Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Strides and Set Backs

CS type pain that I talked about last post has basically subsided - Unfortunately, I have come down with an annoying case of what has been diagnosed as patellofemoral pain syndrome in my left leg - It's a problem with the knee - Anyone else have any experience with it?  Otherwise, I do feel like I'm on the verge of a big breakthrough - Physical therapist and surgeon says a lot of cases resolve in 4 weeks, so I'll keep you guys updated!
Posted by John at 5:52 PM
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  1. AmberJuly 12, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    Hi! I don't have a chance right now to read all your entries or comment much, but I wanted to let you know how thrilled I was to find your blog.

    Today I went to a different doctor for a second opinion on my lower right leg. In April I was told I had a stress reaction and should rest. I rested. Then I start slowly back to running, but the symptoms came back (pain, some foot numbness). It has been really frustrating since I'm trying to train for a half-marathon, so back to a doctor. He couldn't find any stress reaction on my MRI and figures it is CS. He referred me to PT and I'm going to give that a try and hope it helps (though reading lots of CS info it seems unlikely). The symptoms really come and go, some days I can run long and have no problems, other days I get started and I have to stop. I feel lucky that it only took me two appts to get this figured out.

    I'll be posting about it on my blog.

    Thanks for writing about CS!
    Amber

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  2. JordanJuly 18, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    Sam - I'm in a similar position as Amber (that is, I'm thrilled to have found your blog but don't have time to look through everything right now!).

    I was actually diagnosed with CS over 3.5 years ago (after 2 years of being misdiagnosed with shin splints), but as I was finishing the cross country season of my senior year of high school and didn't plan to play sports competitively in college, I didn't ever get surgery. After taking a few years off from running, I started again just over a year ago - and what do you know? CS seems to have come back with a vengeance. Unfortunately, I now live a 4 hour plane flight from my primary care provider, my athletic trainer, the sports medicine specialist and the surgeon that I saw regarding my CS. Moreover, I'm fairly certain that's who I'd have to see, given that my insurance is still tied to my parents (and, therefore, to home!) I'm considering surgery, but I'm concerned about post-op care, PT, etc. The longest I would probably be home at any given time would be 4 weeks. Do you think that would be enough time to have surgery and get the post-op care I needed?

    Again, thanks so much for your blog. I'm definitely going to have to read through all of your work sometime as I try to figure out my next steps.

    Thanks!
    Jordan

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    1. KatieOctober 13, 2013 at 9:21 AM

      Jordan, have you had any surgery? The only way to have CS go away is with surgery. The CS symptoms and pain with subside with inactivity, but as soon as you become active again it will flair up. I would highly recommend getting the surgery, as I could not preform everyday tasks without having the fascectomy. If you are looking for more information, you can read my blog as well. compartment-syndrome-expert.blogspot.com

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  3. Paul FiloJuly 28, 2011 at 5:30 AM

    Hello Sam! I have compartment in the posterior muscle. I got it when I made calfraises and the muscle did got big too fast. I have made the surgery, but it didn´t go well because now 2 years after surgery I got back the symptoms. So now I´m going for a re-operation with Swedens best Doctor. But he did told me that the last time he did a re-operation was for 2years ago so it would be a little bit harder. But still I got hope!

    I would like to ask you some questions Sam, what´s your email? Mine is filoh@live.se

    Thanks!
    Paul

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