Help Doctors! My leg goes numb when I run..........?

I am in the Army and 2 years ago I had a leg injury for overpushing myself in training. I couldnt run for about 6 months cause it still hurt. Then after a while I could run again but instead of pain, my right lower leg would go numb sometimes to the point where I feel like I am dragging my foot cause its numb and I have to stop running. I was diagnosed with compartment syndom in my lower leg and I had a fasciotomy in January. But when I started running again, my leg still goes numb but now its goes up to the back of my thigh. Its not pain, its just a numb feeling which is annoying and makes me have to stop running even if its only after 1 mile. I think they mighthave made the incision in the wrong place (front side of my calf), since now it is becoming more obvious that the numbness is in the back of my leg. Could the surgeon have cut on the wrong compartment, or could it be something else other than compartment syndrome (even though all the sympthoms are the same)? Please help!!

The numbness ONLY happens when I run. And not necessarily after running hard. I could be running like mile at a slow pace and it goes numb. And there is NO pain at all, just numbness.

You do know the US Army takes doctors who have lost their license due to malpractice...saw it on 60 minutes.

My guess is the numbness is caused by pressure (impingement) on a nerve.

If you're still active duty, avoid the blame game on your doctor...they'll all be afraid to help you.

Start with sick call and complain about the numness.
You'll get a profile and a weeks supply of Ibuprofen.
After the profile expires, complain again...you may get lucky with an x-ray referal.
The x-rays will turn out non-conclusive and you'll get another profile and more Ibuprofen.
At that point you can ask for an MRI...if they deny you; ask to see a civilian doctor.

If you can't get a referal for a civilian doctor...go to a civilian med station at the mall on a Sunday. Tell the civilian doc every last detail. Hopefully, you'll get that MRI and they can see what went wrong or what is wrong.

The Sciatic nerve guess is a good one...but the numbness from an impinged sciatic nerve will continue up your foot and into your leg.

If you're hoping for a medical chapter...the Army will give you zero percent for this. VA will bump it to 10 - maybe.

when i had that it turned out to be a herniated disc in my back, running is the worst for it, and it did turn into a VERY painful situation, stop running and get an mri

the numbness was caused by an impingement of the sciatic nerve which runs down your leg.

started out as numbness in my ankle, then moving up my leg it covered my hamstring too and eventually i was in so much freakin pain id have to lay down at random places.

sorry for editing again but you should also know this...

insurance companies dont even hide the fact that they tell doctors not to do the MRI until they exhaust all other options first and doctors are hesitant to diagnose this due to the high cost of everything involved. they know you are not going to be helped by anything other than surgery at that point...

assert yourself