What is 'chronic compartment syndrome'?

What is 'chronic compartment syndrome'?

Gary Brazina (Sports Medicine Physician) gives expert video advice on: What is 'acute compartment syndrome'?; What is 'chronic compartment syndrome'?; What is 'tendinitis'? and more...

Chronic compartment syndrome is swelling within these closed compartments due to overuse. It is very common in marathoners or distance runners. People who run constantly, get chronic swelling in their legs and can develop these chronic compartment syndromes, and sometimes they have to be operated on and released.