#Fibula bone fracture recovery process takes time A short lesson on the principle of bone healing is needed to understand why non weight-bearing on the fractured leg is necessary. When a bone fractures, the body starts to heal it. There are 3 phases of bone healing; inflammation phase, repair phase, and remodeling phase. Inflammation phase takes about 5 days As the bone fractures, it bleeds causing inflammation. The blood or hematoma (blood clot) enters in the space between the two fractured fra