Nerve Block Injection

My sports medicine doctor says that the muscle specialist doc didn’t see anything unusual in my muscles. So, the next thing to look at is nerves. There are 6 nerves that run down the lower leg. Because my pain is mostly centralized to the inner leg area, my doctor wants to try a nerve block injection, just into the one nerve. He said that if my pain goes away after the injection, we can assume that a nerve is being impeded or pinched when I run. Then we would see how long the injection lasts. Some people actually never have their pain come back. Others, the injection can last 6 months to a year. If this is the case, I would have to decide if I want to just keep getting injections every so often, or if we do something more permanent with the nerve (surgery).

So, I had the nerve block injection a few days ago! Again, not the funnest experience, but better than the pressure test. Only one needle. He used an ultrasound to find the nerve. Then he started the injection clear up by my knee, and continued down the nerve. It took a couple of minutes. I just sort of laid there, holding my breath. My leg felt tingly and numb for a few hours, but then went away and I feel normal. I went for a run the next day. And guess what? I would say my pain was down 80%!!! This is such good news! Maybe we’ve found the answer! He said to give it a month, running a couple times a week, and evaluate/compare how it feels. I’m feeling very hopeful and am actually excited to keep running more. Maybe I’ll be one of the lucky ones who won’t have the pain return and won’t need continuous injections. Time will tell. But it was a good day! 👍🏻