This “loading” process begins with 20 pounds of loading for 10 to 15 minutes, four to six times per day. Patients then use crutches and work with an outpatient physical therapist over several weeks to ...

Your ankle will be elevated about 90% of the time, but you will be able to get up for meals and to use the bathroom using crutches. After the first two weeks, the sutures from the incision will be ...