What is the long term prognosis of tibial plateau fractures?
18 months after the accident, I still have pain and swelling on a regular basis. Will it ever change?
Hard to say without an xray and advance imaging studies to figure out how serious it is. Overall, it takes a few years for a fracture to heal, takes even a bit longer in areas of weight bearing like a tibial plateau. The best thing you can do for it right now is to not to do anything very active like running/jogging on it. Use a cold pack (never heat) to control the swelling — 20 mins on, and 40 mins off, repeat as necessary –, and do swimming for rehabilitation.
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2 Comments on What is the long term prognosis of tibial plateau fractures?
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Dr. K on
Sat, 20th Dec 2008 1:18 pm
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barb s on
Sat, 20th Dec 2008 1:54 pm
Hard to say without an xray and advance imaging studies to figure out how serious it is. Overall, it takes a few years for a fracture to heal, takes even a bit longer in areas of weight bearing like a tibial plateau. The best thing you can do for it right now is to not to do anything very active like running/jogging on it. Use a cold pack (never heat) to control the swelling — 20 mins on, and 40 mins off, repeat as necessary –, and do swimming for rehabilitation.
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Dr. K
try this website. There's alot of people on there with the same injury
mybrokenleg.com
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