Post surgery rehab

[Warren M]

Good evening.

A friend of mine broke his tibia and fibia a couple of months back. It was fixed with a supra patella nailing. He has asked me a bit about rehab.I offered the advice of whole body barbell excercises with proper form. I said that he should let pain and range of motion be his guide and method of measuring progress. He looks like a lifter but hasn’t touched a barbell in his life. He is going to physio but even he thinks it’s lame and is looking for something that will “make it heal”. He is tough as hell as he had to ride his motor cycle out of the bush after the break and was off all prescribed pain meds in roughly a week. He would be an ideal trainee or patient for someone that knows what they are doing. Do you have any suggestions I can pass along besides a link to Brian’s story?

Thank you for your time!
Warren

[Mark Rippetoe]

What have you suggested? Has he got the book?

[Warren M]

I have suggested that he start box squatting with just his body weight for now until he can reach depth. He does not have the book, yet.

Thanks again
Warren

[Mark Rippetoe]

I suggest that he start training as described in the book. Like Brian Jones did.

[Runner]

I suggest that he start training as described in the book. Like Brian Jones did.

That Brian Jones guy....what a story of strength and determination. More importantly, his wife hung in there to keep things going until he could get back on his feet. Hat is off to both of them.

To the OP: Book then read Brian Jones story then get your guy to train. SSC as needed.

[johnnys]

I suggest that he start training as described in the book. Like Brian Jones did.

For what it’s worth, I had that fix and broke screws holding the nail in WITHOUT squatting (nor or deadlifting), wound up with a plate and graft and a lighter bank account. Your friend might blame you if he squats and screws brake - you can use me to prove it wasn’t your fault, but no guarantees.