I have a metal rod in my lower right leg from a compound tub/fib fracture. I am experiencing severe pain in my lower leg where the rod is. I can't even decipher if its orthopedic or muscular pain. As soon as I get past the effective timeframe from the ibruprofen I been taking the pain comes back full force and literally incapacitated me. Nothing relieves it accept pain med. I tried stretching massaging I tried elevating I did a aspirin regimen for three days while drinking water constantly and nothing has improved the pain. It's starting to make me think DVT or maybe a clot or sum thing serious.