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Suggest Treatment For Tightness In Ankle After An Injury

I had a slip & fall in 2007. Since then I have experienced a clamping or tight feeling around my ankle (about 8 inches up from the sole) of my L foot only. Now my left side of my body feels heavier especially from the knee to ankle. Based on an US it is not vascular and a CT of the head show no problems so I have been told. I get heaviness in left leg primarily only up to left knee with occasional extra tension or pull at the inner aspect of my knee and rarely on the outer aspect. I think it depends on my activity or something. In addition, a strain or pull on my sacral area, my lower back (I am guessing L3 to 5 region), a pull or strain on my neck about C4, lightheadedness or a dizzy feeling with a constant dull headache for a day or two, sensation of something pushing up in my mid sternum. Today it is also like dragging both my shoulders down. The conditions I feel are transient, they change either slightly or moderately, with some days better than others and sometimes I may not have a constant dull headache. Up to 2 years ago I would mainly feel the tightness around my ankle about the size of a palm of the hand and sometimes it would extend or move into my calf. I compensated by always standing on my right leg to take the pressure off my left side. Now it is getting harder to stand, sit or walk without a lot of discomfort. Recently, an ultrasound indicated: biceps femoris tendinosis, a grade 2 strain regarding the deep portion of the left medial collateral ligament above the joint space, pes anserine bursitis and a grade 2 partial tear of the mid to lower aspect of the lateral gastrocnemius. Apparently there may be some ligament tears at or near the ankle joint inner aspect but I did not have an order for that ultrasound so it could not be done. Any suggestions on tests, or who I see for this problem, what might be the cause (ie: pinched nerve and which one, muscle problem and what?, muscle disease or anything else? I would just like to restore my life with no discomfort so I keep working which is becoming a major concern for myself.
Wed, 1 Apr 2015
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