Cast seems loose, should i be concerned? Also i feel a wierd sensation in the leg sometimes, what this?

3 weeks ago i broke my ankle, fibula, and tibia, it was all set in place and no pins or metal or anything, surgery was great, just stuck it back in and put a good, and heavy, plaster cast on it, first few days, it felt almost too tight (from swelling and stuff),but now, it feels like it might be a little loose. i could fit a finger in it easy, my leg can move around barely, its mostly loose at the top edge but it seems tighter at the bottom (at where i think is the useless spot for it to be, near the toes, the breaks HIGHER) now sometimes it hurts a little if i put it in a certain spot, i wouldnt want to have to get a new cast and everything, but if its not really a problem if its slightly loose. also, i felt a wierd (pinch?) sensation a few times, it felt like liquid was in the spot for a second but goes away. not really painful but kinda sharp, really hard to describe without giving people the wrong idea (like the bone is sticking out of my skin or something, which it isnt)

Cast seems loose, should i be concerned? Also i feel a wierd sensation in the leg sometimes, what this?
No, everything sounds perfectly normal. That's precisely what happened when my motorcycle and my knee were rudely introduced to a drunk driver. I was in a cast for 9 weeks and it got loose, too, but that was because my leg was shrinking (skinnier shrinking, not shorter shrinking) from disuse. By the time the cast was taken off, my leg looked like a long toothpick with a long, skinny foot at the end of it. It was really ugly. But it all came back with exercise and physical therapy. Now I run lots of miles a week.





I had some pains like that, too. Phantom pains, mostly, that came and went without any reason for them. They faded after a while. About the pain when you put it in a certain position. The Groucho Marx answer is, "Then don't do that." That kind of pain generally tells you that you're dong something you shouldn't, so don't. Don't worry, though. It'll be fine in time. Some of the other pains it sounds like are just nerves objecting to disuse. They'll get better, too.





It sounds like you're doing very nicely. Good luck on your recovery.
Reply:that sounds fine, i have a full cast on and i can touch my knee but the doctors say its fine and the feeling is proberly nerve damage Report It

Reply:When I broke my ankle after a few weeks I could put two fingers between my leg %26amp; the cast. I went back to have it checked and was told it was fine like that %26amp; would have to be a lot looser for them to put a new cast on.
Reply:The cast doesn't need to be tighter. as for the sensation, it could be a normal part of healing. If it persists or gets real bad, call the doctor's office and chat with a nurse or something.
Reply:I had this happen to me when i broke my arm, they said that the bone had moved by a few degrees and that's what caused the pinch, so maybe the bone in your leg has come out of alignment and you can feel it. The best thing to do is go to the hospital where you had the surgery, or your GP and get them to take an x-ray of your bone to see if it's all in place or has come out of alignment. They might re-do the cast to make it tighter, because when you had the surgery your leg was swollen, now 3 weeks later it has gone down, the cast is loose.


Hope you feel better soon! :)