Broken Femur. Quads are partially disfunctional.

[roycar]

hey.

femur to heal fully in a healthy person... you're looking at in and around three months really.

studies have shown that if a fit and healthy person doesnt activate a muscle (say your quads) they will lose approximately 2% of muscle mass daily. you obviously have been activating to some extent but you will have a lot of weakness. pain also leads to inhibition of muscle activity which leads to weakness. you'l also have to strengthen the muscles round your hip too and your hamstrings.

you should be walking well enough in a couple of weeks provided you do the right exercises.

have you been referred to a physical therapist?

[Jake5680]

I have been keeping my leg moving a fair amount.
ex. walking around and moving my leg as I usually would when walking, but only applying around half my weight to it.
The pain is most evident when there is tension on the quads, as stated, but it gets much less noticeable throughout the day. ( If I keep the leg moving )

As for physical therapy, or physical therapists.. I was in for physical therapy for about a half hour total during my stay in the hospital. I was given a sheet of various exercises to do, but none of them involve my quadriceps.

I'm going in in a few days to see a local doctor to have my stitches looked at, and I will ask him about it too.

As a side note: three days after the break, my quadriceps would not work at all. So they are significantly improved, but still not up to spec.

Thanks for the quick reply.