vickster
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I don't know if anyone might have experienced something similar, but I am having pain in my 'good' right leg about 5cm below my knee, lateral side (left leg is the one that got injured in mid Feb). It aches while sitting (desk job), while lying and is especially bad in the morning. It is also a little twingy while cycling (more so on hills and when I start to tire), and using the rower and recumbent in the gym. There isn't a specific 'sore' spot, and no swelling or pain in the knee.
As documented elsewhere on CC, when knocked off my bike in Feb this year, I developed a massive haematoma over my tibia which got infected and had to have IV antibiotics and surgery to clean it all out. Slowly getting better, waiting for all the scar tissue in the void left by the cleaning out to go. I lost a lot of calf muscle, and I developed some lumbar back pain / sacroiliac joint pain as consequence of the weakness in the leg and probably cycling too much too soon with the weak leg!
My left is sore to kneel on (have a couple of meniscus tears and cartilage damage), twist etc, but right now less of a bother than the 'good' right
I'm cycling (probably around 70 miles a week) and in the gym (4-5 times, normally a 3000m row, 20 minutes on recumbent bike, maybe some weights and 15 minutes of leg, arm and back stretching). The physio doesn't think it's down to over training, less issues with strength now (the muscle is slowly coming back in my left calf)
My physio has had a good look at it yesterday, moved the joint, prodded around the patella, done all the various tests for ligament and meniscus, looked at my hip etc and is stumped as the pain doesn't seem to be coming from the knee! She wondered if it might be shin splints, but I can't run, don't walk terribly much, all of my exercise is non weight bearing!
She is contacting the orthopaedic surgeon (who looks after the knee and did the shin surgery) and is thinking an appointment with a rheumatologist might be in order just to rule out possible causes - I just have general soft tissue aches and pains that are nagging and annoying, but not usually bad enough to need medication. I feel broadly fit and well otherwise (not even an autumn cold yet)! We discussed trying a sports massage, and although she thinks it might give some temporary relief it's probably not a solution.
I don't think it's a bike fit issue, although the saddle is maybe a little lower than it might be (from the Retul fit) but I like to have some chance of touching the ground when clipped in as I ride mostly in trafficand it's not specific to any bike from what I can tell
Anybody had anything similar and found a solution?
Thanks for reading
As documented elsewhere on CC, when knocked off my bike in Feb this year, I developed a massive haematoma over my tibia which got infected and had to have IV antibiotics and surgery to clean it all out. Slowly getting better, waiting for all the scar tissue in the void left by the cleaning out to go. I lost a lot of calf muscle, and I developed some lumbar back pain / sacroiliac joint pain as consequence of the weakness in the leg and probably cycling too much too soon with the weak leg!
My left is sore to kneel on (have a couple of meniscus tears and cartilage damage), twist etc, but right now less of a bother than the 'good' right
I'm cycling (probably around 70 miles a week) and in the gym (4-5 times, normally a 3000m row, 20 minutes on recumbent bike, maybe some weights and 15 minutes of leg, arm and back stretching). The physio doesn't think it's down to over training, less issues with strength now (the muscle is slowly coming back in my left calf)
My physio has had a good look at it yesterday, moved the joint, prodded around the patella, done all the various tests for ligament and meniscus, looked at my hip etc and is stumped as the pain doesn't seem to be coming from the knee! She wondered if it might be shin splints, but I can't run, don't walk terribly much, all of my exercise is non weight bearing!
She is contacting the orthopaedic surgeon (who looks after the knee and did the shin surgery) and is thinking an appointment with a rheumatologist might be in order just to rule out possible causes - I just have general soft tissue aches and pains that are nagging and annoying, but not usually bad enough to need medication. I feel broadly fit and well otherwise (not even an autumn cold yet)! We discussed trying a sports massage, and although she thinks it might give some temporary relief it's probably not a solution.
I don't think it's a bike fit issue, although the saddle is maybe a little lower than it might be (from the Retul fit) but I like to have some chance of touching the ground when clipped in as I ride mostly in trafficand it's not specific to any bike from what I can tell
Anybody had anything similar and found a solution?
Thanks for reading
. A sports masseur in France suggested I may have had hip alignment problems after being knocked off my motorbike but he didn't have much time to investigate as he was working for a race organiser providing free service to athletes. Still flummoxed. I'm waiting to be seen by a private sports masseur who is very highly recommend and I will also go the physio route if it continues. Very confused as I've put my legs through hell on two occations six weeks apart and things are no worse, maybe a little between in fact at the moment.
I expect to get a response from the physio / surgeon in the next few days. I have private healthcare so once the medics have decided whom I should see, things should move quite quickly
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