Interesting topic. Last September, Mrs Strake and I were enjoying yet another well-earned break in Thailand when, upon leaving the swimming pool, my left thigh went into a very painful and permanent cramp. So painful, that I went to hospital where, to cut a very long story short, I ended up for 10 days following which I was medically repatriated to the UK. During the time in Thailand, I was on a morphine drip for 4 days and had all the scans, blood tests etc you can think of. None of which showed anything abnormal apart from some mumbo-jumbo about the muscle in my thigh reacting to some sort of electric impulse test. On the first day the result was 900 and on the last day it was 150. The norm should be 75. I still don't know what the measurement refers to but you get the idea. The result, my thigh and knee area completely numb..I agree, it feels very strange.
Anyway, saw two specialist when I returned to the UK. First, a Neurosurgeon. All he seemed interested in was whether I had had an erection since the incident. Despite, it seemed, being on every painkiller known to the medical profession, I was able to confirm that JT was alive and well. "In that case" said the great man, " you probably have leprosy".
Only kidding....
What he actually said was that I should probably see a "leg man".
The leg man suggested that I had trapped a nerve momentarily in my back and damaged it. It might recover with time but, if not..well, there were worse things that could happen to me than this.
At first, my left leg was weaker than the right, especially when going downstairs and the numbness was very weird. Today, the strength is back to 98% in my leg and I really don't notice the numbness although it is still there.