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A successful conservative approach to managing lower leg pain in a university sports injury clinic: a two patient case study
  1. A Cunningham,
  2. I R Spears
  1. School of Social Sciences, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Mr Cunningham
 School of Social Sciences, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough TS1 3BA, UK; a.Cunninghamtees.ac.uk

Abstract

There is a lack of information on the conservative treatment of lower leg pain induced by running. In this study, non-invasive treatment based on a change of footwear was applied to two patients, and, on the basis of pain scale questionnaires, deemed successful.

  • anterior compartment syndrome
  • eccentric activity
  • heel strike
  • lower leg pain
  • tibialis anterior

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2002.003640

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