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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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helsabelsa, hello! Welcome to snowHeads and great to see you "diving" in.
I've absolutely no technical or professional help to give and sorry to hear about your accident. I have no doubt that with doctors and physios and boot fitters hereabouts, it won't be too long before you get some good advice. Good luck 
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helsabelsa, welcome to snowheads.  I don't think you're mad - having the incentive to get strong again and ready to go after a major injury is very important. However, equally important is doing it right - make sure you have the right advice, particularly about rehabilitation. From your orthopaedic specialist and GP initially but also a sports physio who can give you specific assistance. It's likely that your leg muscles have suffered - from the inactivity but also from the very unequal/unbalanced way you move after a serious injury (limping etc plays hell with your alignment and muscles).
So you have plenty of time, you'll get some good advice here, but make sure you also get some from a relevant health professional who can work with you personally. If, ultimately, you have a boot issue then you won't do better than to see CEM - but at this stage I suspect that boots aren't the major issue.
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helsabelsa, I've no first hand experience of a broken leg myself, but had my lower leg in a cast for a bit after having my achillies tendon stitched back together. Incident happened in July and with a bit of physio, mainly getting the movement back, I was skiing again on artificial stuff in November and properly back up to full speed by January.
Similar to yourself, my aunt fell skiing a few years back and broke one of the 2 of her lower leg bones, not sure which one. She broke hers in the March and was skiing again the following March. She was a little apprehensive, although she has been skiing for over 30 years and is very good, she went out with an instructor friend on her first day to help get her confidence back. Acording to my uncle shes now a better skier than she ever was.
It was my aunt that advised me to stick in with the physio, and it appears to have worked for both of us 
But as always, consult a medical profesional etc....
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Cracked my tibial plateau a couple of years ago while skiing - sounds like a very similar accident to yours, slow moving twisting, not releasing from my binding. Not as bad an injury as yours (wasn't a full break), but mentally it's still something you think of and worry about every now and again. In the past few years I have also torn my hamstring, damaged my knee ligaments and torn my meniscus (all separate non ski related injuries - i am like an accident zone).
To be honest, it sounds like you have the right attitude - it's good that you want to get back out there, but equally good that you want to make sure it is the right decision medically.
Get some medical advice to make double check that your leg is up to it, then get back out there and have a fantastic time.
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I broke my fib in a similar twisting accident, but playing rugby, my foot dislocated which in turn snapped my fib.Anyway after having it plated, and in a cast for 8 weeks my muscles were shot, but I didn't realise just how bad they were. I broke my leg in february, and tried walking the Cullin ridge on Skye in june, I got to the ridge but there wasn't anything left in my legs. I carried on doing outside activities and managed to go skiing the following winter without any problems. So whilst your boots maybe a bit of a problem at the moment, I would get yourself fit, slowly, and listening to whatever your physio is telling you. If your injury is anything like mine, skiing won't be a problem.
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helsabelsa,
I'm an intermediate too. I did exactly what you did. Twisting fall. Broken left fib. In my case, as I have related elsewhere on these boards, I was too stupid to realise that it was broken and I carried on skiing. I suppose I was very lucky in that the break more or less reset itself, I only skied greens and blues that afternoon, and I was due to go home the next day. Mind you I did then drive from the Alps to Maidenhead in a manual car
The leg was pretty sore for the next ten days or so and eventually one day I put my feet up on the desk in the office and something felt badly wrong so finally I went to get it looked at. Bateman cartoon moment at the local A&E "The man who walked in on a broken leg" and all that.
Anyway that was January 09. I was plastered for a week and then in a support boot for six. I hoped to get back on skis for a few days before the end of the season but at the end of March I put the ski boots on in front of the bedroom mirror and tried a few stretches. Too sore and too scary. So I left it for another few months. I did some gym work and quite a bit of cycling. In August I went to the big fridge in Manchester and did a couple of hours up and down the mini-green there with no adverse reaction so I felt confident to book my usual NewYear week. Which went without a hitch. And I made a point of going back to ski the piste where I broke my leg.
