Chronic Ankle Instability
27 year old female with chronic ankle instability after tripping off a curb, she tried to see if her ankle would heal but she continued to have pain, instability and even stopped wearing her high heeled shoes! Given she had failed conservative care, we proceeded to correct her instability with a modified Brostrom internal brace for her ATFL (anterotalofibular ligament) and CFL (calcaneofibular ligament) with injection of stem cells and PRP (platelet rich plasma) into her repaired ligaments and her peroneal brevis tendon.
She is at 2 weeks and doing great! We will start her on Physical Therapy and our plan is to medically clear her for all activities in 4 weeks, even high heeled shoes! She inquired about “spinning”, she is given the green light to start now, just 2 weeks after her surgery!
We use minimal incisions and by using the internal brace (www.arthrex.com) we allow patients to walk immediately after their surgery! From the xrays, you can see the small “holes” for the internal brace anchors and her surgical incision is only 2 cm long!
2 weeks after Brostrom Internal Brace!
