Can’t a broken heel heal if you can’t quit smoking?

Failure to quit smoking does not mean that you cannot recover from a heel fracture, but it may prolong the recovery time, so it is important to follow the doctor’s advice to quit smoking as much as possible. It is recommended to stop smoking during the recovery period after a heel fracture because smoking can affect blood circulation, which is not conducive to the recovery of the fracture. Prolonged smoking may affect the healing of the fracture. If a patient with a heel fracture is unable to quit smoking, it usually prolongs the recovery time, but it does not mean that there will be no recovery at all. In addition, after a heel fracture occurs, early attention to braking and resting, film examination, according to the type of fracture to choose the treatment plan. Later, after the fracture has healed and stabilized, it is necessary to gradually carry out sports and functional exercises to prevent the problem of limited ankle joint movement or muscle atrophy of the lower limbs. In addition, from a health point of view, smoking is prone to cause a variety of diseases, regardless of whether the fracture, you should quit smoking. During the period of heel fracture healing, pay attention to nutritional supplementation, eat more calcium-rich food, and more exposure to outdoor sunlight, which can help promote calcium absorption, thus accelerating the healing of the fracture.