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Cheers Tom.

Thanks for the suggestions Tom, I'll give the exercises a go to start with and see if they help. Should I lay off the running totally until I can move the ankle more, or is a bit of gentle running okay?

Sorry to hear it's not going better. I hope the op helps you. 

I know what you mean about the other leg compensating, it feels like my right leg is doing all the work. I've had no problems with my uninjured leg as yet though (apart from fatigue).

Is it your right or left leg that's knackered? Perhaps we could get together for a three legged race? 

Hi troops,

I broke my ankle at the end of January this year, and have been trying to get back into running since May/June, but it hasn't been going too well.

The bone (fibula) has healed, but slightly off-set, which I think is probably the reason for the problems. I can run (not very fast though!),but often have a very painful calf muscle, both during, and especially afterwards.

On longer runs, I feel that my foot angles slightly outwards and puts most of the weight on the outer edge of my foot unless I concentrate on my strike. Could this be a cause of the calf pain?

Another problem is that I do not have the full amount of movement in the foot (maybe 70%) thus making calf stretches more difficult. 

I've spoken to my doctor, who was not very helpful, but sent me to the hospital who seemed even less bothered (mind you all the rest of their patients were old biddies who could hardly walk, so in comparison I probably looked like Usain Bolt).

Has anyone had any similar problems? If so how did you work through it? 

Any suggestions? 

Cheers

Magnadoodle