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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Genuine help
Playing footie....calf went. Did the whole RICE thing. Rested several weeks. Tried to play. Lasted 45min. Pain and tight again. Problem area seems to have moved to lower calf / top achilles
And advice? Meds? Supplements? Any sports physios etc around?
Thanks in advance |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Genuine help
Playing footie....calf went. Did the whole RICE thing. Rested several weeks. Tried to play. Lasted 45min. Pain and tight again. Problem area seems to have moved to lower calf / top achilles
And advice? Meds? Supplements? Any sports physios etc around?
Thanks in advance"
Yup, fuck the medical profession or physiotherapists, I'd ask Fab too.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Been there  and consult a physio. Thought id ask a broad audience if anybody has a similar experience in the past or is a physio etc.....but thanks for your meaningful input  |
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"Genuine help
Playing footie....calf went. Did the whole RICE thing. Rested several weeks. Tried to play. Lasted 45min. Pain and tight again. Problem area seems to have moved to lower calf / top achilles
And advice? Meds? Supplements? Any sports physios etc around?
Thanks in advance
Yup, fuck the medical profession or physiotherapists, I'd ask Fab too. "
There are very clever people on Fab.
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"Genuine help
Playing footie....calf went. Did the whole RICE thing. Rested several weeks. Tried to play. Lasted 45min. Pain and tight again. Problem area seems to have moved to lower calf / top achilles
And advice? Meds? Supplements? Any sports physios etc around?
Thanks in advance"
I feel your pain, same thing happened to me last week doing interval training!
My inner calf is agony!
I have not been resting which is the advice and still running on it but...
Regular... Stretching, ankle and foot rotations will loosen the muscles and the tendons.
Apply arnica cream and massaging does helps. I add peppermint and calendula oil to my arnica.
I massage the area 3 times a day, the more you boost blood flow in the area the better the healing.
I massage and warm up the muscle before my run and stop to stretch and do foot/ankle rotation.
Manage 2, 5k's so far like that .
But I will put some kinesio tape on it for my run tomorrow.
You can YouTube and do it yourself quite easy.
Speedy recovery and hope this helps
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Genuine help
Playing footie....calf went. Did the whole RICE thing. Rested several weeks. Tried to play. Lasted 45min. Pain and tight again. Problem area seems to have moved to lower calf / top achilles
And advice? Meds? Supplements? Any sports physios etc around?
Thanks in advance
I feel your pain, same thing happened to me last week doing interval training!
My inner calf is agony!
I have not been resting which is the advice and still running on it but...
Regular... Stretching, ankle and foot rotations will loosen the muscles and the tendons.
Apply arnica cream and massaging does helps. I add peppermint and calendula oil to my arnica.
I massage the area 3 times a day, the more you boost blood flow in the area the better the healing.
I massage and warm up the muscle before my run and stop to stretch and do foot/ankle rotation.
Manage 2, 5k's so far like that .
But I will put some kinesio tape on it for my run tomorrow.
You can YouTube and do it yourself quite easy.
Speedy recovery and hope this helps
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Many thanks. Tried to say thanks pm but out the age range
Arnica....where do i get that? Or just try online? |
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"Genuine help
Playing footie....calf went. Did the whole RICE thing. Rested several weeks. Tried to play. Lasted 45min. Pain and tight again. Problem area seems to have moved to lower calf / top achilles
And advice? Meds? Supplements? Any sports physios etc around?
Thanks in advance
I feel your pain, same thing happened to me last week doing interval training!
My inner calf is agony!
I have not been resting which is the advice and still running on it but...
Regular... Stretching, ankle and foot rotations will loosen the muscles and the tendons.
Apply arnica cream and massaging does helps. I add peppermint and calendula oil to my arnica.
I massage the area 3 times a day, the more you boost blood flow in the area the better the healing.
I massage and warm up the muscle before my run and stop to stretch and do foot/ankle rotation.
Manage 2, 5k's so far like that .
But I will put some kinesio tape on it for my run tomorrow.
You can YouTube and do it yourself quite easy.
Speedy recovery and hope this helps
Many thanks. Tried to say thanks pm but out the age range
Arnica....where do i get that? Or just try online?"
You can get it from Boots 
Every sportsperson should have that in their kit lol
It helps reduce bruising the visible ones but also micro traumas , invisible ones, of the muscles.
You can't use it if the skin is broken so in that case you can use the homeopathy tablets 30C strength to use orally.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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you body changes, muscles tighten when not doing anything from originally very active so you have to rest the injury and the slowly build it up but not just the damaged muscle you have to build other muscles around both legs as the other will compensate.
When going to get advice from a sport therapist, its always to do any checks you can on them to see how good they are and also go to another two therapist. Always best.
had operation on my Achilles so been through shit with it when younger.
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Stretching and rolling will help. Compression socks may also help.
If it is your achilies then it will be a slow road to recovery and follow the exercises from the physio.
