Broke my ankle and in a cast can anybody recommend diet or supps to help expedite healing?

Soak chia seeds then eat them, add them to yoghurt etc.
 
Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP). Thre are a series of these growth factors and BMP-2 and BMP-7 are FDA approved. You would have needed it administered by the physician when the break was set.

You should look into electrical stim and very early motion/rehab. Healing breaks has changed enormously over the past 30 years.
 
Presume you’ve been told to keep your leg elevated in bed? i.e. sleep with a pillow under your foot.
As already mentioned drink plenty water. I also drank lots of fresh milk when I did mine.
 
UV light exposure would likely help with bone healing. UV sunlight not only helps with generating vitamin D but also generates nitric oxide in body which has been found to help heal bones from what I've read.

I recently read a book by a phyisican that asked patients to consume unrefined sea salt. Unrefined sea salt has other minerals in it beside sodium. The other minerals are beneficial to bone health. He found his patients that took his advice saw stronger bones that healed quicker.
 
Beechwood said:
UV light exposure would likely help with bone healing. UV sunlight not only helps with generating vitamin D but also generates nitric oxide in body which has been found to help heal bones from what I've read.

I recently read a book by a phyisican that asked patients to consume unrefined sea salt. Unrefined sea salt has other minerals in it beside sodium. The other minerals are beneficial to bone health. He found his patients that took his advice saw stronger bones that healed quicker.
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Pink himalayan salt good?
 
johnnystone said:
A guy from work who does crossfit told me that guys with injuries get put on very high fish oil supplement dosages at his gym, I have no idea if it really works though.
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Id like to know also. Wait, CrossFit guy? So the whole gym is on high dose fish oil? Jk
 
Thanks guys I'm out of my cast and pretty much healed up still just a little tender. I was this close to surgery according to my doctor and I HAD to walk on it a lot in the vast and boot even though they wanted me on crutches. I really didn't do anything different than normal but this shit healed way faster than anyone expected. Thanks for all of the advice.
 
How’d you break it? I was just gonna day take your time and make sure it heals correctly. I dislocated mine years ago and didn’t give it enough time. Still bothers me sometimes.
 
If you want to throw a few bucks to try something, you can give Cissus Quadrangularis a try. I bought a kilo of the stuff (powder) back in the day for something like 20$. It's safe and there's 'some' limited evidence it helps speed up bone/joint/ligament healing. It's not nearly as researched as something like creatine but it's not likely to be a complete placebo.

Years back I felt like it helped my chronic tendinitis in my forearms. Minimum effective dosage and taste are two things which may limit its effectiveness. I was downing it with just a sip of water and its taste is quite unpleasant. The supplements sold in capsule form may contain too little of the active ingredient to be effective on a reasonable cost basis.

I am including direct and indirect mentions of cissus which I found with a quick search:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28165166
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4784127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24113700
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22976133
 
DEVILsSON said:
If you want to throw a few bucks to try something, you can give Cissus Quadrangularis a try. I bought a kilo of the stuff (powder) back in the day for something like 20$. It's safe and there's 'some' limited evidence it helps speed up bone/joint/ligament healing. It's not nearly as researched as something like creatine but it's not likely to be a complete placebo.

Years back I felt like it helped my chronic tendinitis in my forearms. Minimum effective dosage and taste are two things which may limit its effectiveness. I was downing it with just a sip of water and its taste is quite unpleasant. The supplements sold in capsule form may contain too little of the active ingredient to be effective on a reasonable cost basis.

I am including direct and indirect mentions of cissus which I found with a quick search:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28165166
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4784127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24113700
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22976133
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I used to take msm powder and it also tasted very strong. You need to mix it with juice at least. If you blend it in a smoothie with fruit you probably won't taste it
 
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