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758 days post surgery to full foot function

I twisted my ankle badly in the 1980s when I was a teenager playing basketball and was told it was just a bad sprain and to get on with it, no x-ray given. I hobbled around for a few months with it strapped, then adapted my gait etc. Fast forward, I turn 50 after a very physically active life, and find that sprain was actually a fracture of the navicular, from which grew a bone spur which destroyed the ligament holding up the arch. I was also getting knee pain. On 12 April 2024 I had a left tibialis posterior ligament reconstruction, medialising calcaneus osteotomy (heel cut in half and moved), excise of a level 3 navicular tuberosity, and tendon advancement (flexor digitorum longus - which operates the two little toes) which was repurposed and threaded through a hole drilled in the navicular and sutured using polyethylene Arthrex FiberWire to the remains of the posterior tibialis tendon).
Because I had walked on the outside of my left foot for 37 years, twisting my hip around and back, it has taken me 758 days of rehabilitating it almost every day to get back to full function because I not only had to stretch out and realign ligaments in my foot, but also twist back into alignment my lower right back, left hip, inner right knee (still have some nerve impingement there), underneath outer left ankle, and back behind inner side of left ankle, plus an awful lot of Achilles tendon work.
I had the giant screw removed from my heel in January 2025 because it was bothering me.
I did lots and lots of stretching, yoga, ankle weights and desk treadmill, and weightlifting which helped set gains from stretching and yoga. I also did a lot of walking in soft sand at the beach and also on the sloping harder sand both directions to stretch out ligaments at the sides of the ankles and Achilles, because my heel was cut and moved. Barefoot shoes with arch support inner soles for out and about.
I just want to advise that recovery is a long painful journey, but never give up.
I'm ecstatic and wanted to share this good news!

u/MigraineZero — 6 days ago
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i have the kidner surgery this friday. just the kidner. my tendon is in tact so it should be pretty straightforward but i’m absolutely terrified. never been put under before and scared for the pain. any recommendations from anyone who got this surgery on things that helped with your pain besides meds?

also an active cannabis user and am freaking myself out i’m gonna wake up during surgery lmao

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u/Few-Satisfaction6617 — 7 days ago
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Slides recommendation for ANS

Hi guys, I've been looking at different options for shoes to wear at home since ANS diagnosis - and wow there's a lot of options and mix reviews.

Big brand names that I often come across are the Oofos, Hokas Ora's, Archie's slides.

Wondering if anyone owns these and are they worth it? Open to consider other brands as well!

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u/Peanut_Unfair — 6 days ago
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After a year since rolling my ankle and dealing with accessory navicular syndrome, i have been offered a surgery date.

I have worked with a physio trying to strengthen my post tib for 8 weeks now but I’m not making much progress and I’m not confident I will as I’m 130kg at the moment but never less than 110kg as I’m tall. I have had very flat feet my entire life but it has never caused me an issue until the ankle roll.

My consultant surgeon has suggested lateral column lengthening surgery but I pushed for the kidner, so we are doing both at once. The surgeon has said the recovery will be 6 weeks in a cast followed by 6 weeks in a boot followed by rehab.

Has anyone had either of these operations? I’d be really interested to hear your experiences around it and the recovery process. Any success or failure stories?

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u/Electronic-Law7689 — 11 days ago
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I Don't Trust the Surgeon

I live in rural NZ and the local medical system is thin on the ground.... only one foot and ankle surgeon in our area. I was told, as a child, that I had flat feet and an extra bone. I've had symptoms consistent with AN for almost 20 years, ie inflammation of the PTT. However it hasn't shown up in X-rays. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get anyone to review X-rays to see if the this is real, or a product of wrong viewing angle or inattentiveness on the part of the radiologist. After much fussing I got an appointment with the local foot and ankle surgeon. He didn't even look at X-rays and ultrasound, but did look at my foot and gait and had me do a one foot heel raise (which I can do). He recommended reconstructive surgery for adult acquired flat foot (I've had flat feet all my life and still have some arch) and glossed over the AN question, saying "if I find one I'll probably remove it". He brushed away my question about Kinder procedure.

I would really like to be without foot pain. But there are enough stories about failed surgery, and the recovery is so demanding, I am not willing to commit.

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u/sandgrubber — 3 days ago
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Hey everyone. First post here. I fell a few weeks ago, pain never got better, so I went to the doctor. They did 3 sets of X-rays and 1 mri and determined that I have accessory navicular type 2. Does anyone else have this?

To my surprise, the pain has not gone away a month later. I was in a boot for a month and the pain didn’t get better with that either. I just got some Dr. Scholls custom orthotics to see if that helps. Does anyone have any other suggestions as to how I can find some alleviation with this extra bone?

I am very active so taking a break isn’t really an option. It doesn’t stop me from doing what I’m doing, but the pain is always there.

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u/hylianmudkip — 14 days ago
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Anyone else experience a complication like this?

I’m 2+ years post op after Kidner procedure. Developed a painful lump over the past six months and finally am getting some answers.

Physical therapist treated it like scar tissue a few months ago but scar massage made no difference and in fact the lump & swelling got bigger.

Just got the MRI results today so I haven’t talked to my surgeon yet but I’ll update once I do. My other foot recovered perfectly but this one hasn’t. I really really really do not want to go through another surgery and recovery.

I’m not sure why the navicular was left curved/pointy & I wonder if it’s the cause of the lump-maybe my body protecting itself from the pointy area…will see what the surgeon says.

I’d appreciate hearing from others who had something even remotely similar after recovering from Kidner procedure.

u/True-Expression-8764 — 10 days ago