I’ve broken my left ankle twice.
First time I was back at work after 48 hours – on crutches and non weight bearing. My job was outside, working with coaches. My colleagues were good enough to swap jobs with me so that I worked in our control room until I was off crutches and able to walk for 15 minutes at a time. Oh, and even the control room was on the 2nd floor with no lift. Toilet was on the ground floor.
Second time I had one day off work. Worked from home 3 days per week, and went in twice per week. No car journeys – all train, tube and buses. Boss was good enough to let me commute outside of peak times.
Just follow the advice of Occupational Health – insist on that referral being made.
Keep doing what the physios tell you – if you have been discharged from the fracture clinic you are fit enough to return to work unless you work in a very high risk environment, which an office (no matter how busy) is not.