leg pain

[astley123]

I have been suffering with temperal arteritis for four years or more. At the moment it is under control with 5mgs prednisolone daily and I am going to try to reduce this. A few months ago I developed severe pain in my left calf when walking and my GP has tried three or four pain killers without success. I was referred to the Musculoskeletal Advanced Practitioner Service who diagnosed torn muscle or tendon. They gave me exercises which dont seem to work though I am persevering. I dont know is its related to my temperal arteritis or not but I wondered is anybody has had similar problems

[jinasc]

Does the pain go away when you stop and rest?

It could possibly be Leg Claudication...........follow this link

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/114...

Someone else will be along who knows more than me in the meantime it might be useful to follow the above link.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

I had a muscle fibre rupture in my calf years ago and it did take ages to stop hurting. That was long before pred and I know pred can make muscles much more delicate. I have had tendonitis and that was due to steroids plus a quinolone antibiotic - have you any history of taking quinolone antibiotics?

But what sort of pain is it? Sharp in response to movement or does it come on after walking? Or what?

[astley123 in reply to PMRpro]

sharp pain on walking sometimes prevents me walking goes away on resting

[SheffieldJane]

This morning. I got up at about 5 am and as soon as my foot touched the ground severe pain shot up my leg. Recently diagnosed with GCA. Coming back from downstairs with a cup of tea it happened again, resulting in spilling tea all over my stairs. Pain in the long bone of my leg and knees lasted ages. I wondered if others recognised this?