Lisfranc Fracture Left foot and fractured right foot

I stepped into a storm drain not aware that as I stepped of the curb that there was a hole, slanting back into the curb. I immediately twisted both my feet and fell back hitting my head on the parking lot.
All the xrays for the first two month came back negative. Finally two months of excrutiating pain later fractures were found. Here it is over 6 months later, many podiatry visits, orthotics made for shoes( that don't help) and I cried when I went to bed last night because the pain is so bad.
I am sensitive to pain meds, vomiting, change of LOC, so I can only take ibuprofen, tylenol or naprosyn. I am wondering if I should speak to the podiatrist about Neurontin or Lyrica. I know it is supposed to take a very long time to heal but I am about to lose my mind. I have no swelling at this point, just very aching deep pain that moves from my midfoot to my toes on both feet, also ankles are still weak. Any comments?

Hi,

Had a lisfranc injury end of June 2009 playing badminton. Injury was painful at the time, remember taking 1 painkiller the night it happened and 1 the next night. After that didn't notice pain, and was unable to put any weight on left foot, so just took it easy and kept foot elevated, and hopped/crawled around when needing to move.

Was put in plaster for a week and diagnosed on day 21 by doc as having lisfranc injury and fracture of 4th metatarsal, after MRI scan. Had surgery with k-screw inserted, and spent around 3 days feeling very uncomfortable with swollen foot. Took around 2-3 painkillers first day, then reduced to 1 in the evening for next 3-4 days. Was given anti-inflammatory medicine, but unable to swallow them so just kept foot elevated.

After 7 days got plaster taken off and put into lightweight cast, was much better in terms of being able to move around. Moving on crutches was ok, but not able to move much distance. If you are to use crutches for a long time, may be worthwhile looking on the net for alternatives, or better crutches than whats available on nhs.

Whilst in lightweight cast, tried doing exercises regularly on leg to stop muscle wastage, and kept foot movement going to keep joints mobile. May be worth getting a 'resistance' band from supermarket to help exercise leg.

After 4 weeks of the op got lightweight cast removed and started to slowly walk using heel of foot..gradually moving to walking with a limp by week 6 after op.

After 8 weeks, still have a limp, which is not as bad as before, but still don't have a 'normal' walking motion. Not sure if this is due to screw, or stiff joints ? Also feel some v.slight pain on the ankle bones and when i walk it feels as though the weight is not distributed 'evenly' along the foot, with the heel/ankle taking more of the weight than prior to the injury.

Was asked by doc if i wanted screw taken out, but told him i would let him know after couple of weeks. At the moment considering taking it out in the hope i can walk 'properly' again ... but not sure.

Anyone with a similar experience can perhaps comment ?

I was run over by an SUV in September 2010 in a crosswalk. The SUV tire ran over my foot and pinned me then the force of being hit as the driver completed the turn popped me out of my shoe and sent me sprawling into the gutter. The orthopedic surgeon said I had a severe lisfranc dislocation and breakage to all metatarsals. I had 5 pins inserted into my foot. A week after the surgery the doctor put me in a walking cast and suggested that I start putting weight on it right away. A few weeks ago the pins were removed as they were causing me terrible distress and kept poking through my skin then receding exacerbating the pain. I can walk with a pronounced limp and the foot aches quite a bit. The orthopedic surgeon said it will take another 5 months to stabilize before I should try to jog depending upon how gutsy I am. So far the pain is bearable although like many it hurts at night. For awhile after the cast was removed I couldn't bear to have anything touch certain areas of the foot -- even a bed sheet. At this point I am waiting to see what develops. My fourth toe is numb on top and the pinky toe and middle toe are overly sensitive on top. The orthopedic surgeon gave me exercises to do since I cannot bear weight on the damaged foot when I try to stand on my toes. The foot still swells up during the course of the day. The doctor said the swelling might take a year to resolve.

Thank you all for posting your stories. I am more hopeful that I will regain greater use of the foot than I currently have.

i was involved in hit & run 1 2 3 4 metaratarcel....my left foot .. had k wire plaster 8 weeks ....after had flattening of foot ....foot look like a banana to put in frank ......could not walk right back hurt if i walked far due to trying to walk 10 months went on physio doctor keep walking swelling will go down 11 months on seen specailist urgent opp req .....£1200 metalwork 1234 met screws in cast 8 weeks no weightbear ..4 weeks new cast weightbear .......11 months now dont think foot will ever be same ....the hit & run driver did give himself up 18 hrs later ......POLICE DID NOT CHARGE HIM HE SAID SEEN SIZE OF ME AND WAS SCARED ....WHAT A EXCUSE ........

So I Broke my foot... Doctor calls me saying it might be something more, they tell me I have this lisfranc thing... I guess I have a cat scan tomorrow and surgery sometime next week. But I was wondering what's the surgery recovery like, because I am in college a long ways away from any family , livin in a dorm room. And to be honest that sounds miserable trying to do all of this by my self. So I was just wondering if you think it's possible for me to do all this on my own or if I should go back home to do it??

I had a gradual deterioration of my foot problems which started as tendon issues, then arthritis, then a lisfranc fracture dislocation, and the development of a rocker-bottomed foot. This happened over 10+ years, and the pain from walking on my foot was finally impossible for me to deal with.

I have had the surgery to rebuild my arch and, in my case, to fuse my midfoot. After all the healing time and non-weight bearing, I gradually went back to weight-bearing, P.T., and light activities. My hardware failed (a couple screws broke), and back to surgery, longer recovery time, etc. It's been 9 months since my second surgery, and the 4th and 5th metatarcil area did not fuse. It has been declared a non-union, but since the screws are holding, we will see if I can live with things the way they are.

I began this journey is extreme pain every hour of every day. I have so much less pain in my foot that I say with some reservation that it was a worthwhile experience. This process cost me almost 2 years of my life. I am almost 60 years old and have soft bones in my foot, neither of which has worked to my advantage. I have other orthopedic issues that have not made any of this easier for me, either. What I can tell you, without a doubt, Kylerh, is that recovering from serious foot surgery is not to be taken lightly, and nearly impossible to do without considerable help.

You are young, and in a hurry do to all the things you have going on in your life. It may be hard to accept, but my advice is to go home for now. You will need the support, love, and help from people you know well and who know you well, and you will need time to heal properly so that you don't create more problems than you already have. Rent a knee walker that can be steered and that has hand brakes and locks. You may not understand how big of a deal that is, but you will.

You might feel that life is passing you by while you heal, but you will ultimately come out ahead. If you delay your healing, or create another problem by trying to do too much by yourself, you will pay for it 10 times over in the long run. I say this not to scare you, but to assure you that home is where you need to be now.

I wish you the best.

I had lisfranc fracture on the right foot, and the pain behind right, outside the ankle. I was told I have a tendon trapped between a bone and it needs to be removed. Should I do it?

I had surgery on my left foot. I was in crutches for a week and started walking without them, putting a lot of the pressure on my right leg. Could I be strained or something else?