FabSwingers.com forum: Calf muscle

By *obness OP Man
over a year ago

york

Yesterday i pulled or tore acalf muscle. Anybody done this? How long am

I going to be shuffling round using a stick?

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By *iverpool LoverMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"Yesterday i pulled or tore acalf muscle. Anybody done this? How long am

I going to be shuffling round using a stick? "

done this a few times over the years.

use the R.I.C.E formula

rest

ice

compression

elevation

Should take anything from 3-6 days to feel better.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've pulled my calf muscle a few times through various sports.To be honest I've never needed a stick so you either need to man up or you have done something more serious than pulling it.

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

That would probably depend on if it is a tear of a pull. Have you been to casualty?

I suggest you at least try to rest it as much as possible, the sports injury Guru's suggest RICE.. Rest, Ice, Compression & Elevation.

I would expect that you'll be suffering for at least a couple of week depending on what the injury actually is.

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"Yesterday i pulled or tore acalf muscle. Anybody done this? How long am

I going to be shuffling round using a stick? "

If it's a proper tear 21 days is the time required. I did mine skiing a few years back and could barely walk. It's very prone to re-injury still.

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By *obness OP Man
over a year ago

york

Thanks for the advice. I was running - sprint from standing start - felt like i had been kicked and thought i heard it pop. I'll go to doc tomorrow. I have plans to change!

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By *obness OP Man
over a year ago

york

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"Thanks for the advice. I was running - sprint from standing start - felt like i had been kicked and thought i heard it pop. I'll go to doc tomorrow. I have plans to change!"

Yes if there was a bang I believe you have torn a significant amount, mine went with a bang. Acute inflammation subsides in 3 days normally but the repair of a muscle fibre takes 3 weeks I believe, so significant tears will be at least that long.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you have strained the tendon then a week should see an improvement. If its a tear, which can be painful I would not extend the muscle for at least four weeks and yes RICE is the only real treatment.

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

I conclude that exercise is dangerous and should be avoided

*Parks bum firmly on sofa*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I conclude that exercise is dangerous and should be avoided

*Parks bum firmly on sofa*"

Agreed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I conclude that exercise is dangerous and should be avoided

*Parks bum firmly on sofa*"

Or park it firmly on something else. Certain vigorous workouts don't need the calf muscles.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I conclude that exercise is dangerous and should be avoided

*Parks bum firmly on sofa*

Agreed

Me 3

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By *obness OP Man
over a year ago

york

My only karate injury - caused by running!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yesterday i pulled or tore acalf muscle. Anybody done this? How long am

I going to be shuffling round using a stick?

done this a few times over the years.

use the R.I.C.E formula

rest

ice

compression

elevation

Should take anything from 3-6 days to feel better."

3-6 days after a muscle injury??!

Dude, that requires weeks of recovery time....

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

"My only karate injury - caused by running! "

why were you running in karate, was it to get away from your sparring partner. Or the famous last one in the bar is buying the drinks.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I conclude that exercise is dangerous and should be avoided

*Parks bum firmly on sofa*

Agreed

Me 3

*joins the ladies with a cup of tea and cumprets*

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By *iverpool LoverMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"Yesterday i pulled or tore acalf muscle. Anybody done this? How long am

I going to be shuffling round using a stick?

done this a few times over the years.

use the R.I.C.E formula

rest

ice

compression

elevation

Should take anything from 3-6 days to feel better.

3-6 days after a muscle injury??!

Dude, that requires weeks of recovery time...."

not if hes only pulled it.

Every time its happened to me doing calf raises in gym and my left calf goes.

I csnt walk for a few days then its fine for walking on.

I just wont train them for couple weeks.

but for pain to go and to walk normal like I said for me 3-6 days.

never tore a calf muscle so that may well be longer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I need a sit down after all this talk of exercise

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I really want to go for a run now. Ten miler me thinks

I would get it checked out if still painful after a few days. A physio.

If it went pop u sure it's not ligament damage?

Had u warmed up properly before hand, suffering any hamstring or glute tightness beforehand?

Achilies all ok??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mine went last Monday, was swollen and bruised but did RICE plus ibruprofen and while it hurt like buggery all the way around have just done a half marathon today.

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By *obness OP Man
over a year ago

york

We did warm up but went straight into something that involved a short sprint. Going to doc tomorrow to get checked. Been able to walk without a stick this aft

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"Yesterday i pulled or tore acalf muscle. Anybody done this? How long am

I going to be shuffling round using a stick?

done this a few times over the years.

use the R.I.C.E formula

rest

ice

compression

elevation

Should take anything from 3-6 days to feel better.

3-6 days after a muscle injury??!

Dude, that requires weeks of recovery time....

not if hes only pulled it.

Every time its happened to me doing calf raises in gym and my left calf goes.

I csnt walk for a few days then its fine for walking on.

I just wont train them for couple weeks.

but for pain to go and to walk normal like I said for me 3-6 days.

never tore a calf muscle so that may well be longer.

I can't find real clarification online - not sure if it is possible to 'overstretch' a muscle and just cause inflammation without any actual tearing? The acute inflammatory response is ofte around 3 days so anything requiring only 5 or 6 days would seem to be just resolving inflammation.

Or maybe it's possible to tear just a few fibres so that after the inflammatory response subsides the muscle is still capable of performing normally? Not sure.

When there is tearing it's proliferation that takes 3 weeks apparently, and remodelling up to 9 months.

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By *reelove1969Couple
over a year ago

bristol

i thought all muscle building revolved around small muscle lesions during exercise ...shows how much i know then !

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