How soon can I do rehabilitation after ankle fracture

Rehabilitation exercises can be given immediately after the 2nd day of ankle fracture surgery. Due to the wound or external fixation in the fractured ankle, you cannot do activity exercise temporarily, but active rehabilitation must be given early to the toe or knee joint, hip joint, as well as the muscles of the lower leg and thigh, to be able to avoid stiffness of the joint and muscle atrophy of the lower limb. In addition, when about 4 weeks after the fracture surgery, if the review photo shows a clear fracture line blurring, you can do ankle rehabilitation training at this time, for example, you can do active or passive functional exercises of ankle joint activities. Active functional exercise is to do ankle pump training, while passive functional exercise can be done by asking the rehabilitation therapist to give joint release. If the joint is stiff or swollen, you can apply heat, do physical therapy, or use Chinese herbal medicine to soak the feet to promote the recovery of the joint.