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Foot, Achilles tendon and ankle
Care after Achilles tendon repair, ligament reconstruction, fracture fixation, corrective procedures and arthrodesis.
Protocols and individual care
The individual case, the individual patient, the individual surgeon. The pace of weight-bearing, range of motion, limb position in an orthosis and timing of the transition to footwear depend on the procedure, repair or fixation stability, tissue and bone quality and the orthopaedic surgeon’s instructions.
After Achilles tendon, ligament, bone and joint surgery, the same exercises may be appropriate at different stages. The procedure performed and any concomitant repairs must be known before weight-bearing or range of motion is changed.
Scope of this section
- Achilles tendon repair
- First MTP joint arthroplasty — rehabilitation protocol
- Hallux valgus — first metatarsal osteotomy: rehabilitation
- Subtalar joint arthrodesis — rehabilitation protocol
- Ankle arthroplasty — Trabecular Metal
- ATFL ± CFL repair without suture tape augmentation — rehabilitation protocol
- ATFL ± CFL repair with suture tape augmentation — rehabilitation protocol
- Lateral malleolus fracture — rehabilitation after fixation
- Lateral malleolus fracture with distal tibiofibular syndesmotic injury
- Bimalleolar ankle fracture — rehabilitation after fixation
- Trimalleolar ankle fracture — postoperative rehabilitation
- First to fourth metatarsal fractures — postoperative rehabilitation
- Fifth metatarsal fracture — postoperative rehabilitation
- Calcaneal fracture — rehabilitation after fixation
- Hallux rigidus — rehabilitation after cheilectomy
Content prepared by: Tomasz Poboży - orthopaedic surgeon.