Five years ago, a soccer teammate kicked my leg instead of the ball with the toe of his cleats. At impact I heard a pop and the next day I couldn t walk on it and it was very bruised and swollen. We went to urgent care and they bandaged it up after X-rays showed no broken bones and sent me home. I elevated it and waited to be able to walk on it. It s five years later and it s still hurting. It has a very noticeable dent in the inside of my left calf as well. It is sensitive to any stimulus, such as cold and touch, and I need to wear an additional layer in the cold to prevent it from hurting more. I ve tried physical therapy and medicines but nothing has worked!! I ve seen multiple doctors who are all confused about the longevity of my injury and are not sure what to do. I really don t want this to affect my the rest of my life!! Sometimes it just hurts to walk!! Help!!!!!!!
Try this test stand on your heels with toes up (dorsiflexion of ankle) while leaning forward, maintain this position for 1 min, if pain goes away then you can fix it by sustained stretching of your calf muscles and strengthen your ankle dorsiflexors, also by achieving posterior pelvic tilt if it does not work and after this one min pain increase then you may need surgical nerve releases as it would indicate you had internal bleeding from the injury that caused fibrous tissue formation around posterior popliteal nerve Good Luck