Physio Update... (Read 601 times)

Well the new physiotherapist was a man, as promised He gave me a check over. Got me to hop on the injured leg for a couple of minutes and looked at me move watching my alignments, then he had a good feel. Of my leg. He said that he can feel a hard bump at the injury site, what I thought was a dip is actually the bit below the bump, doh. The fascia is injured at that point which may or may not be due to an old fracture. He says he thinks I have shin splints. Badly in the injured leg, slight in the left leg. Cheryl I completely forgot to ask him about the Myofascial release but I will today as I am going back for more treatment. He used deep frictions to massage out the bump - ouch - I have bruising, then did some ultrasound and banged on some of those electrodes that make your muscles twitch. As a management tactic he said keep running. Run flat. Then he taught me a taping technique to use when I run. After each run I have to hose down my leg with cold water. I ran yesterday and the taping felt really comfortable but the outside hose was freakin cold as it's winter here! I got cramps in my muscles and it ached so bad that my husband got up because I was groaning so much. I go back to see him today and we are going to discuss whether or not I need further referral. Abby - he mentioned a Sport's Doc that is very good as a possibility, the other option is back to the podiatrist. I am dreading todays deep frictions as I am still bruised from the last ones! His final diagnosis. He believes it will stop, I will be able to run properly and I just have to be patient until we find the right combination of treatments. Claire xxx

glad you have some good news claire even if it comes with some intermediate pain. hope it all gets sorted out quickly now.

He said that he can feel a hard bump at the injury site, what I thought was a dip is actually the bit below the bump, doh. The fascia is injured at that point which may or may not be due to an old fracture. He says he thinks I have shin splints. Badly in the injured leg, slight in the left leg. Cheryl I completely forgot to ask him about the Myofascial release but I will today as I am going back for more treatment. Claire xxx

Now that makes sense, the dent thing made me wonder. I used a neoprene calf splint initially, and I do think it helped - just to get over the healing period. Sounds like you are in the hands of someone who can get you back out there - shin splints really hurt - kudos to you for not giving up shin splint wrap