Differential Diagnosis for Exertional Leg Pain

Exertional Compartment Syndrome originates in the muscle and fascia. It is characterized by symptoms that begin 10 minutes into exercise and resolve 30 minutes after exercise. Crit Response Supiring bone is characterized by pain with running, point tenderness over the fracture site on lateral x-ray. Lumbar radiculopathy also originates in a nerve and it is characterized as being worse with lumbar tension positioning such as with sitting. A popliteal artery entrapment originate in the blood vessel and it is diagnosed with vascular studies.