TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO-WAWV) — In part two, follow news anchor Mike Tank’s recovery and rehab after breaking his femur is a cycling accident.
Weeks two thru six post-op, involved many more workouts at the gym. I can’t emphasize enough about the importance of strength training.
My doctor, and my daughter Madison who is a physician, encouraged me to work out
and try to regain flexibility, they also warned against pushing it. Which I probably did,
however I continued to progress.
My first follow up with Dr. Sandy Soin at OrthoIndy involved X-rays of the repaired femur. He was pleased with the images and said I was progressing well. Also the staples were removed 38 of them.
The scar is permanent, but it’s kind of cool looking, so I’m good with it and the incision
is healing.
Six weeks after the operation, I returned for another visit with Dr. Soin, who gave me
some more insight into my injury and recovery.
“We need to get the joint aligned perfectly, so it functions like a bearing surface again,” said Dr. Soin.
“The way this broke is a little bit more uncommon than usual, this broke in two big pieces and it kind of went all the way up the femur about a third of the way up the femur,” said Dr. Soin.
“Usually we see this with better bone quality honestly, so that’s probably the situation, you’re good bone quality, healthy, active person. Yeah I’d say having good bone quality makes the fixation of the plates and screws the things we use. It make it stronger, the fixation we get is better with better bone quality, than poorer bone quality,” said Dr. Soin.
“The one thing that people are sometimes struggling with is getting full range of motion back. Now do they get what we call functional range of motion? Nearly everyone gets a functional range of motion where they can get back to day-to-day activities,” continued Dr. Soin.
“You’ll probably have some stiffness that’s the biggest issue, I’d say,” Soin said.
“You’re ahead of the curve,” said Dr. Soin.
In part three, I’ll continue rehab and physical therapy at ATI.
