Recent imaging shows moderate to severe post-traumatic arthritis in the subtalar joint. Ankle joint is still somewhat intact but the subtalar joint is very stiff and close to partially fused.
I’ve lost most side to side ankle motion and can barely handle uneven ground. Sharp pain with pressure, deep mechanical pain with movement, and it doesn’t loosen up anymore it’s like I’m losing my recovery.
It’s Starting to get bad in my knee as well I have Post traumatic arthritis in it too but not as bad as my ankle yet Tried an off the shelf AFO but it put too much pressure on my shin graft and made things worse.
Not getting much direction medically and nothing I’ve tried has helped so far. I’ve spent 100s of dollars on knee braces, insoles and afos. Nothing works… and they look at me like I have 3 heads when I ask them for a referral. By the end of a work day I can hardly walk. It’s not getting better… I can’t run anymore it’s like I’m losing my recovered ability’s so fast. My knee buckles and twitches every step. Like wtf do I do? I’m at a major loss here.
I can’t live this way. I don’t have months to take off work for surgery. I can’t afford a week off just because I can’t walk. This cannot happen. Idc if i need to buy a giant ugly brace to walk normally. My doctors are almost less than helpful. I’ll pay and do anything at this point. Any tips? Any good braces? Knee sleeves? Afos? Anything that might help I’m open to. Thankyou guys