Weird Tingle/Crawl Feeling When Touched in Heel

[sTeaLth]

I don't think you should avoid a doctor and avoiding doctors and healthcare professionals is part of your HA. Following suite and avoiding them is giving in to your anxiety. One thing I try to do is ask myself this: what would a normal person do in this circumstance? It's difficult to do, since we aren't in a rational state of mind necessarily, but I try to think about how my friends and family would react to this. I'm the opposite of you however, in that my tendency is toward going to doctors too much as opposed to avoiding them.

Have you tried massaging the knot in your leg? When you do so, does it feel like a muscle knot? Do you get some relief from stretching and massage? Does the intensity of the knot come and go?

I think a normal person wouldn’t be concerned by a muscle in one leg being a bit bigger than the other. The thing is it doesn’t really feel like a knot, it simply protrudes out more than my other leg and feels kind of hard. It doesn’t really hurt either. I used a muscle roller on my legs last night and the difference is definitely there. My right leg is rolls smoothly across. Left leg has a bump when it crosses that muscle. It’s an actual something. Whether it’s serious or not is my hang up.

 

[Fraser]

I think a normal person wouldn’t be concerned by a muscle in one leg being a bit bigger than the other. The thing is it doesn’t really feel like a knot, it simply protrudes out more than my other leg and feels kind of hard. It doesn’t really hurt either. I used a muscle roller on my legs last night and the difference is definitely there. My right leg is rolls smoothly across. Left leg has a bump when it crosses that muscle. It’s an actual something. Whether it’s serious or not is my hang up.

Right, and you are probably worrying about that "whether or not" more than is warranted from what you're experiencing. Honestly, it sounds like a tight muscle to me. This is in your thigh? Or your calf? Is it visible, does it hurt, is it bigger than 2 inches and has it grown noticeably?

 

[sTeaLth]

Right, and you are probably worrying about that "whether or not" more than is warranted from what you're experiencing. Honestly, it sounds like a tight muscle to me. This is in your thigh? Or your calf? Is it visible, does it hurt, is it bigger than 2 inches and has it grown noticeably?

It’s on the front left side of my left thigh. It’s visible to the naked eye a little bit, though the same thing exists on the right side only smaller. Touching it is more of a difference. Like a knotted muscle versus a relaxed one. Not huge but definitely different. It’s much smaller than 2 inches. As far as I know, it has not grown and I’ve only noticed it for about a week.

 

[Fraser]

It’s on the front left side of my left thigh. It’s visible to the naked eye a little bit, though the same thing exists on the right side only smaller. Touching it is more of a difference. Like a knotted muscle versus a relaxed one. Not huge but definitely different. It’s much smaller than 2 inches. As far as I know, it has not grown and I’ve only noticed it for about a week.

I dunno man; this screams "tight muscle" to me. I'd treat it like one for at least a month, and see how it goes. Couple that with CBT therapy regarding your health anxiety. You meditate at all?

 

[sTeaLth]

I dunno man; this screams "tight muscle" to me. I'd treat it like one for at least a month, and see how it goes. Couple that with CBT therapy regarding your health anxiety. You meditate at all?

Pray. I’m a Christian. It helps tremendously and yet the attacks come back anyway. I’m heads and tails better than I was a few days ago. I think from time to time I need to talk it out with people. I plan to treat it as a tight muscle, maybe even go see my chiro who has been helping my sciatica. See what he thinks while I’m there. I bet he has seen this before too. For some reason going to him doesn’t give me anxiety. Haha. Thanks for replying. I’ve been low this morning again.

 

[Fraser]

Pray. I’m a Christian. It helps tremendously and yet the attacks come back anyway. I’m heads and tails better than I was a few days ago. I think from time to time I need to talk it out with people. I plan to treat it as a tight muscle, maybe even go see my chiro who has been helping my sciatica. See what he thinks while I’m there. I bet he has seen this before too. For some reason going to him doesn’t give me anxiety. Haha. Thanks for replying. I’ve been low this morning again.

If you are Christian and praying gives you peace of mind, that's fantastic. Meditation doesn't need to be spiritual though (I'm not a Buddhist or anything) it's just a way of clearing your head. With prayer (correct me if I'm wrong) you think thoughts and are in a kind of "discourse" with God. With meditation, you just calm your mind and think about nothing, or, if you can't think about nothing, just observe your thoughts. Meditation has been shown to greatly help with HA and, along with CBT therapy is one of the best ways to address health anxiety. Meditation apps like "Head Space" can give you a hand with getting started and doing this should not, I think, interfere with or contradict your Christian beliefs and practices.

