Compressed Nerve (Maybe?)

[Kingtony87]

Any of you guys ever compress the nerve in your leg? That's what the doctor believes may be happening to me at the moment but was told it could be as serious as MS or even a brain tumor. Had pain outside my knees for the last few months maybe. Attributed it to just rolling all the time. But last week I noticed some loss of mobility in my foot. Hard to lift it up. Within a day couldn't lift my foot upwards at all and the inability to flex my calf muscle came right after. X-ray of leg looked ok and the ortho surgeon said thinks it may be a compressed nerve. See a chiro tomorrow, waiting to hear back from a neurosurgeon to get an appointment there and waiting on my insurance to approve MRI to get an image of my back. Curious if anyone on here has experienced something similar and how it went.

Also I'm supposed to be going to Disney with my family in the end of January. Hopefully I'll be able to walk right by then!

 

[Shinkicker]

First off, I’m NOT a doctor.

But both knees hurting at first......a knee injury could cause pressure on that nerve, maybe?

Take 800mg of ibuprofen, ice the knee for 15 mins and see if it helps.

 

[Shinkicker]

Unless they give you steroids. Then you would skip the ibuprofen.

 

[Rambo John J]

4000+ of vitamin C for a few days, plenty of water with it

See how that does ya

 

[Kingtony87]

First off, I’m NOT a doctor.

But both knees hurting at first......a knee injury could cause pressure on that nerve, maybe?

Take 800mg of ibuprofen, ice the knee for 15 mins and see if it helps.

pain is mostly gone. Just tingly numbness from the knee down across the foot into the big toe. I've been on and off ice and started using a tens unit today.

 

[Kingtony87]

4000+ of vitamin C for a few days, plenty of water with it

See how that does ya

I'm 5 days in from loss of mobility.

 

[Rambo John J]

I'm 5 days in from loss of mobility.

Damn bro
Hope you get it sorted

I wasn't joking about massive Vitamin C intake for inflammation(Advice from Medical Folk in my family) but didn't realize you were immobile

 

[Kingtony87]

Damn bro
Hope you get it sorted

I wasn't joking about massive Vitamin C intake for inflammation(Advice from Medical Folk in my family) but didn't realize you were immobile

I’ll get on the vitamin C for sure. Yea. It’s weird the pain was more reassuring than the loss of function.

 

[Rambo John J]

I’ll get on the vitamin C for sure. Yea. It’s weird the pain was more reassuring than the loss of function.

Loss of function is a real humbling thing, every time I lose range of motion or something I truly realize how precious good health is.
If you are taking lots of Vitamin C you have to drink lots of water, at least that is what they tell me.

 

[Kingtony87]

Loss of function is a real humbling thing, every time I lose range of motion or something I truly realize how precious good health is.
If you are taking lots of Vitamin C you have to drink lots of water, at least that is what they tell me.

Thanks for the info homeslice

 

[Kingtony87]

Looking like a injured paroneal nerve. Steroids are the moment. Mri and possibly more to come.

 

[Rambo John J]

Looking like a injured paroneal nerve. Steroids are the moment. Mri and possibly more to come.

Good to hear might have located the issue brother

So the nerve that MMA guys are attempting to injure with that low calf kick attack.

Do you remember taking impact or damage on that location?


Maybe it is from some sort of muscle imbalance, I think I may have suffered that type of immobility before come to think of it after I read some stuff online about that nerve. Got any tight muscles in other parts of your leg, butt, calf etc...

 

[ManDingo]

Walk it off!

 

[Kingtony87]

Good to hear might have located the issue brother

So the nerve that MMA guys are attempting to injure with that low calf kick attack.

Do you remember taking impact or damage on that location?


Maybe it is from some sort of muscle imbalance, I think I may have suffered that type of immobility before come to think of it after I read some stuff online about that nerve. Got any tight muscles in other parts of your leg, butt, calf etc...

I was having pain for awhile so in my knees. I assumed from rolling 3-5 times a week. I don’t think I different anything acute injury wise. But Its been strained twisted turned etc many times. may have compressed it though as well using a patella brace to help the knee pain.

 

[lamarclark09]

Ohh Thank God you are fine, first of all, go to the doctor to do all checkups and required tests, he may tell you the details about this. I don’t think so this is something very serious but you must have to care about this.

