I feel your pain! Broke mine a few years ago running... stepping into a pot hole the wrong way. I broke it in April of that year and had to wear a boot on it with no pressure and crutches for about two months. I was lucky not to need a cast as the bone didnt shift so that helped recovery. Once I could put weight on it it took a few more months of PT to get the muscles back to strength. I was running again by mid July.

Good luck with recovery and the only advice I have is to not push it too much to risk a complication.

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Andy Mullen
Team Zoot

You will get a huge range of heal times depending on...everything.
I had a hairline crack on the tibula and a the whole tip of the fibula broke off. The doc was much more worried about the crack. I was in a cast for 3 months and in a walking cast for 2 more.

Spinning will be impossible if your ankle is immobilized. I wasn't running or cycling back then, but did go skiing the week after getting the cast off. I figured the ski boot (downhill) was as much support as the walking cast.

Good luck!

Thanks everybody. The official diagnosis is There is a minimally displaced fracture though the distal left fibular epiphysis with extension into the growth plate. So it did shift, but I head to the orthopedist Thursday so well see.

I'm sure your ortho is on top of it, but heed his instructions. Since you reference the growth plate, I presume that you haven't finished growing, so you don't want the break to affect anything. Take it careful, plenty of time to get back in shape after full healing.

John

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Thanks john. Regarding the growth plate, it's probably true that I'm still growing, I just turned 15 a month ago. An this is actually probably the best time to have broken it. Forces a little needed off season rest, etc. thanks though.