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I have had pain in my ankle and outer leg, the paroneal tendon I'm guessing

by Lucero
(Auburn, Massachusetts)

I have been having this pain in my ankle and outer left leg for a little over three months.

I have done just about everything I could do.

It is definitely not unbearable pain, but it is tender and ver uncomfortable at this point. I just don't want to feel like this anymore. I don't want it to be an issue anymore!

At first I really believed it was a shin splint or a stress fracture in my left tibia, but everything seemed fine in the MRI. Now I am starting to think it was never a shin splint and really muscular or something wrong with the tendon?

When I jump my left is extremely weak, well the ankle is at least. The pain is in my ankle and goes up the outside of my leg. What should I do?

I just want to run without having to worry about this constsantly? Will it take a long time. I mean it's already been three months. Is that normal? In the beginning I even took a lot of time off and gave the leg or ankle a good rest. I don't have a clue what the problem is. Do you have any answers and suggestions for me?


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Joshua Answers:

Well, I don't have answers or suggestions yet, but I will after you answer more questions.

:) Let's jump right to it.


1. Is the structure actually weak, or does it just feel weak?


2. If you lift your right leg, can you raise yourself up on your left foot/toes, like a 'calf raise'?


3. Does it hurt when you use your ankle, or when you are at rest, or both?


4. You said run and jump. What activities have you been doing/do you do?


5. Did some specific event start this, or did it come on slowly over time?


6. Where exactly is the 'outer leg' pain? Upper leg, lower leg?


7. Any pain anywhere else?


8. Where exactly in the ankle, where exactly in the outer leg? Have you tracked it down in an anatomy book/picture?


9. How old are you?


10. Please describe you pain/symptoms in as much detail as possible.


Lucero, let's get this Tendonitis problem figured out.




Joshua Tucker, B.A., C.M.T.
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Jul 31, 2009
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by: Lucero

Your question about my leg really being weak or not was a good question.

I actually think it's not as weak as I might think it is, but it does feel weak here and there. Not at all times of the day. Yes, I can lift my left leg up like a calf raise, there's a bit of soreness on the outer leg though.

My ankle hurts only after doing a lot of activity, like dancing, and in dance I do a lot of jumping and leaps.

I run everday, but not far. Usually just three to four miles at the most four miles. I know that the pain came on slowly and overtime. The outer leg pain is very low, right near the ankle area. There is no pain anywhere else.

I looked up what tendon it was and it said paroneal tendon, but I had never heard about this before until I started getting the pain in that area.

My pain feels more like a nagging pain, and a lot of soreness. Although there's no swelling. I am nineteen years old.

Thank you for your consideration Joshua.

Lucero

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Joshua Comments:

I'm glad you're paying attention to this.

While pain has a way of showing up and then going away, nagging pain like you are describing, especially when Tendonitis and Tendonitis dynamic, tends to eventually just get worse, or at least stay nagging or worse.

Peroneal Tendonitis develops due to a range of factors, including use, fatigue, muscle and connective tissue health and tone, etc.

Still at 19, you having this issue makes me wonder about the underlying health of your tissue, nutritionally.

It could be you just dance a lot, and that puts a certain strain on your system. Which I'm sure is the case, but I'm guessing that if you bolster your nutritional intake and ice to get the inflammation out, that will likely do the trick and support you in being pain free in the future.

I have to run right now, check back today or tomorrow for my suggestions on what to do next.

Shouldn't take much, but it will take something.
Jul 31, 2009
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Ok, I'm going to refer to a previous conversation and save myself some typing.

Read through the thread at peroneal-tendonitis-from-too-much-road-walking.

That is essentially what I would tell you.

Ice Massage. Massage.

Read that, then come back with any questions.

One of the questions will be something about what area to work on.

We'll get to that. Read first.

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