Calf strain or Hamstring Tendonitis

[ginger]

Brian , the MRI information is irrelevant.
Nerve conduction tests and their results , are , for the most part, sometimes an indicator of nerve "entrapments " or focal irritations and compressions related to injury. Their results , by themselves , bear very little relationship to the kind of commonly observed spinal facet joint somatic referred events of which I speak.
Compromise , to L5S1, will most often occur , without injury , without nerve compression , and without pathological breakdown of any kind. The most common occasions giving rise to distal pain and other symptoms are those related to protective behaviour and a cascade of normal but irritating responses associated with an automatic response to threat.
These can be and are routinely turned off by continuous mobilisation to facet joints. By doing so the normal unprotected behaviour of the spine is restored, giving immediate and lasting ( in most cases ) relief from referred pain such as to your calf.

[Brian_C]

Hi again,
I've seen a second physio (to get someone with a new ideas and a clean slate). We had a chat about my history, how the injury happened etc etc...
She did a couple of range of movement tests of the left leg/knee and movements to bring on the pain. She thinks it's irritation to the nerve. I've had three session of her mobilizing the T10-12 disc/joints. She has noted my L4 is a little tight but in no way as tight as T10-12 which very sore when she works on them. She's only worked T10-12 not L4.
My question(s) are: can T10-12 becausing knee pain, I thought they were back and chest root nerves? Also why would there be a little swelling behind the knee?

The treatment on T10-12 I don't think is really working, should I give it another couple of sessions?

Any feedback would be most helpful.

[karen.hankey]

If you don't think the treatment is working you need to discuss this with the physio and then they can decide wether to continue or to change tact.