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Suggest Treatment To Cure Weakness In Legs
Question: weakness in my legs.
when i jog i cant even run 500 meters i feel i will fal down.
is there some medicineto make my legs strong i think they need some calcium to it.
please advise
XXXX
when i jog i cant even run 500 meters i feel i will fal down.
is there some medicineto make my legs strong i think they need some calcium to it.
please advise
XXXX
Brief Answer:
Stress fractures may be a cause
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query
I Dr. Chugh Orthopaedic surgeon
After going through your query, the cause of your suffering is because of excessive physical exercises as it all started after running and may be not supplemented by proper diet. This leads to stress fracture in leg bone (Tibia).
You might have increased the physical exercise for which your body was not prepared for (If am not incorrect). I have seen many patient’s like you and others preparing for police and Para military forces.
To confirm this, you may get –
A. X ray of leg – AP and lateral view
B. Blood investigation for serum vitamin D, calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphotase.Please share the finding in the follow up query.
For now my advice would be take a break from walking (long duration) for few days (15-21). Take balanced diet rich in calcium (1000mg/day) and vitamin D (1000 i.u. /day) along with vitaminB12, B6.Vitamin D is available in weekly dose pattern as well as injection, just talk to your local doctor. Take ibuprofen to reduce pain and do ice fomentation.
Massage and physiotherapy may not help at this stage. We will talk about it once the blood reports are with us.
Hope this information suffices.
Take care and I shall be glad to answer any further query.
Regards
Dr XXXXXXX chugh
Virtual clinic at http://bit.ly/drmchugh
Stress fractures may be a cause
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query
I Dr. Chugh Orthopaedic surgeon
After going through your query, the cause of your suffering is because of excessive physical exercises as it all started after running and may be not supplemented by proper diet. This leads to stress fracture in leg bone (Tibia).
You might have increased the physical exercise for which your body was not prepared for (If am not incorrect). I have seen many patient’s like you and others preparing for police and Para military forces.
To confirm this, you may get –
A. X ray of leg – AP and lateral view
B. Blood investigation for serum vitamin D, calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphotase.Please share the finding in the follow up query.
For now my advice would be take a break from walking (long duration) for few days (15-21). Take balanced diet rich in calcium (1000mg/day) and vitamin D (1000 i.u. /day) along with vitaminB12, B6.Vitamin D is available in weekly dose pattern as well as injection, just talk to your local doctor. Take ibuprofen to reduce pain and do ice fomentation.
Massage and physiotherapy may not help at this stage. We will talk about it once the blood reports are with us.
Hope this information suffices.
Take care and I shall be glad to answer any further query.
Regards
Dr XXXXXXX chugh
Virtual clinic at http://bit.ly/drmchugh
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Answered by
Dr. Mukesh Chugh
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement
Practicing since :1997
Answered : 1619 Questions
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