A new study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine suggests putting weight on an ankle – also known as weight bearing – within three weeks of recovering from a surgically repaired fracture ...

Early weight bearing can help speed up a patient's recovery by preventing muscle deconditioning, improving joint range of motion and allowing an earlier return to independence." Dr. Kyle Schweser ...

And the early weight-bearing group reported better function ... In less than two months, the point at which he was just coming out of a cast last time, his scar was fully healed, he was walking ...