I fractured my tibia some 6 weeks ago now. I had a tibia locking plate inserted on the inside of the leg at the ankle, with 4 pins holding it in place at the ankle and several more pins along the plate. I have lost alot of the range of movement in my ankle I can bare some weight but the stiffness in my ankle makes walking impossible. My concern is that the 4 pins at the base of the plate at the ankle are preventing the range of movement. It really doe's feel like the ankle will not move past a certain point. Am I worrying unneccesarily, is this stiffness normal for this kind of procedure? Can/will it be helped with physio? And has physio been left too late?