No medical advice...

robinph

... but seeing as my right leg is in way more pain than it should be, so much so that I cannot feel the pain that I know there should be in my left leg just from some mere muscle tightness and I cannot put any weight on the right.

Anyway, do I:

1: Go to a GP who will know a little about a lot and probably nothing about sports injuries, so will just give a prescription for antibiotics and send me to see someone else.

2: A sports physio, or whatever they may call themselves, who would probably be able to figure out what's wrong just from the way I hobble into the room.

3: Straight to A&E which is, where I'd probably end up anyway after seeing option 1 or 2 as they have all the big fancy machines to actually check what's what and then properly patch you up.

tunney

Eh did you
a)do the marathon
b)get hit by a car.

Context man, context.

RacoonQueen

I'd opt for a physio. I'd hazard a guess that if it was something uber serious you'd have felt it during the race yesterday and struggled to finish. If it's muscle, ligament etc the physio will know.

--amadeus--

Tough one... Personally I'd go the physio route for now, they can direct you to medics if required.

Longer term there is a loose sports medicine oraganisation, regular GPs who have an interest in / qualification in sports injuries, etc. My GP is an ex-marathon runner and is a member. It might be worth finding out if a local quack is a member for future reference? I asked my GP for a referal to a Galway Dr for someone before so if you need a contact I can ask him (usually takes him a day or two to answer though so no good for your current situation!)

robinph

Thanks guys. Will see about finding a physo in town now that hopefully doesn't require too much walking to get to.

tunney wrote: »

Context man, context.

This is the marathon forum.

tunney

robinph wrote: »

Thanks guys. Will see about finding a physo in town now that hopefully doesn't require too much walking to get to.


This is the marathon forum.

Its the marathon/triathlon forum.

You could have got knocked off your bike at the weekend.

Peckham

Physio probably won't be much help today as they'd probably be reluctant to treat the leg the day after the marathon - could do more harm than good by trying to treat it. Maybe ring ahead and get their opinion before making an appointment.

--amadeus--

tunney wrote: »

Its the marathon/triathlon forum.

You could have got knocked off your bike at the weekend.

And as a runner he could have been hit by a car, or struck by lightning, or whatever. I appreciate what you are saying but A&E gets a fair share of sports injuries at teh weekend and - bearing in mind other factors around Robins health - I don't think asking about A&E was so outlandish

robinph

They are all booked up today anyway, but have I an appointment for tomorrow now. I was thinking that I should just wait until the general marathon stiffness had abated before trying to figure out what's wrong, but it feels far worse than should be expected from that which is what's concerning me.

Anyway, I'm getting close to saying too much actual symptoms now and risking the banstick. Just a procedure question as to who should actually be seen in such circumstances.