CockneyMafia Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Morning guys.... I picked up an injury playing football about a month ago. The top outer side of my calf began to hurt after the match, and got so bad I couldnt walk down stairs without it seizing up. I rested it for a month, and then played my first game yesterday. After half an hour, the same thing happened, suggesting it hadn't healed. It is a tricky injury as during the month's rest, it gave me no pain or discomfort, so knowing when it has 'healed' is very difficult. Ideally, I want to get a scan, professional advice on how long I need to rest it for, and what I should and shouldn't be doing to aid recovery. However, my experience of visiting the GP is them simply saying "give it rest" which frankly isn't any help at all. In the past I have been to a private physio, but £50 an hour for a consultation is rather prohibitive right now (and even then it was literally a consultation - no diagnostics were done) Morevoer, aside from some basic massage, they only told me what a GP would, and that was to essentially "rest up", without any definitive timelines. If I want to get a scan - and I dont think this is a completely unreasonable request - what advice would you give? Can you go to A&E? I know most of yesterday I could barely walk, but today it is giving me no grief at all. Would A&E take a look do you think or do I need to pursue another alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaphoria Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I don’t think A&E would turn you away if you were in a severe pain, and unable to walk, but in a triage assessment I can’t see how this could be considered a medical emergency if you are currently pain free, and a medical professional would decide the need for a scan, not you. So, if you do go to A&E, be prepared for a potential long wait, or an explanation for no current need of a scan. By no means is this a lack of sympathy, as I am personally acquainted with sport related injury, and know what a drag this can be. So, I recommend that you do go to your GP and just state that your symptoms are unresolved after a month’s period of rest and you’d like further assessment, or a referral to a specialist. If you have to wait longer than you are prepared to wait, I’d say then consider your option to go private, and weigh up the need to pay, or wait. In the meantime, I’d recommend glucosamine, cherries/cherry juice, continued rest, and ice if there is any swelling. However, considering the description of your symptoms, it is difficult to decipher if this is a muscular or knee-joint related injury. I’m not a doctor, but I think it would be worth seeing one, as footballers are notorious for knee injuries, and because the knee is such a complex combination of bone/tendon/cartilage, I personally would certainly want to rule out if it was a knee-joint related problem, before I assumed it was just muscular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andco Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 strongly recommend the Feldenkrais Method - got me up and running about quite literally with the only medical prospect being anti-inflammatories followed up by steroids. The method was developed by a chap called Moshe Feldenkrais who suffered some kind of knee injury - I think through playing sports - but you can check that out on Wikipedia or via http://www.simplymoving.info - they're nothing to do with me, but I'd happily recommend them based on their results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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