How long it takes to go to work after a calf fracture is related to the following factors, which have a great deal to do with the patient’s age, physical condition, the severity of the injury, and the type of treatment taken, as well as the nature of the patient’s work. If the patient is young and the injury is mild, it usually takes about 2 months to go to work. External immobilization of a calf fracture takes a little over 1 month for a young person to remove. After another month or so of recovery time, the fracture is essentially healed. For older people, if the injury is more serious, it will take longer to go to work, usually 3-6 months. If the patient is engaged in manual labor after the calf fracture, it will take even longer to go to work.