really sorry to hear about your own injuries - how did that happen? Anyway, it sounds like you're making amazing progress! Walking just two days after surgery? That's incredible!! Every patient and situation is different so all I can say is that for me, the big fracture femur and swelling etc, is now hardly noticeable and pain from the fracture site is minimal. My main problem is with my knee TBH, that had around 15 separate fractures and lots of tissue damage and remains painful and distorted - it's not swelling though, more scar tissue build up.
If your knee is OK though, in six months time you'll be in a much better place - mid and upper/neck femur fractures though really serious, seem to heal very well assuming infection is kept away and the bone heals. On the bones healing gentle walking to get the blood flowing seems to really help. All I would say is listen to your surgeon and don't push the exercise too much in the early days.
Hope that helps, let me know how you get on, cheers, Phil.
I had a femur neck fracture and physical therapist instructed me to go up starts with my good leg first and then bad leg. Also other videos say the same. We’re you doing stairs the wrong way, that’s probably why it was so difficult for you.
Hey Laura, good to hear from you and hope your own injury is either sorted or well on the mend.
I fractured my femur midway and also pretty much destroyed the distal femur, or top half of my knee. And it's the knee which is the issue at the moment as it won't bend beyond 65-70 degrees. So yes, I can get up steps leading with my good leg and bringing my bad leg along side it. What I can't do is proper reciprocal stairs walking (it's even worse going down) as the bad knee hasn't enough flex to reach the up step or bend enough to allow me to reach the down step with my good leg. Still, I'll keep trying!
All the best, cheers, Phil.
Oh wow, you had alit going on. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Thanks Laura! Cheers, Phil.
How are u doing now? Full range of motion while walking achieved?
Hey Mithun, good to hear from you. Well, I had further surgery back in August 2023 and I’m pleased to say that I’ve got full range of motion for walking on flat surfaces (around 65 degrees) and I’m now learning to get rid of my limp. On a good day I can almost walk normally.
Overall passive range of movement is around 105 degrees so I’m ok going up stairs but not down - I’m working on it and I think there’s more improvement to come.
All the best, cheers, Phil.
It's been 3 weeks after femur fracture surgery should I force Knee to bend 90° or more?
Hello! I think that’s a question for your doctor / consultant to be honest - every accident and person is different and however you got the fracture means there is trauma elsewhere that needs to be fixed.
I broke my femur, shattered my knee and had loads of tissue / nerve damage so it took me quite a while!
All the best, let me know how you get on, cheers, Phil.
Hi Phil, are you still in pain or is it just stiff?
Years ago injured my knee and since then it has given me grief if I kneel down or over do it
Sometimes my knee will lock up with it and I have exactly the same issue as you, I know circumstances are totally and utterly different. Not having a knee that can bend is so restrictive so I feel your struggle !!!!
Great video its nice to see you progressing, your skills in filming are really coming through!
Nice bits of metal in your leg now!
Good afternoon and great to hear from you again. Pain or stiffness? Well, it's a lot of both at the moment combined with weakness and 'lack of trust; in my right knee to support at anything other than a straight locked position. From the description of your own situation it's very similar.
Talking to the physio, the issue is with the internal scarring and that a whole load of soft tissue that was damaged is kinda growing around my knee and as I spent three months not really flexing the joint, its kinda tied into place. So the focus is to get that stuff moving. And getting it moving is a bit horrible. But that's OK.
Anyway, many thanks for the encouragement and I hope your situation with your knee doesn't cause too much distress. As for the filming - thanks! I've got a lot more time now! All the best, cheers, Phil.
Hi Phil, I broke my femur it was caused by my hip implant so had quite a bad fracture of the femur , this was 10 weeks ago, I have flexibility but weight bearing is the issue I'm having , it's very difficult and painful. Anyway how are you doing now seeing as your video is about a year old.
Good afternoon and good to hear from you & I'm sorry to hear of your fracture and complications caused by the hip replacement. I can sympathise - the weight bearing part of the rehab is intense to say the least.
So I'm now at 21 months since the accident and since this video I had more surgery to remove a ton of scar tissue - upshot is I haven't used a stick or crutches for 9 months at least, I'm walking around 7 miles a day and now do stairs up/down properly with a bit of effort and can now use a normal bicycle on flat ground. On really good days I don't have a limp but when I'm tired I still limp or list to my bad side. My issue was always with knee flexion (given I shattered it completed in addition to the femur) and while I will never get back to 'normal' I'm now at 120 degrees. I'm still getting pain but it's more like a 'tightness' these days and I think there's still room for improvement.
Hope that helps, good luck with your own recovery and let me know how you get on, cheers, Phil.
