Fascia therapy for the (top) sportsman: loge syndrome
Last week I treated a young man suffering from the loge syndrome in both lower legs.
About one and a half year ago he started having problems with his lower legs. In a first surgery the aponeuroses of the lower leg were opened in order to give the muscles within the fascia more space.
After a long rehabilitation period he still wasn’t able to play soccer though. He had to undergo a second surgery. All fascias, even the attachments to the periost of the tibia and the fibula, were cut loose from the lower leg. After rehabilitation the operation appeared to be not successful. He still wasn’t able to play soccer. 
After the first three training sessions the pain in both lower legs had become unbearable and he was forced to end physical exertion. He is being treated by a sports physical therapist five hours a day. A fascia therapy student introduced the young man to me.
This situation is a disaster to a guy of this caliber. He’s at a top sports school, has made it to the B-team of a first-division soccer club (not the right one though ;-)) and aspires to a professional football career. An injury of this nature could ruin his dreams. Will he ever be able to do sports without pain again? Will he be able to reach the top level? Should he better focus on his studies or give his all to soccer? (Read the article)
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