high ankle fracture

[physiobob]

Firstly, thanks for the great reply above. Pretty much says it all. With such a significant injury you need to give it time to try and get a good result. You might be back for winter rugby but probably this season might be one of rehabilitating the co-ordination, power and speed rather than playing a game. Work with the team but rugby is a tough sport and you could easily re-fracture if the bone and ligament strength isn't there yet. Full ossification usually continues to at least the 12 month mark post injury.

You might try to find a physio with some magnetic bone healing modalities to assist the fracture healing along the way however the comment above are most likely the way forward this year

Also here's a bit of bunf on your type of fracture for those reading. This came from Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics. I have also attached a few images typical of this type of fracture.

Weber C Fractures

Weber C ankle fractures occur above the the syndesmosis and are similar to PER injuries in the Lauge Hansen classification:

classification:
- C fibula fracture above syndesmosis
- C1 diaphyseal fracture of the fibula, simple
- C2 diaphyseal fracture of the fibula, complex
- C3 proximal fracture of the fibula
- frx above the syndesmotic result from external rotation or abduction forces that also disrupt the syndesmosis and are usually associated with an injury to medial side