What is chronic compartment syndrome

What is ‘chronic compartment syndrome’?

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Chronic compartment syndrome is swelling within these closed compartments due to overuse. It is very common in marathoners or distance runners. People who run constantly, get chronic swelling in their legs and can develop these chronic comp…

Are degenerative joint diseases chronic compartment syndromes??

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8091063

An increase of the intraosseous pressure is observed in the epiphyses of bones involved in degenerative joint disease. The increase of pressure may be caused by an accumulation of osmotically active substances in the interstitium, as it has…

Could this be chronic compartment syndrome, or something else lik…?

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Hello Rachel Sounds like your arch muscle. I would suggest that you go to Walmart and buy Dr. Scholls shoe inserts. They heavy-duty ones that are brown on the bottom work the best. The cost about $19.00. Look to the pharmacy, usually along …

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Running and chronic compartment syndrome?

Q: I used to run competitively until, after a summer of grueling hill workouts from my insane coach, I started getting terrible, tight pains in my calf muscles. I continued running for nearly two more years, but the pain was so terrible I eventually had to quit. Basically what happens is that my legs feel like they’re “filling up” and expanding, but at the same time it feels like someone is clenching the muscle and not letting it expand. Needless to say, it feels awful, like it’s about to burst. Now it is seven years later, and the pain is still there. I recently went to a doctor who believes it could be chronic compartment syndrome. He says it is rare to see it in someone’s calf mucles, that it is usually the shins/front of the legs. Feels like it travels all the way up my legs, and even down into the crease of my foot (where the leg and foot connect). Is it possible that I have compartment syndrome, and if so, could it really be in the shins and just travels to my calves as well?

A: Your doctor is correct in that I have never heard of this in the calf, but it does happen in the shins.Some people I know have had surgery to relieve the pressure. If it was your shins it would not hurt the calf.

I was diagnosed with Chronic Compartment Syndrome but I wonder…?

Q: I returned to distance running a year ago after a 12 year absence (I did some running during that period but no hard core training). Over the past several months, I have had recurring calf pain in both calves (though never at the same time) that follows the same pattern: about 5-10 minutes into the run, I get a “twinge” of pain in the middle of the calf that gets much worse if I try to continue running and can become a spasm if I don’t stop and walk. The affected calf feels vulnerable for several days afterward and will feel like a muscle pull if I even attempt the “push off” motion of running. I have no other symptoms (no shin pain or swelling of the affected area). My sports med specialist has diagnosed it as chronic compartment syndrome, but doing research on the condition has left me with doubts. I’m going to request that my doctor do an intracompartmental pressure test, but I’m wondering if anyone else has had similar issues. I’ve been a regional class marathon runner in the past and really hope to get back to that level as a master’s runner – giving up the sport I love would be tragic. Help!

A: very difficult diagnosis

i believe i have chronic exertional compartment syndrome and would like to know what surgery might cost?

Q: my anterior compartment is the one giving me problems the only symptom i don’t experience is numbness or tingling and just to save time it’s only one leg and i am not on any medication it’s also not shin splints any help would be appreciated

A: have you seen a doctor who specialises in correctly diagnosing and managing this type of condition? my daughter had been receiving physio treatment for shin splints, and as there was some question as to the true problem – she was referred to a sports medicine specialist experienced in assessing and diagnosing exertional compartment syndrome.