So, in my experience 13 months is more than enough time for a broken fibula to heal and be ready to take up the load again. BUT (and if I had the ability to make that BUT flash red and sound a hooter I would) every body and every injury is different. Make your own decisions in conjunction with your medical advisor(s) - GP, Consultant, Physio etc. What worked for me may not work for you - but at least it is possible.
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I broke my fibula skiing - a clean break. I was put in one of those ridge-walker brace things, rather than a plaster pot. I exercised in accordance with physio and medical advice. I was fit to go hillwalking (and, I reckon, skiing) in about 6 months.
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Done my cruciate (acl) and went skiing several times after and before I bothered to have the op to fix it. No great problem, bit of pain and restricted mobility. Once I had the op 4yrs after I snapped it, the worst thing was the post-op recovery, muscles simply waste away. Best advice is the physio and gym work to get the stability and strength back. It's not so much the injury but the need to excercise after any operation / surgery.
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Hi helsabelsa, welcome to s
You don't say what sort of fracture you had - I'm guessing spiral from the mechanism - and if the ski boot top hurt where it presses on the fibula or elsewhere?
The fibula is not the main weight-bearing bone of the lower leg, and its purpose is mainly to do with muscle attachements and forming the outer part of the ankle.
It would be very unsual for the fibula to not be soundly united after all this time, but it may not have healed up in particularly good alignment (your body will continue to re-model any non-alignment for up to 2 yrs after the fracture) and perhaps the top of the boot is pressing on a non-aligned fracture site?
Good on you for wanting to get back on the slopes, looking forward to hearing a bit more detail.
If boots need sorting, CEM in Bicester would be an excellent choice.
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Hello all - thank you for all the encouragement - its good to hear of other SHs who have also suffered an injury and are back out there tearing up the pistes! Bogusman - ouch, that sounds painful ! I was skiing in Wengen down the Hoenegg and fell halfway down (its quite a long run). I didnt realise I had broken anything - just thought I had pulled muscles etc. I couldnt turn, so in my usual obstinate way (and thinking the blood wagon would cost a fortune!) I hobbled a half mile down the run to the lift, up the lift then down from the station to the chalet, by which time I'd had enough and went to bed. Only that evening I felt a grating / clicking in my leg and thought uh oh 
Freddie - the pain I got when I tried flexing forward in my boot was down the right hand side of the shin bone (broke the right fib). Sitting here now if I put pressure all the way down the side from above boot to ankle its a little sore - not eyewatering agony or anything - just discomfort. I'm guessing its muscle/tendons?
I dont belong to a gym so I'm going to start doing lots of walks and leg exercises and hope that helps - in between watching the samoens webcams that is - and Ive just looked for today - yeeee haaa!! only a million sleeps to go .........
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helsabelsa, thanks for replying.
If I've understood your description of the tender area correctly, it may not be being caused by the fracture itself but may be from a change in your gait pattern following the fracture.
I would suggest a trip to a Sports Physio for assessment. This should cost you about £35-40 but IMHO would be money well spent.
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Bogusman - ouch, that sounds painful
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Funny thing is it wasn't all that painful. Sore, yes but not terrible pain at all after the initial tumble.
And I forgot to say in my first post - my boots were fine once I had recovered properly from the injury and got back to a reasonable level of fitness. No adjustments required.
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You know it makes sense.
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helsabelsa, I don't know if this helps:
Denis O'Regan close to return after leg injury
By Richard Birch 11:47AM 15 NOV 2010 DENIS O'REGAN, who broke the top of the fibula of his right leg in a hurdles fall at Kempton last month, hopes to be back in action shortly, but is determined not to rush back too soon.
The jockey, who rode out at Paul Webber's stable last week, said on Monday: "The leg is good - it's coming along nicely. There are no complications, but at this stage I'm not sure when I'll be back.
"It's only Monday morning so it's too early to say whether I'll ride at the weekend. I'm going to give it as much time as it needs before I return."
The injury occurred on 17 October
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