Weird Calf "Injury"
Discussion
Morning All,
Just wondered if anyone else had experienced something similar to my reoccurring calf problem and had some advice to help sort it...
I quit the gym last year and started to do more running, swimming etc. The usual routine is a 5 mile run before work Mon/Wed/Fi.
After a while I tried forefoot running and all was going well until I got a strange stabbing pain in my right calf, that I initially suspected was a pull or tear.
I went to see a physio and she said that there was no obvious signs of a physical injury to the muscle and it just seemed like a localised build up of <insert correct terminology here> (read: crap) in the muscle.
One very painful sports massage later and a few days rest and all was well again...for a while... This cycle repeated a few times until I assumed I'd built up the strength/fitness for forefoot running and I didn't have a problem for months...until yesterday.
It's eased off a bit today and just feels like a dead leg type impact injury, so hopefully I can give it a go again tomorrow and see if it'll run off but it's annoying having it randomly go and sometimes result in a week off.
Any advice gratefully received.
Just wondered if anyone else had experienced something similar to my reoccurring calf problem and had some advice to help sort it...
I quit the gym last year and started to do more running, swimming etc. The usual routine is a 5 mile run before work Mon/Wed/Fi.
After a while I tried forefoot running and all was going well until I got a strange stabbing pain in my right calf, that I initially suspected was a pull or tear.
I went to see a physio and she said that there was no obvious signs of a physical injury to the muscle and it just seemed like a localised build up of <insert correct terminology here> (read: crap) in the muscle.
One very painful sports massage later and a few days rest and all was well again...for a while... This cycle repeated a few times until I assumed I'd built up the strength/fitness for forefoot running and I didn't have a problem for months...until yesterday.
It's eased off a bit today and just feels like a dead leg type impact injury, so hopefully I can give it a go again tomorrow and see if it'll run off but it's annoying having it randomly go and sometimes result in a week off.
Any advice gratefully received.
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