what did I do to my calf?
swissdutchess
Posts: 109
So I was stretching my calf by putting my foot up against the wall and pushing my body forward, and I felt a pop in the center of my calf muscle. Now it is sore. What does that mean??? I can still walk, it just hurts a bit...
0
Replies
-
So I was stretching my calf by putting my foot up against the wall and pushing my body forward, and I felt a pop in the center of my calf muscle. Now it is sore. What does that mean??? I can still walk, it just hurts a bit...0
-
Ouch. I pulled something in my arm/shoulder a few weeks ago and it still hurts. Definitely looking at a long heal time. I hope yours heals sooner!0
-
You tore part of your calf muscle. Lucky it was in the middle of the muscle and not at the tendon insertion site. The muscle will take a couple of weeks minimum to heal. While it is healing, I recommend not doing hard stretches, but continue to try walk normally. Ice the area for the next couple of days to keep swelling down. After about 48 hours, you can switch to heat to increase the circulation and help speed healing. In either case (ice or heat) only put it on for 20 minutes at a time, then off for at least 40 minutes.
If the area swells significantly, or if you notice numbness in your heel or other parts of your foot, contact your doctor immediately. (Sometimes a muscle will swell inside the area and puts pressure on things that cannot tolerate the pressure, and permanent damage can result.)0 -
you must've been scratching the hell out of your calf :indifferent:0
-
hey, thanks so much. i'll do all that for sure. that really helps. i have an icy hot patch on it now, and had ice on it last night.0
-
I did this once. When I walked it would move and hurt so I wrapped it up in an Ace bandage which helped keep it still till it healed.0
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.6K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.3K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.5K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 431 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.6K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.8K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions