Does an injury requireing the black boot hurt worse then before when you remove it?

Question

6 weeks ago I injured my foot. No fracture. Lisfranc sprain its called and now I'm in a black boot thing. I was only having having minimal pain before the boot it had been so long but after only half a day now of this thing I took it off to drive my son somewhere and it hurt like hell!!!!

Answer 1

Two things commonly happen with the CAM walker...or "black boot."

1. We really forget how much pain we were 6 weeks ago and now we think it is "worse," when it may not necessarily be so.

2. The patient wears the boot for 6 weeks which allows the sprain to heal. Yet, in the meantime, other components of the foot/ankle complex begin to tighten because the CAM walker alters our mechanics so that we do not necessarily need to use our range of motion to capacity. Therefore, when the patient comes out of it and resumes normal mechanics or walking and activity (such as driving a car), these "tightened" structures are called upon. These resrictions frequently cause sharp pain, especially across the top of the ankle because the normal biomechanics between the talus and talar dome have becomed tightened. It may take some time...a few days perhaps, for this to feel significantly better. If it does not, return to your orthopedist who may refer you to physical therapy to mobilizes the sub-talar joint.

Answer 2

I'm no doctor...but it could be that your foot became used to the extra support of the boot and now is readjusting to being in a normal state or it truely isn't healed all the way yet.

I would vote for you!!! ;)

Answer 3

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