Wow, the world of medicine seems to operate at a snails pace sometimes, doesn't it?
It's been a full three weeks since my last post, mentioning my calf injury and what I had done to pursue an answer to getting healthy. My physician-visiting journey is hopefully drawing to an end today.
Here's a quick catchup on the past three weeks:
Week 4- 28 miles (3 days of rest)
Week 5- 14 miles (5 days of rest)
Week 6- 24 miles (3 days of rest)
My PT sent me back to my PCP almost positive I was experiencing Chronic Compartment Syndrome in my lower legs. My PCP referred me to get an MRI on both legs. Now, a week later I'm bringing the MRI film to a sports med. specialist for them to review and diagnose my problem. This process has taken 4 weeks and the pain began 5 weeks ago.
The pain does seem to line up with the increase in my mileage in training, but why the compartment syndrome? Why not just soreness and fatigue? Hopefully I'll come away with my answers this morning.
The time off of running has sucked. I'm behind in my training. The rest has been good on the calves and they feel better now when I begin my runs, but I can still feel them lingering slowly beginning to bother me. At least now the feeling is not so strong and I can focus on other things during my run! Wish me luck.
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