 

[sTeaLth]

If you are Christian and praying gives you peace of mind, that's fantastic. Meditation doesn't need to be spiritual though (I'm not a Buddhist or anything) it's just a way of clearing your head. With prayer (correct me if I'm wrong) you think thoughts and are in a kind of "discourse" with God. With meditation, you just calm your mind and think about nothing, or, if you can't think about nothing, just observe your thoughts. Meditation has been shown to greatly help with HA and, along with CBT therapy is one of the best ways to address health anxiety. Meditation apps like "Head Space" can give you a hand with getting started and doing this should not, I think, interfere with or contradict your Christian beliefs and practices.

I actually do have an app that is similar to that as it gets you to quiet yourself for minutes at a time to focus and ignore the rest of the world. It is more of a focus on prayer but it has a meditative quality. I may reopen that sucker today. Great suggestion.

 

[sTeaLth]

I keep going up and down. While the doubt and symptoms persist, I can’t seem to stay above anxiety and dread for too long before I find myself sinking again. What must I do to free myself from this constant “what if” prison!? I’m doing all the right things and yet… I keep coming way too close to anxiety attacks and being depressed for hours at a time. No appetite. Can’t sleep. Can’t enjoy other activities. I hate anxiety so much.

 

[Fraser]

I keep going up and down. While the doubt and symptoms persist, I can’t seem to stay above anxiety and dread for too long before I find myself sinking again. What must I do to free myself from this constant “what if” prison!? I’m doing all the right things and yet… I keep coming way too close to anxiety attacks and being depressed for hours at a time. No appetite. Can’t sleep. Can’t enjoy other activities. I hate anxiety so much.

Are you either A.) Googling or B.) Scanning?

Are you looking up health anxiety coping techniques or journaling? Are you meditating/praying? Also, try starting to listen to this podcast; I've found it very helpful: https://open.spotify.com/show/79GbkgP2sxA8FJ97Qk1GKZ

 

[sTeaLth]

I am not googling anymore. I wish I could take back the night I looked this symptom up. It’s causing all the anxiety right now. I can’t help but scan from time to time but I try to ignore it and forget the fear for some time. I did go for a run yesterday, which made my legs sore, but everything worked fine with no issues. Constant prayer is my life right now to stay above the water. Sometimes I find myself dwelling on the worst case though… and it’s hard to stop.

 

[Fraser]

I am not googling anymore. I wish I could take back the night I looked this symptom up. It’s causing all the anxiety right now. I can’t help but scan from time to time but I try to ignore it and forget the fear for some time. I did go for a run yesterday, which made my legs sore, but everything worked fine with no issues. Constant prayer is my life right now to stay above the water. Sometimes I find myself dwelling on the worst case though… and it’s hard to stop.

Check out that podcast and let me know what you think! If you hate it, that will help me avoid recing things like it to you again.

 

[sTeaLth]

Check out that podcast and let me know what you think! If you hate it, that will help me avoid recing things like it to you again.

I listened to the first episode. I will definitely listen to a few more and see if this is something that would help me or not.

I do believe now that I am not over stretching and tweaking that leg and its muscles in an attempt to relieve strain on the nerve... it is starting to shrink slightly. I am going to continue to treat it as a pulled or strained muscle and see where we are at in the next week or two. My anxiety is under control right now, but it has taken effort. I know each time I have to fight my way back out of it I only get better for the next time.

 

[Givethanks82]

It basically it just a spot on my leg that ever so slightly bulges out more than the other leg. If you look at them side by side, one is a straight muscle, normal leg. The left one has a straight line that barely goes out and comes back in. I don’t think another person would notice should they see it. It is rather small. If I run my hand down my leg I can definitely feel to the difference. If I press on it there is no pain and it feels the same s the area around it. Like leg muscle. If I flex my leg it tightens the same too.

I only noticed it about a week ago while sitting on the toilet. It may have always been there, I do not know for sure. But with my foot tingle issue it makes me fear growths or something sinister.

@bin_tenn Just to help see it. Maybe normal calm minds can speak reason to me. This is what I see. It feels worse than it looks, but only a little. View attachment 1083
I have also been over stretching and tweaking this leg a lot over the last few weeks to see if I could relieve the heel issue. I also tip toed on that foot for weeks at a time to avoid striking me heel on the ground… which now I’m realizing that it flexes those muscles when I tip toe. I suppose I could have aggravated the muscle there a bit. ‍

I have that too! Freaked me out but it’s normal.