I broke my ankle, what kind of exercises can I do in bed??!


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I broke my ankle, what kind of exercises can I do in bed??

Hi. I broke my ankle last week and had surgery on it where they had to put in 10 screws and a plate. Im in pain still so Ive had to be staying in bed with my foot propped up, if I get up the weight of the cast is really hard on my ankle, and all the blood rushes down which is also painful. I just started dieting and working out right before this happened, and now i cant do what i was doing before. WHAT KIND OF EXERCISES CAN I DO IN BED? I would like to lose weight and tone up. Im not expecting GREAT results because i know there is not much i can do in bed. But at least SOMETHING! Please help! Thanks! :-)


Answers:

You could try some isometric exercises for your upper body. Possible small dumbbells might help you tone up.

You can't do much with your leg and ankle until the doctor clears you for that sort of exercise. Try to do low impact exercises when that does happen. Swimming, biking. That sort of thing.

Good luck. Ankles are hard to heal, but you can do it if you behave yourself.

There are some other exercises you can do in bed, but I don't think you're looking for that sort of answer and I'm not going there.




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