little help with a leg injury?

[i'm "fein"]

Numbness is related to your nerves, could be over stretched, compressed, but really it's hard to give you an answer that based on what you wrote or without actually assessing you in person.

As far as seeing a Physio on the NHS is concerned, you need to visit a GP who will refer you on. Both physio on the NHS and your NHS GP will be free.
The only downside, is that as your complaint doesn't seem to be too bad, you might have a quite a wait on the NHS, as they prioritise based on severity. As the waiting lists are pretty long, you might be kept waiting a while.

Hope this helps

[garjagan]

thanks for the advice. I was aware that it could have been nerve problem, but not being particularly medical/scienifically minded I wasn't too keen on tackling any articles on the subject. But now I think I will. If anyone else can elaborate based on the limited details I've given that'd be very helpful.

[arkesh_physio]

Do u have Back pain??

[garjagan]

No, the pain is localized directly in the area mentioned. The very top of the calf muscle/at the back of the knee area. I'm wondering if perhaps the problem is that I (absolutely definately) suffered the injury while biking and since then I've had no significant time off the bike, so perhaps I'm constantly aggrevating the damaged part.

Also I heard that strengthening a damaged muscle helps to avoid further injury, so last thurs, before doing my weekly hour of circuit training at the gym, I did a large amount of sets of my calves. On the leg press, the calf press, standing on my tip-toes with a barbell on my shoulder etc, etc. Since sat morning I have had to walk on my toes as it's too painful to let my calves extend, but I'm hoping that this will help. I do naturally have quite skinny calves compared to my upper body, so strengthening/bulking them up seems like it may be beneficial. I'll have to wait and see how it goes. Maybe I'm doing all the wrong stuff!