And have to get a Fasciotomy?
>Fasciotomy or fasciectomy is a surgical procedure where the fascia is cut to relieve tension or pressure commonly to treat the resulting loss of circulation to an area of tissue or muscle. Fasciotomy is a limb-saving procedure when used to treat acute compartment syndrome.
I had to get surgery on two of my limbs and now have disfiguring scars on my left arm and leg.
I'm just looking for people who went through the same thing following an overdose. It gets quite lonely out here.
Hey all,
I am asked to give an oral review of literature on any subject of interest. I am thinking about doing it on peripheral nerve block. Personally I am a huge fan of the techniques, but in the centre I currently work for some anesthesiologists and mainly trauma surgeons are a bit hesitant. The main reason is that they are afraid to miss the early signs of compartment syndrome.
What is your opinion, or do you know about decent studies on peripheral nerve blocks and compartment syndrome of the extremities.
Other review articles or meta analyses on nerve blocks and its advantages over other analgesia would be awesome as well!
Thanks in advance!
Just diagnosed, I’m royally rooted but can I at least look forward to DVA paying for my fly bridge cruiser or am I looking at a tinny?
Note! Do not try if your weight is very heavy, your knees have defective, or you are prone to blood clots! !
Please sit in this way for about 40-60 minutes. (Don't keep doing that for too long!). If you don't have a clean floor, sit in bed.
Then try to stand up slowly and carefully, supporting your weight with your hands.
Perhaps your below the knee is deadness, have no strong as you might think, and difficult to control. Be careful as you may fail to get up.
This is the situation when they run at 362.4km/h and their forearms, which have to take a load of about 1.5G when decelerating, are hit by an arm pump. I can't believe it.🥶🥶🥶
How well Will a fasciotomy work for chronic compartment syndrome and how big are the risks? Are there other options except fysiotherapy (already tried that) with high succes rates.
Am I crazy to worry about compartment syndrome when a muscle injury seems to be tight, tingly and lingering? It’s been 8-9 days.
I know there is acute compartment syndrome that is apparently so painful you know you have it... what about chronic compartment syndrome? Is it something to worry about?
And yes, I have an ortho appt Friday.
I am having a hard time distinguishing between these 3 presentations. Seems to me like they all cause the same symptoms. How can they be distinguished on presentation?
19 (M), 6ft, 210 lbs currently but was 190 lbs when issues first arose. Non-smoker, Canada.
I used to run and exercise a lot until I began to experience a lot of pain during my runs. This began in October 2020 and I finally went to see a physiotherapist in February 2021. Here I got diagnosed with anterior compartment syndrome. I was just wondering how long it took others with the same condition who had it to recover. My doctors say to just rest and hope it recovers and each time I ask how long, they say it depends and could take a long time. I am in a job that requires me to be active and run, so I'm a little stressed out about this.
The recovery I do with physio weekly is just stretches and massages and my condition is getting no better and perhaps even worse whenever I occasionally try to do a run (following the physiotherapists advice). I can't seem to find definitive answers about the condition from anywhere (including my doctors) and I would really like to hear from someone who has experienced this condition or is knowledgeable about this condition.
For those who have had this condition:
How bad was your condition? Did it prevent you from running?
Were you able to fully recover? How long did it take?
Did you have to get surgery? Did this impact your ability to run after?
Thank you.
Does anyone have experience with or knowledge of CRPS onset when it comes to a crushing injury that results in a fasciotomy? Is this typical or rare and what can I expect in the way of CRPS progression or just any info about why my body hates me now lol. Thanks guys in advance. This is by far the best support tool for me. Love the support and info and help.
any tips for threading out the differences among these when a clinical vignette can be pretty tricky?
this is for the surgery shelf btw.
Does anyone worry about this when pretending? My foot and calf tend to get numb and unmovable after about 30-45 minutes of restriction. For the pretenders among us, how do you maximise 'pretend time' without having to worry about this? Specifically wondering about AK pretending.
Wondering what your symptoms were prior to diagnosis? I've read it's a relatively uncommon condition and the testing would be highly specific.
It's pretty confusing to understand whether I should be worried about having it because my symptoms don't match up with the hallmark: An individual run would get more painful then the pain goes away when you're done -- Vs. -- my experience of runs starting off painful then having little to no pain when finished but the pain comes back later in the day.
I'm asking because after seeing a PT he didn't think it was MTSS (eg shin splints) but could be CECS since the pain was close to but not exactly on my shin bone.
Had a frustrating few years with running as I've been suffering with compartment syndrome, and recently undertaken and still seeing a physio. Fast runs and intervals the main culprits causing the symptoms.
Long story short I was advised building endurance slow and steady really helps, and in that time I started tb base building, did the first 5 weeks of base long steady runs and it worked wonders ive had no pain whatsoever or niggles and thought it was gone until this week which was a fast 5 and 600 resets little bit of pain and then from today really sore again and took a good 30 min of my lss run to ease out for the full hour.
As I genuinely enjoy running and still want the option to run 5k's or maybe oc's. I was wondering if anyone has managed to over come this without having the horrendous operation.
In the mean time I was thinking of running op black so I can still get a decent long run in, not too fast.
Now as well as using the non running hics could I use the rule of thumb that bike is usually 3xwhat the distance of a run is so something like oxygen debt 101 would look like:
600m x 3 rest 30 sec. Id use the same principle for other run type workouts. Would this still help in some way if I was getting the one long run in per week or two?
I have an echo bike for the above which is basically a tanked up version of an assault bike.
Any ideas or help is much appreciated.
DAE have POTS and chronic compartment syndrome in their calves? I’ve always wondered if that led to my development of POTS since it can damage nerves in your calves, causing the blunting of sympathetic signals to blood vessels and preventing vasoconstriction. There’s no research out there about it so I thought I’d ask here!
This person got into an accident driving his motorcycle, and broke his leg approx. 10-15cm under his knee. The black bruising is the location of the fracture. Due to this he developed compartment syndrome.
4th operation, opened wound up to remove necrotic tissue, adding antibiotical beads, and leg frame.
So I'm currently being chapter under a 5-17, and i was wondering if anyone with the same problem has received an MEB from this? I was referred a P3 for MEB/IDES, but I was told i wasn't eligible. Can someone explain why exactly?
