Luckily for the 32-year-old scans revealed he had not broken his tibia and a month on Reddan is now out of plaster and no longer needs crutches.
The road to recovery remains a long one with Reddan ruled out for the remainder of the RaboDirect PRO12 campaign as Leinster look to end a run of three successive final defeats.
But an optimistic Reddan admits he still harbours hopes of pulling on an Irish jersey this summer, however slim they are, as he targets a return to competitive action as soon as possible.
"The scan showed up that I was lucky," Reddan told the Irish Times. "I'd torn ligaments, which made it look worse and I broke the fibula, which is the smaller bone in the leg. The tibia would have been a much, much bigger problem."
"It's probably not a real possibility to play this summer and the sensible thing is probably to make sure I'm right and be ready to go next season. In the end it won't be my call anyway, it will be the physios.
"It (the break) was very simple, which was great because that is always a fear. There were no complications. It was all pretty straightforward.
"I have never broken any bone before and it was quite sore. I did three things, which on their own take 12 weeks and all together take the same amount of time. While it looked bad at first it was actually OK."
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