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What are the treatments of severe leg pain in athletes?

1.Drink plenty of fluids and keep the body hydrated wtih applying ice packs 
2.Eat healthy food and try to lose some weight 
3.Swimming 
4.Take multivitamin tabs like centrum 
5.Deepheat and bio freeze gels must be in hand 
6.Analgesic like panadol 
7.Non steroidal antiinflammatory drugs like asprin 
8.Surgical interventions

What are the causes of severe leg pain?

1.Lack of vitamins 
2.Anemia 
3.Ligament tears 
4.Arthritis
5.Muscualr aches 
6.Cartilage tear

What are the required investigations?

1.Blood analysis
2.X-ray of leg
3.MRI for the leg (most important)
4.Leg examination at the osteologist

What do we recommend ?

There might be a minor cartilage tear that you are not aware of because of constant efforts and we advise you to do MRI immediately to check the tendons ligaments and cartilages
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