Hi everyone,
A couple of weeks ago I posted under hip & knee problem. I found that the problem was due to a trapped nerve in the piriformis muscle, and though I can now walk well and pain-free, I'm still having difficulty running.
The front of my duff leg is still slightly numb to the touch, mostly round the front of my knee-cap. I've had two sessions with a sports-physio, and he reckons it's residual damage caused by the trapped nerve.
When I try to run, the bad leg simply fails to synchronise with my good leg. The "push-off", and the bend-position of the knee on impact are wrongly timed. I'm guessing that nerve impairement is failing to provide sufficiently fast feedback regarding knee-position and the demand being made on the associated muscles. All the timings are in effect out of synch.
Does anyone have experience of anything like this? I've been unable to run now for four weeks, and it's very demoralising. So what remedial action should I take? Will the nerves recover, and will the local nerve-reflexes "re-learn" what to do?
In sports - eg football - we used to have the term "dead-leg" when we were kicked in certain parts of the leg, and this would incapacitate us for a while. The symptoms are much the same - poor control of the leg.
Any advice or support greatly appreciated.
A couple of weeks ago I posted under hip & knee problem. I found that the problem was due to a trapped nerve in the piriformis muscle, and though I can now walk well and pain-free, I'm still having difficulty running.
The front of my duff leg is still slightly numb to the touch, mostly round the front of my knee-cap. I've had two sessions with a sports-physio, and he reckons it's residual damage caused by the trapped nerve.
When I try to run, the bad leg simply fails to synchronise with my good leg. The "push-off", and the bend-position of the knee on impact are wrongly timed. I'm guessing that nerve impairement is failing to provide sufficiently fast feedback regarding knee-position and the demand being made on the associated muscles. All the timings are in effect out of synch.
Does anyone have experience of anything like this? I've been unable to run now for four weeks, and it's very demoralising. So what remedial action should I take? Will the nerves recover, and will the local nerve-reflexes "re-learn" what to do?
In sports - eg football - we used to have the term "dead-leg" when we were kicked in certain parts of the leg, and this would incapacitate us for a while. The symptoms are much the same - poor control of the leg.
Any advice or support greatly appreciated.