 

[Kingtony87]

3 weeks now. Still can’t lift my foot up but after the mri on my lower back and an emg seems like we got the real serious narrowed out. The emg confirmed damage to the paroneal nerve in my leg. Waiting on approval for an mri on my leg and a consult with a leg nerve surgeon but not sure if I’ll need surgery. Pt 2x a week now and I’m in the statistically it’ll get better boat. Could be a month or so. 6 months to a year. Possibly never.

I’m fucking jonesing to roll something fierce though.

 

[Wild]

3 weeks now. Still can’t lift my foot up but after the mri on my lower back and an emg seems like we got the real serious narrowed out. The emg confirmed damage to the paroneal nerve in my leg. Waiting on approval for an mri on my leg and a consult with a leg nerve surgeon but not sure if I’ll need surgery. Pt 2x a week now and I’m in the statistically it’ll get better boat. Could be a month or so. 6 months to a year. Possibly never.

I’m fucking jonesing to roll something fierce though.

Have you tried rubbing some Tussin on it, faggit?

 

[Rambo John J]

Have you tried rubbing some Tussin on it, faggit?

Funny coming from you at this time

How is that refurbished hip coming?

 

[Wild]

Funny coming from you at this time

How is that refurbished hip coming?

Recovery not going as quickly as I'd like. Like @Kingtony87, I also have some nerve damage from the surgery, so my quad is numb and has a burning sensation in the muscle. I'm walking on a cane now but not close to being stable. I'd say I'm 40% recovered. Good news is, the hip pain is gone and I have full range of motion again.

 

[Rambo John J]

Recovery not going as quickly as I'd like. Like @Kingtony87, I also have some nerve damage from the surgery, so my quad is numb and has a burning sensation in the muscle. I'm walking on a cane now but not close to being stable. I'd say I'm 40% recovered. Good news is, the hip pain in gone and I have full range of motion again.

Keep at it, sounds good so far
Range of motion is huge, stability and strength can come later

 

[Kingtony87]

Recovery not going as quickly as I'd like. Like @Kingtony87, I also have some nerve damage from the surgery, so my quad is numb and has a burning sensation in the muscle. I'm walking on a cane now but not close to being stable. I'd say I'm 40% recovered. Good news is, the hip pain is gone and I have full range of motion again.

oh damn man. That stinks dude. I have a cane too because I cannot lift my toes. But overall I am mostly functional. Glad to hear your out of pain though big guy. Praying you get stable quick.

 

[Wild]

oh damn man. That stinks dude. I have a cane too because I cannot lift my toes. But overall I am mostly functional. Glad to hear your out of pain though big guy. Praying you get stable quick.

Thx bud. Hope you get your issue resolved too. Isn't getting old fun?!

 

[Kingtony87]

Thx bud. Hope you get your issue resolved too. Isn't getting old fun?!

I just turned 35, thought for sure I'd make it til 40 before needing a cane!

 

[sparkuri]

I just turned 35, thought for sure I'd make it til 40 before needing a cane!

@Wild so old the "87" after your name is mysterious; he just thought you were a murderer with low IQ that forgot to place the "1" before the "87".
When Huey Lewis "It's hip to be square" comes in over his shortwave radio he immediately looks down & contemplates his anatomy.

 

[Kingtony87]

Finally got an mri on my knee. I need to have a follow up still but looks like I’m finally getting some answers.

1. Magnetic resonance imaging of the left knee demonstrates 0.7 x 3.0 cm anterior tibiofibular joint pericapsular ganglion cyst formation extends caudally along the fibular head and neck abuts and compresses the peroneal nerve as it exits the peroneal tunnel at the origin of the peroneus longus attachment to the fibula at the level of the deep and superficial peroneal nerve bifurcation. Further evaluation with MRI scan of the left tibia and fibula without intravenous contrast utilizing triple plane high-resolution proton density imaging and fat suppression imaging can be performed as clinically indication to evaluate for denervation muscle edema and atrophy. There is suspected denervation edema of the peroneus longus muscle and soft tissue inflammatory changes at the level of the peroneal nerve compression.

tldr
Looking like a cyst compressing my paroneal nerve below the knee causing the foot drop.