Compartment syndrome occurs when excessive pressure builds up inside an enclosed muscle space in the body. The condition usually results from bleeding or swelling after an injury. The dangerously high ...

To understand chronic compartment syndrome, an overuse injury that typically prompts pain in the calf, it’s helpful to start with a little anatomy lesson. While most of us don’t think of our bodies as ...

Dear Doctors: What is compartment syndrome, and how does it happen? I developed this following an embolism from hip replacement surgery. I had eight days on wound vacuum-assisted closure, plus ...

You don't need to call 999 if "you keep getting pain, numbness, swelling, or have difficulty moving a part of your body when ...

Veteran journalist and PBS correspondent Miles O'Brien told his fans in a blog post that a seemingly insignificant injury may have led to "acute compartment syndrome," a medical emergency that ...

Some say a supplement is the culprit in a rash of compartment syndrome cases. August 23, 2010 -- An Oregon hospital is running tests to determine if a muscle-enhancing supplement may have caused 13 ...

Inside the leg and arm, many different muscles control the complex motions of the upper and lower limbs. Tough, minimally stretchable tissue known as fascia binds groups of these muscles into ...

EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings linebacker Jordan Hicks required hospitalization when he developed a condition called compartment syndrome following an injury on Sunday. Hicks, 31, had been a ...