Has anyone here have exercise induced compartment syndrome

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9 years ago 03/18/2015 7:21pm EDT

If you have please let me know how it affect you. I am a highschool runner and my doctor thinks I may have this but wants to do some test to make sure when or if he makes a diagnoses. If you know what I'm talking about I have these lower leg pains since around August(cross country season) but didn't think it was anything serious since my coach thought I just may have a deficiency in some type of mineral or vitamin or whatever but I'm kinda dump for going to the doctor so late. We'll anyways please Share your experience with it and let me know how it affect your running. Just to let everyone know I am a highschool runner and I just want to be able to have fun and become good at a event and stay healthy. So I'm asking if you had this and you where a mid distance or distance runner did you continue to run through the pain or did you switch over to a sprint or field event? What do you think is the healthiest thing to do

9 years ago 03/18/2015 8:58pm EDT

re: Balloons

I had exercise induced compartment syndrome in high school. It started in the summer before my sophomore year. I was having issues where my calves got really tight on every run.

As the season progressed, I struggled more and more to run as the calf pain was unbearable about 8 min into every run and my feet would get numb. Hills on xc courses killed me completely. My coach pressured me to keep competing but I was miserable.

When I went to the dr, I had a bone scan initially which showed stress fractures, so he assumed the pain was from them. I took 9 months off from running completely and the stress fractures healed but the calf pain did not go away. So the summer before my junior year I had the pressures tested and was diagnosed with compartment syndrome. My parents did not want me to get the surgery but since I could barely walk up stairs without calf pain I saw no other option.

My recovery was pretty smooth. I had the surgery in early July and was running by late September. My biggest problem was my lack of fitness from almost a year off exercise. However by the time the season was over I was back to my old fitness level. So far (2 and 1/2 years later) I have never had compartment syndrome symptoms again.

If you have any questions please let me know.

9 years ago 03/19/2015 5:30pm EDT

re: injury girl

Did you have it in both legs? How long did it take you to get diagnose. And when you where out what did you do to get back into shape?

9 years ago 03/19/2015 9:17pm EDT

re: Balloons

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6356332

read what I wrote and then talk to your parents about it all.

For someone who had CS, u can not run thru the pain.

u n ur parents can talk to me if that would help. I am turtleww@yahoo. just let me know it is u in the subject line.

hope it all works out for u.

9 years ago 03/20/2015 6:00am EDT

re: thepinkmonkey

In grade 12 I developed lateral compartment syndrome playing rec basketball. Dumbest thing I ever did. Was in 3:53 1500 shape getting ready for Ofsaa. Coach was pissed. Worked with tony galea for a cuuple or months and diid a lot of pool work. 2 months off sucked

9 years ago 03/20/2015 6:00am EDT

re: thepinkmonkey

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