 Poster: A snowHead
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Three years ago I broke my tibia & fibula doing something I shouldn't have been doing in Tignes.
The good (and no doubt highly experienced) surgeons in Bourg St Maurice pinned my leg back together and now it's just as good as ever (with a metal rod inside).
Now I hardly ever think about it, except when I'm skiing for there is a screw in my leg originally used to fix the metal to the bone. Unfortunately this sticks out about 8cm above my ankle right where the front of my ski boot is. Now, I have a gel shin pad that I tape to my leg and I dose myself up with ibuprofen but after a few days it's gets pretty painful with all the pressure I put on.
Does anybody have any recommended shin protectors that might help?
Many thanks,
Ed
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The medical advice that we have received in the past is along the lines of a) remove the pressure (foam shin pad with a hole cut in it or removal of foam in the boot liner) or b) remove the metal (which either doesn't flex as much as bone does or painfully presses onto covering skin). The long term option in our case was to have the plates and screws removed about a year after each break.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I also have a tibial nail.
I did a Tib+Fib in Tignes... followed 7 months later by a second break back home 
I was advised that I could have the bolts that held the nail in place removed after 2 years. Mine are sideways and cause me no problems against my boots, so I'm happy to leave them in. I do notice a very slight bit of pressure where the bones have meshed together, as this is a bit egg shaped, rather than smooth, but it isn't enough for me to consider removing boot liner in the area.
From how you describe your problem, my first step would be to remove a piece of boot liner the size of half a marble and see if that cures it.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not sure it's worth having the screw/nail taken out (as I said, I only ever notice it skiing and I don't really fancy having 3 months or so out of action over the summer) - I'll try the "cutting a hole in the padding" option - I feel a bit silly I didn't think of that myself 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Removing the bolts is done under a local anaesthetic and there is no recovery time. The rod inside remains untouched.
Any surgeon is going to want to be happy you really need to be opened up though, because of the risk of infection.
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