calf strain starts in back?

[gareth h]

Guys, does anybody have any experience of this?
It's been happening to me on and off for a couple of years (I think since a bike prang where I fractured a disc in my lower back)
I can be running and start to get a tightening in my lower back and then my calf starts to hurt like a pull or strain, it can take a couple of weeks to repair which is pretty frustrating, seems to happen particularly after a long days driving the previous day.

[E38Ross]

too little history to say and not possible to diagnose online but could be disc herniation/bulge etc causing compression/irritation of nerve root L5/S1 causing you calf pain.

get it checked out

[bexVN]

Funnily enough I was talking to my Oseteopath about leg pain (on behalf of my Mum who is having a lot of pain in her leg)

He said if pain is localized around hip and above knee it is likely to be pain related to that area, if the pain progresses to the knee and below it is often linked to the back.

This fits in with my Mums history (slipped disc few yrs ago and recurrent issues since) sounds like it could be similar with you.

Find a good osteopath and see what they say.

[NDA]

It's what 'they' call referred pain.

I've had a numb left arm down to my little finger due to a back injury. Hopefully you're seeing someone decent.

A medical professional I mean.

[E38Ross]

NDA said:

It's what 'they' call referred pain.

[anal mode] if it's nerve root pain, it's radicular, not referred[/anal mode]

there is a difference...