I am from England and at aged 37 I suffer from Bi-lateral tibialis anterior hernations. I have always been active and up to the age of 32 I was completing half marathons and running 6 miles 3 times each week. I noticed a hernia in my left leg in 2000 but never let it stop me doing the running that I loved. It then became bi-lateral and I still carried on running when maybe I shouldn't have. Some days I would run symptom free and other days I could not run 2 miles without a burning sensation over the hernia areas followed by weakness in those muscle that showed in my feet becoming floppy and flat footed when I ran, which ultimately made me stop. I now have painful toes and ball of feet which can be extremely painful and not sure if this is a secondary problem that is brought on by the hernias and having to over compensate in other areas? I have a weak inner quad muscle in my left leg and also not sure if this is due to the hernias and / or having to over compensate in other muscle groups to make up for this? I don't suppose anybody else may have had these problems? It is a shame that something so rare means so little information online where there is usually unlimited information. I have visited rheumatology, orthopaedics, podiatry, physiotherapy etc and not once has it been discussed the possibility of surgery but instead very poor management of this. At 37 years old I am only able to walk no more that 0.5 mile or stand for more than 5 minutes without my feet being in bits. Its so dibilitating that my job contract at work ends in 3 months. I have an interview for a new job which looks promising but if offered that job, I fear I wont be able to do it due to the time I would be on my feet. Its pretty upsetting.[email protected]

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