A Lisfranc injury is a significant injury that involves the midfoot. It is sometimes referred to as a midfoot sprain and it is often has a lengthy recovery time -especially compared to the average ankle sprain.

A Lisfranc injury is considered one of the dreaded conditions you can experience during sports as they can take a lot of time and energy to recover from! If you think you’ve experienced a Lisfranc injury, it’s essential you get it assessed and treated as quickly as possible.

Well, my first session of physical therapy is in the books! I went to see the Lisfranc specialist and she is going to help me get range of motion back in preparation for walking again. I scheduled my 2nd foot surgery to remove some of my hardware for October 13th. Once those are out, I can start bearing weight on my foot. My doctor is conveniently out of town when I would have hit my 12 weeks, so I will be delayed by a week, but I'm still really excited! I'm no stranger to physical therapy…

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Get Started on Your Lisfranc Fracture Rehab with These PT Exercises: Ankle and Foot Range of Motion Exercises.

Sleeping used to be one of my favorite activities before my LisFranc injury. Now, I kind of dread it. I have the hardest time getting comfortable at night. My incisions will start to itch randomly, or bump up against the side of my fiberglass cast and cause an uncomfortable sensation. Or, I'll get a visit from the little gremlin that lives inside my cast, and he will randomly stab my foot with a knife, or a searing hot poker, or a taser. Whatever he can find. I have a pillow fort set up…

I haven't walked in 94 days. 3 months. It seems like such a long time to me, but in the grand scheme of things I suppose it really i...

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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to break your foot? Or maybe you recently broke your foot and you aren’t sure what the future holds for you. Based on my recent experience of breaking my foot I’m here to help you better understand what it’s like to break your foot. I’d like to preface this entire post that everyone’s broken foot experience is different. For example, everything that I read online right after I broke my foot scared the crap out of me.