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Alf0nse
Well done to anyone who did the marathon yesterday.
I'm wanting to know if anyone has experience of running in orthotics? and if they have helped with muscular problems.
I've been through 6 months of barely running due to constant calf muscle soreness and missed doing the Brighton Marathon due to this.
I have done 6 physio appointments then had an MRI followed by 5 rounds of electro shock therapy and loads of strengthening and it just goes back to square one.
Yesterday I could barely manage running 5km.
I'm thinking of trying orthotics before finding a new doctor and my insurance going sky high.
A lower limb surgeon friend of mine in the States thinks I might possibly need surgery because it could be something called Exertional Compartment Syndrome. He seemed to think my original specialist was a bit vague by ordering the electro shock therapy for a low level of fluid build up.