Lower Crossed Syndrome?

[dibblego]

Hello linbin,
At the time of my injury I was playing professional squash. I would train with a former Australian Commowealth Games team captain. I even beat him a couple of times! I would do several 2-4 hour training sessions per week. I was extremely fit. My problems developed soon after my injury even though I continued my squash training. This is why I am sure that it is due to my injury and not due to any disuse problems.

I am a computer scientist and university lecturer and at the moment, I am totally inactive. I wish I could do something about it, but I can't. If I try to do any physical activity, I get severe muscle problems and pain caused by inhibition.

This is why I am certain that my problem is due to my ankle. I cannot perform dorsiflexion at all -- particularly with eversion. Trust me, if I could get back out there on the squash court, I would in a flash. I am normally extremely active -- this problem has been mismanaged by doctors. Indeed, it was I who finally found the correct diagnosis (anteromedial bone spur + anterolateral tissue impingement)

I wish to have the anterolateral joint compartment debrided but I am currently suffering an infection because a doctor left a suture in from my most recent surgery. I saw the doctor today who refused to treat me because she could not be sure there was a suture in there or that it was infected. This is despite the redness. So I went home, took some painkillers and dug around myself for vindication (I am used to doing crazy things like this now). The suture is now protruding from a wound. It has a knot in it. I have conclusive evidence that I am right (once again). Words cannot describe how angry I am about all this.

So now my hurdle is resolving this infection, so I can resolve my tissue impingement so I can resolve my muscle inhibition problems.

Thanks for the help -- I just wonder what I can do in the meantime -- I do feel like I have tried everything though.

[linbin]

hi friend
if you wanna do some physical activity-i feel you can start with some upper extremity exercises and trunk exercises.

[thabiso]

Hi,

Must be terrible going through this but Linbin is right. Start on some physical activity now upper going down, may get some discomfort but dont go into pain. Work on what can be feasibly worked on. Should get something in the long run.

all the best

[dibblego]

I had a trapped superficial peroneal nerve just above the lateral malleolus. This caused a lot of the problems. I had a surgical decompression about 6 weeks ago. I need to work out how to reverse this muscle contracture, though I still cannot get very good dorsiflexion.