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Can I Walk For Short Distance While Having Aircast For Broken Toe?

A week ago I broke my big toe, a full break all the way across out under the nail. A doctor put me in an aircast and said I can do light duty work as I am self employed. I have been wearing aircast but doing some walking with it. Am I hurting my recovery? I have a follow up xray in 5 days from now.
Wed, 19 Nov 2014
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1.The post operative / procedure care after in the fracture case suggestions include - non weight bearing, less mobility cast for 6 weeks.
2.Minimal walking with not bearing weight at the particular point.
3.Yes you will be causing delay in recovery if you do weight bearing, even mal-union / non union of the bones are possible.
4.Get your followup x-ray and see the status.
5. Generally its 6 weeks care needed after the fracture for better healing procedure.

Good luck.
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Can I Walk For Short Distance While Having Aircast For Broken Toe?

Welcome to health care magic. 1.The post operative / procedure care after in the fracture case suggestions include - non weight bearing, less mobility cast for 6 weeks. 2.Minimal walking with not bearing weight at the particular point. 3.Yes you will be causing delay in recovery if you do weight bearing, even mal-union / non union of the bones are possible. 4.Get your followup x-ray and see the status. 5. Generally its 6 weeks care needed after the fracture for better healing procedure. Good luck. Hope i have answered your query, any thing to ask ? do not hesitate to ask. http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ganesh/62888