Compartment Syndrome

[MuscleScience]

I had several athletes in the past develope compartment syndrome of the lower leg. They (meaning the ortho) will do a pressure test while you exercise like running. That in and of itself is not a super expensive test. Now, exercise induced compartment syndrome (aka acute onset, aka transient) can actually be very dangerous. You can build up so much pressure that the veins will completely occlude and the heart will keep pumping more and more blood into the lower leg until eventually there is so much pressure, there is zero tissue capillary O2 exchange and vienous return. Typically the anterior compartment is the one most likely compress. Simply due to how tight the fascia is on the shines.

You might be able to do some fascia release techniques. But they are very painful and take many many treatments. That’s the conservative option, or do what they call a surgical compartment release where they basically just cut the fascia and let it heal up giving more space.

[Obs]

I had several athletes in the past develope compartment syndrome of the lower leg. They (meaning the ortho) will do a pressure test while you exercise like running. That in and of itself is not a super expensive test. Now, exercise induced compartment syndrome (aka acute onset, aka transient) can actually be very dangerous. You can build up so much pressure that the veins will completely occlude and the heart will keep pumping more and more blood into the lower leg until eventually there is so much pressure, there is zero tissue capillary O2 exchange and vienous return. Typically the anterior compartment is the one most likely compress. Simply due to how tight the fascia is on the shines.

You might be able to do some fascia release techniques. But they are very painful and take many many treatments. That’s the conservative option, or do what they call a surgical compartment release where they basically just cut the fascia and let it heal up giving more space.

Btw... If they have fascia release techniques I need them everywhere.

[MuscleScience]

Btw... If they have fascia release techniques I need them everywhere.

If it hurts that bad now, they should spend all their time on the shins in my opinion. It’s going to hurt like a mother trucker and isnt a sure fix. Just basically the more conservative.

You could start out with shin splint therapies like ice cup massage or frozen water ball rolling or even just icing the shins after work for 2-3 weeks to see if that helps at all.

[Obs]

If it hurts that bad now, they should spend all their time on the shins in my opinion. It’s going to hurt like a mother trucker and isnt a sure fix. Just basically the more conservative.

You could start out with shin splint therapies like ice cup massage or frozen water ball rolling or even just icing the shins after work for 2-3 weeks to see if that helps at all.

I need to bite down on something and roll it.
This dude had it... Seemed to work for him...

[SocioMachiavelli]

I had several athletes in the past develope compartment syndrome of the lower leg. They (meaning the ortho) will do a pressure test while you exercise like running. That in and of itself is not a super expensive test. Now, exercise induced compartment syndrome (aka acute onset, aka transient) can actually be very dangerous. You can build up so much pressure that the veins will completely occlude and the heart will keep pumping more and more blood into the lower leg until eventually there is so much pressure, there is zero tissue capillary O2 exchange and vienous return. Typically the anterior compartment is the one most likely compress. Simply due to how tight the fascia is on the shines.

You might be able to do some fascia release techniques. But they are very painful and take many many treatments. That’s the conservative option, or do what they call a surgical compartment release where they basically just cut the fascia and let it heal up giving more space.

Did they rule out popliteal artery entrapment on the differential? It can also be managed with podiatry inserts before considering surgery.