snowathlete
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Before i got ME, i was a bit of a fitness fanatic. Not as much as some, but i would swim as much as i could, play football (that i miss SOOOOOOO much) and do resistance training, cycling, rowing etc etc.
Anyway, one day all of a sudden i got shin splints in both legs - both legs went at the same time and i suddenly could barely walk. I rested up and one leg healed. THe other didnt. I saw some consultants, and had some tests, including a pressure test in both my legs. This consisted of a plastic tube inserted into the muscle filled with saline, and on the other end a machine with a pressure sensor of some kind. They got me to run on the spot for ten minutes or so.
The result was that the pressure in each of my legs was way higher than normal, normal being (if i remember correctly) 20-30, and my reading being well over 100. In fact, the pressure was enough to propel the plastic tube out of my leg and spray blood all over the floor. lol.
On the back of this i had compartment decompression surgery. After that painful experience, i recovered slowly but no improvement in the shin splints. My shin remains in a permanent state of swelling, and is very bumpy. Testing after the surgery showed the pressure has reduced considerably, but no improvement in the shin splits.
Just as bad, my legs get very painful now if i do anything (walking up just a few steps is a killer) and it feels like my leg muscles have no room to expand.
Had it not been for ME i would have gone back to have more surgery to remove the damaged muscle and apparently it wold regrow less of a mess. Would have been very painful apparently - as if the compartment decompression wasnt painful enough!
Anyway, i just wonder sometimes, was a factor perhaps in the continual swelling and non repair of the muscle, something to do with ME.
I think the answer will be no, but its on my mind and i just wonder...
Anyway, one day all of a sudden i got shin splints in both legs - both legs went at the same time and i suddenly could barely walk. I rested up and one leg healed. THe other didnt. I saw some consultants, and had some tests, including a pressure test in both my legs. This consisted of a plastic tube inserted into the muscle filled with saline, and on the other end a machine with a pressure sensor of some kind. They got me to run on the spot for ten minutes or so.
The result was that the pressure in each of my legs was way higher than normal, normal being (if i remember correctly) 20-30, and my reading being well over 100. In fact, the pressure was enough to propel the plastic tube out of my leg and spray blood all over the floor. lol.
On the back of this i had compartment decompression surgery. After that painful experience, i recovered slowly but no improvement in the shin splints. My shin remains in a permanent state of swelling, and is very bumpy. Testing after the surgery showed the pressure has reduced considerably, but no improvement in the shin splits.
Just as bad, my legs get very painful now if i do anything (walking up just a few steps is a killer) and it feels like my leg muscles have no room to expand.
Had it not been for ME i would have gone back to have more surgery to remove the damaged muscle and apparently it wold regrow less of a mess. Would have been very painful apparently - as if the compartment decompression wasnt painful enough!
Anyway, i just wonder sometimes, was a factor perhaps in the continual swelling and non repair of the muscle, something to do with ME.
I think the answer will be no, but its on my mind and i just wonder...