Thought I'd get some feedback from the Womens. I have been having some localized pain on the inner side of my shin on my left leg - about halfway up. It has been happening since the beginning of February, so about 8 weeks or so. I took about 7 weeks off running to see if it would heal in case it was a stress fracture. It doesn't seem to have healed. I have been slowly trying to run again - frequent short runs. I don't feel much pain when running - it doesn't get better or worse during the course of a run. However, when I get home, all of my lower leg muscles feel really tight. I ice and take NSAID right after runs, and generally there isn't any swelling, etc. This is leading me to believe that it is more of a tendon/muscle issue vs. a stress fracture, but I have no idea what symptoms I would be looking for if it was indeed a stress fracture.
I went to my family doctor and told him what I was feeling, but he wouldn't give me an xray or bone scan because "bone scans are for old women." I'm just 31. But still, I am at-risk for osteoporosis based on some things in my medical history. And I run long-distance, etc. I have a physiotherapist who was doing some short-wave ultrasound, and he tried to check through an ultrasound wand whether I had a stress fx or not - don't know if that is effective or not. Also, my sport medicine therapist did a tuning fork test to check for a fx (I guess if it was a stress fx, the vibrations were supposed to really hurt).
Anyway, I am stumped. Ideas?
I went to my family doctor and told him what I was feeling, but he wouldn't give me an xray or bone scan because "bone scans are for old women." I'm just 31. But still, I am at-risk for osteoporosis based on some things in my medical history. And I run long-distance, etc. I have a physiotherapist who was doing some short-wave ultrasound, and he tried to check through an ultrasound wand whether I had a stress fx or not - don't know if that is effective or not. Also, my sport medicine therapist did a tuning fork test to check for a fx (I guess if it was a stress fx, the vibrations were supposed to really hurt).
Anyway, I am stumped. Ideas?