@80eightReviews thanks for your reply Phil, I'm glad to hear your still improving, I initially had a lot of stiffness around my knee even though I didn't injure the knee, but that has relaxed off a lot I'm glad to say, the term for my injury is periprosthetic fracture, I had a hip replacement just under 2 years ago and I was just about over that, then I had another fall in December, so they had to put another longer stem in place of the original one done for the hip replacement, that caused the femur fracture so they put a metal rod down the side of the femur with cables wrapped around that to hold it all together. Anyway I appreciate your video, it helps myself and others who have also posted comments have hope for a recovery because it feels at times like I will never walk again. So thanks Phil
@@AZguy2024 Hello again and good morning from the UK - where for the first time in two weeks there is sunshine!
I've just looked up that term and gosh, it sounds quite serious and could have led to some quite serious consequences as I'm sure you're only too aware off. I'm VERY glad to hear that wasn't the case with you though. There was one point where I was told I might be heading to a non-union situation and might need a bone graft which well, changes your perspective on things.
Anyway, thanks for your comments and yes, that's exactly why I did the video. It's 21 months since my accident when I was told I "might walk again with a stick" and that full recovery could take up to 18 - 24 months. It's easy to think it's just never going to happen but it does if you grit your teeth and get on with it every day and it was other folks videos that really helped me. So this video and the others are my contribution to that.
21 months later I'm walking 7 miles without a stick despite having at least 15 separate fractures, a ton of tissue and nerve damage and not to mention a cardiac arrest on the operating table. Oh and a broken collarbone!
So GOOD LUCK and best wishes to you and everyone else in the rehab and recovery stage. You'll get there and the dark days will get forgotten. All the best, Phil.
Hello sir
And hello to you Sitsofe, how are you doing? Hope all is good, cheers, Phil.
Can I stop you right there. Do not presume that your collar bone will
' mend itself '. I broke my collar bone in a cycling accident and was told the self same thing in A and E and the fact that they do not even x Ray them now either. My collar bone was left unattended to concentrate on another injury I had at the time, in the same accident, I suffered an open fracture of my left elbow, which was operated on and wired and was a successful repair. My collar bone however, left to heal itself wasn't. The two broken ends of the collar bone were misaligned with each other and tried to find each other but because of the misalignment, couldn't. After a while the two ends of bone stopped growing out and never connected. When this happens they connect together sideways with cartilage, which is weaker and the collar bone looks like a dogs hind leg. Insist on an X- Ray to confirm the natural healing process is successful and insist on a plate repair if it isn't. Mine wasn't and if i had been given the correct advice, my collar bone would have been a stronger and much more attractive repair.
Morning Steve, that's a good point actually - I'm basically just following what I was told, but as suggested I'll ask for an X-Ray at my next appointment. The collarbone was X-rayed at the time of the accident of course, but hasn't been seen since. It's tons better...But it's still not right. Range of movement is fine but if feels like a gearbox full of gravel and is very weak.
How's your collarbone doing now? Did you get an intervention for it?
As always, good to hear from you Steve & thanks for the advice. I'll let you know what happens.
Cheers, Phil.
@@80eightReviews No, it never ever got mended by the medical profession. It has been x rayed many years later, after a completely different incident. Nature took over after the two broken bone ends stopped looking for each other and connected sideways with cartilage. Apart from not being able to swing from overhead bars and not plaster ceilings for prolonged periods ( which I do neither ) it has fully recovered. The only thing is, it looks like a dog's hind leg and has contributed to a later detached tendon ( rotator cuff injury ) because the initial injury had dropped my collar bone closer to my shoulder and introduced a shear or pinch point. I have had an operation on the tendon and at the same time the pinch point was surgically ' relaxed '. All good now but very painful sleeping for months after the tendon was severed. All I did was fall over on sloppy mud, playing with the dog, which on a normal shoulder joint shouldn't have done what it did. So a proper collar bone fixation after the initial injury, would have stopped further problems down the line.
Hope you are improving ?
@@stevezodiac491 Hey Steve, thats some story and also demonstrates how totally amazing the human body is at self-repair and/or compensating for stuff. I'm very glad to hear it's all good now. In terms of my own recovery, thanks for asking - there's some not so good news in that my x-rays this week have shown no bone growth around the main femur fracture, so as it stands at the moment, there is no union at all and the fracture is essentially the same as it was six months ago.
They are going to give it another three months and see how I'm doing then. In the meantime I'm trying to weight bear as much as possible and get the blood pumping. As it's winter here I'm now taking vitamin D3 supplements also. We'll see!
All the best, Phil.