A little help from my friends...
I'm a long distance ciclist that also likes to swim and run. I hurt myself mid July cycling to my family reunion in rural Georgia. The problem started around mile 40 mile and because it's impossible for me to stop until the pain forces me to fail, I pedaled another 160 miles for a total of 200 miles in 10+ hrs. (God why did you make me this way?) The pain felt like a sharp sprain on the outer side of my calf behind my right knee where my calf tendons connect to the tibia but the pain is deep and sometimes hard to pin point exactly. The shooting pain was like an electric shock every pedal stroke. It got so bad the last few hours I could really only pedal with one leg. So initial diagnosis is Gastrocnemius Tendopathy. I have very arched feet and really bad right ankle dorsifelxion which means my right calf is always a little tight but that didn't stop me from going coast to coast the year before.
Ive been in Peru since July for work and been able to see a few doctors ($45 a visit isn't too bad). MRI, X-Ray for my knee, hip, ankle etc and nothing to worry about (I can email digital image files) Except I can't walk 5 blocks without the exact same pain sneaking up on me. Sometimes the area feels a bit numb or tingles a little. I think it's actually getting worse because I can't even swim anymore.
Let me add that when I say anymore: My treatment could be broken up into 2 stages. The first 5-7 weeks after the injury I was encouraged by PT to continue training cycling and swimming at 70% but no running. Since I didn't get any better the last 8-10 weeks have been let's sit and wait to see if anything happens. So no swimming anymore which was the last sport I quit. I hope this doesn't sound confusing but I can extend my leg no problem no pain, even some weight bearing excersices are o.k. but walking makes me limp.
Leo "Good times" Garcia
I'm a long distance ciclist that also likes to swim and run. I hurt myself mid July cycling to my family reunion in rural Georgia. The problem started around mile 40 mile and because it's impossible for me to stop until the pain forces me to fail, I pedaled another 160 miles for a total of 200 miles in 10+ hrs. (God why did you make me this way?) The pain felt like a sharp sprain on the outer side of my calf behind my right knee where my calf tendons connect to the tibia but the pain is deep and sometimes hard to pin point exactly. The shooting pain was like an electric shock every pedal stroke. It got so bad the last few hours I could really only pedal with one leg. So initial diagnosis is Gastrocnemius Tendopathy. I have very arched feet and really bad right ankle dorsifelxion which means my right calf is always a little tight but that didn't stop me from going coast to coast the year before.
Ive been in Peru since July for work and been able to see a few doctors ($45 a visit isn't too bad). MRI, X-Ray for my knee, hip, ankle etc and nothing to worry about (I can email digital image files) Except I can't walk 5 blocks without the exact same pain sneaking up on me. Sometimes the area feels a bit numb or tingles a little. I think it's actually getting worse because I can't even swim anymore.
Let me add that when I say anymore: My treatment could be broken up into 2 stages. The first 5-7 weeks after the injury I was encouraged by PT to continue training cycling and swimming at 70% but no running. Since I didn't get any better the last 8-10 weeks have been let's sit and wait to see if anything happens. So no swimming anymore which was the last sport I quit. I hope this doesn't sound confusing but I can extend my leg no problem no pain, even some weight bearing excersices are o.k. but walking makes me limp.
Leo "Good times" Garcia
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LeonardoGarcÃa: Dec 3, 18 18:33
