After heel fracture surgery, it takes about 3 months at the earliest and 6 months at the slowest for the swelling at the fracture end to go down completely. The place of heel fracture is usually cancellous bone, no matter after the fracture or after the surgery, the local capillary bleeding is very strong, which leads to the local swelling is very obvious. In addition, the heel is also the most distal part of the lower limb, and blood circulation is relatively poor, so if the local swelling is very strong, the swelling will be relatively slow. After heel fracture, it takes 6-8 weeks before you can walk on the ground and do functional exercise. When you first get down on the ground, the swelling will be slightly aggravated, and if you recover from the functional exercise or handle the fracture correctly, the swelling will subside in about 1 month after functional exercise at the earliest, but some people, such as middle-aged and old people, have relatively poor circulation in the lower limbs, and some of them don’t take active part in the activities and functional exercise, the swelling will subside more slowly. However, some people, such as middle-aged and elderly people, have relatively poor blood circulation in their lower limbs, and some of them do not actively go to the activities and functional exercises, so the swelling is relatively slow, and it may take 6 months for the swelling to go down.