In reply to rob sykes:
Your injury sounds very similar to mine: my right ankle was dislocated and broken after a 15ft fall - I've now got two titanium screws in the talus(and one screw in my scaphoid in my wrist but that is fully healed now). I spent 6 weeks in plaster, then a further 6 weeks out of a cast but still non-weight bearing. Then I was allowed to put weight through my ankle and learn to walk again etc.
The doriflexion in my bad ankle I reckon is about half of that of my good foot... my physiotherapists recently did a test to work out the angle but I can't remember what it was sadly. So yeah its not brilliant, but i can still climb etc. - of which I'm climbing harder than before the accident so its not all bad - except for the chronic pain.
My consultant, in my regular (now yearly) appointments and X-rays (to check the talus bone is still alive and not dying/dead) noticed the growth over the entry of the screws - and hence it all made sense r.e. the pain and limited movements
Yeah sorry Jim for the hijacking - sharing is caring and all that :P