Unfortunetly I've been diagnosed with Compartment Syndrome and I have none stop pain in both of my legs. There aren't any swimming complexes in my town so I was wondering what the best way for me to keep losing weight without the ability to do much on my legs.

I don't know what that syndrome prohibits, but I would continue working your upper body. My gym also has a machine that is accessible for people in wheelchairs. It's similar to bike pedals except for the arms. It would work. Good luck.

What was your Doctor's take on continuing exercise at this time? Did you clear whatever upper body routine you've been doing with him?

Are you a surgical candidate for your condition?

Were you a long-distance runner before you came down with this?

Well I started running a lot for school track and got shin splints. That was spring 06. Just now they're discovering that i have compartment syndrome after I've been trying to exercise ever since.

From what I've read about CS it's not something you want to be exercising.

I did read that stretching may possibly help the condition.

I would work closely with your doctor on this one.

Blink32,

I don't know that you have any reason to listen to me other than a will to overcome your disorder, but please research active release therapy (ART). It is a form of medical massage that focuses on trigger points and other myofascial issues as causing carpal tunnel, compartment syndrome, etc. In massage school my instructor had focused primarily on resolving 'carpal tunnel' (generally misdiagnosed), but compartment syndrome is highly related. Her resolution of issue was generally much higher than surgery (in fact, she also had great success with people who had no significant relief from surgery).


http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_en___US231&q=compartment+syndrome+active+release+therapy&btnG=Search
http://www.activerelease.com/ <-- lists practitioners in the US.

And please, if you do explore ART and have success (there is a significantly likelihood), post back here to let people know the advice was useful. ART and other medical massage modalities could prevent most of the people on this board from undergoing knives or pills for rotator cuff injuries, shin splints, carpal tunnel, etc.

peace::rob