Broken leg please hurry!

[balincoln23]

Alright now heres the situation. Im a 24 year old, 6' 190lb military man, in excellent physical condition. I basically shattered my tib/fib in a motorcycle accident last month. the bones splintered all throughout my leg. after the surgery it was as if no one would talk to me about what the hell was going on. what kinda of rod did they put in? how long will it take to heal? why does my knee and ankle HURT SOO BAD? My ankle has been brusied and swollen with extremeley limited range of motion since the surgery 30 days ago. when will this go away? In my foot i have numbess in some areas and high sensitity in others. is this normal? also, the hosiptial gave me an EBI ORTHOPAK 2 to speed recovery. I googled this item for a whole day and really couldnt find much info on it other than it uses electical fields to stimulate bone growth. but i want to see test results. i want to know exactly HOW much faster it makes the bone heal than someone without one. so i hurt my leg on Novemeber 27th. if everything goes as planned and there are no complications when will i be walking? when will i be running? when will i be doing 400 lb squats and 1000 lb leg presses in the gym? alot of questions but if anyone knows anything at all let me know PLEASE!

[caregiver222]

The EBI Orthopak series is an established method to promote bone growth. It is appropriate and suggests you are being well taken care of.

As to your recovery, nobody can predict that with certainty.

Follow your physicians instructions exactly.

Take a multi-vitamin and at least 1000 mg of vitamin C a day. There is evidence that the vitamin C promotes healing.

[Dr Arora]

Hi, broken bones take a varying amount of time to heal, mostly depending upon the type of bone broken, the age of the person, and the way in which the bone is broken.  Larger broken bones, for example the bones in the thigh, or both bones of leg would take a great deal longer to heal, usually six weeks to three months in the average healthy adult. Begin physical therapy as soon as is practical. That will help.