Hello! At my father (65 years) the closed fracture of a head small bertsovoj...

[Olga]

Hello! At my father (65 years) the closed fracture of a head small bertsovoj bones and an external condyle or malleolus left bertsovoj bones without shift. A hemarthrosis. He 4 weeks in a gypsum. Now its or his doctors do not look at all, simply prolong the sick-list, speak, that it is necessary to lay in a gypsum of 5 8 weeks. He worries, whether it is necessary for something to start to do or make with a leg or foot more quickly to start to go. What will you recommend? How are usually restored after such traumas? Thanks.

[Elkin D.V.]

To lay not necessarily, iozhno to go with crutches without a load on a sick leg or foot. More exact references are possible or probable only on internal reception and with roentgenograms, both old, and fresh. The basic problem at restoration after such traumas - restriction of mobility in a joint (contracture), development of movements is difficult and can borrow or occupy a lot of time but that it or her to begin, it is necessary to be assured or confident that fracture grows together.