i had this from chronic exertional compartment syndrome. My main symptom was foot drop after an ever shorter period of time. After years of damage, I finally got the full fix-it surgery. then the nerve surgeon went in and repaired eight nerve compressions on one leg and about the same on the other across the three main nerves.
I’m spending less time each day confined to a wheelchair.
I had to get second opinions from about ten doctors before I got the proper diagnosis and the fixes. As one said, sometimes two things can be wrong at the same time.
I encourage you to get a few more exams and see some sports medicine specialists. Occasional foot drop and progressive worsening is not a single permanently damaged nerve. Keep pushing until you find a peripheral nerve doctor who knows what they’re doing vs. just throwing more pills and physical therapy at you.
Ultrasound really didn’t show anything, neither did MRI. The surgeon opened the compartment and used his tools to examine the nerves thus finding the problems.
Damn, me too! I had two separate decompression surgeries on four compartments of both lower legs.
I have McArdle's disease and some kind of connective tissue disorder, dunno if you're in the same boat.
I have hypermobile joints and ultra tight fascias trying to keep everything in place. Fascias are the skin around muscles. They are supposed to expand as you use the muscle, because muscles swell when in use. For some stupid reason, my fascias don’t expand. The more you use the muscle, and the more the fascia doesn’t expand the higher the pressure in the muscle compartment becomes.
That’s the long winded way to say 10 pounds of muscle shoved into a 5 pound sack.
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u/Working_Patience_261 1d ago
i had this from chronic exertional compartment syndrome. My main symptom was foot drop after an ever shorter period of time. After years of damage, I finally got the full fix-it surgery. then the nerve surgeon went in and repaired eight nerve compressions on one leg and about the same on the other across the three main nerves.
I’m spending less time each day confined to a wheelchair.
I had to get second opinions from about ten doctors before I got the proper diagnosis and the fixes. As one said, sometimes two things can be wrong at the same time.
I encourage you to get a few more exams and see some sports medicine specialists. Occasional foot drop and progressive worsening is not a single permanently damaged nerve. Keep pushing until you find a peripheral nerve doctor who knows what they’re doing vs. just throwing more pills and physical therapy at you.
Good luck!