The old RICE advice is slowly being superceded. I can go in to detail on why, but in short - don't ice it, use it as long as it is not too sore. Keep it mobile as much as possible (stretch etc... but not to the point of pain).
Playing football is going to put it under more stress than steady state running, so make sure it is fully strengthened before returning.
Hope it heals well. |
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"Stretching and rolling will help. Compression socks may also help.
If it is your achilies then it will be a slow road to recovery and follow the exercises from the physio.
The old RICE advice is slowly being superceded. I can go in to detail on why, but in short - don't ice it, use it as long as it is not too sore. Keep it mobile as much as possible (stretch etc... but not to the point of pain).
Playing football is going to put it under more stress than steady state running, so make sure it is fully strengthened before returning.
Hope it heals well. "
Ooh! I had forgotten about compression sleeves!
I will pinch my son's ones for tomorrow
I knew there was some clever people on here! Merci |
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By *ompip3Couple
over a year ago
Paisley |
I done my calf playing footie in a similar fashion and came back too soon. Best tip I got which i don't think has been mentioned is to massage the calf using a golf ball. Get some oil on your calf and use the hard golf ball to get into the deep tissue which is difficult to reach. It worked a treat. I'll PM you the name of a great physio based in Renfrewshire, who is very reasonable as well! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Genuine help
Playing footie....calf went. Did the whole RICE thing. Rested several weeks. Tried to play. Lasted 45min. Pain and tight again. Problem area seems to have moved to lower calf / top achilles
And advice? Meds? Supplements? Any sports physios etc around?
Thanks in advance
I feel your pain, same thing happened to me last week doing interval training!
My inner calf is agony!
I have not been resting which is the advice and still running on it but...
Regular... Stretching, ankle and foot rotations will loosen the muscles and the tendons.
Apply arnica cream and massaging does helps. I add peppermint and calendula oil to my arnica.
I massage the area 3 times a day, the more you boost blood flow in the area the better the healing.
I massage and warm up the muscle before my run and stop to stretch and do foot/ankle rotation.
Manage 2, 5k's so far like that .
But I will put some kinesio tape on it for my run tomorrow.
You can YouTube and do it yourself quite easy.
Speedy recovery and hope this helps
Many thanks. Tried to say thanks pm but out the age range
Arnica....where do i get that? Or just try online?"
The sad thing is, it takes time to heal and I mean ages, I had similar problem but lower rather than higher on calf, Doctor said I was getting scar tissue and calcium build up on my tendon and this would cause long term pain, I think it took almost a year before it got back to normal |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I’ve got a recurring problem with my gluteus. Physio helped briefly
I now swear by a foam roller when my muscles are all tight and I’m sore. It’s sore as hell when you first use it but persevere as when the knot gets loosened the relief is fab. There’s various ways of using them and you get instructions for different areas. You get them for about £20 |
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By *andi_CDTV/TS
over a year ago
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Take care with that injury - I did the same running and bit took a fair bit of physio and a visit to a sports injury doctor before I was fit again. 6 months later I tore my Achilles and was out for another 18 months.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Genuine help
Playing footie....calf went. Did the whole RICE thing. Rested several weeks. Tried to play. Lasted 45min. Pain and tight again. Problem area seems to have moved to lower calf / top achilles
And advice? Meds? Supplements? Any sports physios etc around?
Thanks in advance"
Foam roller - if you can take it. Go get it checked out properly though. I use a freeze gel cream on any injury like that. And the strongest painkiller I can get my hands on.
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I did train as masseur (& extra sports injury course + Polarity) ...
But other than keeping moving/ manipulating the most useful thing is to use alternate heat and cold packs as a natural pain-killer. You can get a “sack or toy” that can be heated in the microwave. Alternating with a large bag of frozen peas. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Come see me and my magic box of tricks lol ??
Moonboots are the way ahead, yellow tiger balm if you prefer natural route with hot cold alternative compression, me personally I’ve got a huge prescription list |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Come see me and my magic box of tricks lol ??
Moonboots are the way ahead, yellow tiger balm if you prefer natural route with hot cold alternative compression, me personally I’ve got a huge prescription list "
Gave you a pm thanks |
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Did and kept my kinesio tape for 12 hours and did regularly stretching/massaging and the pain is now away. Took a week to sort! Phew!
Rest tomorrow with more massaging during the day and wee run on Monday.
So defo recommending you to find a sport massage therapist that does sport taping if you can do it yourself
Hope you're bit better |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Did and kept my kinesio tape for 12 hours and did regularly stretching/massaging and the pain is now away. Took a week to sort! Phew!
Rest tomorrow with more massaging during the day and wee run on Monday.
So defo recommending you to find a sport massage therapist that does sport taping if you can do it yourself
Hope you're bit better"
Had the tape etc b4 and it still went. Trying to rest it longer til i next try a run. Got a physio tmoz (mon) and a 2nd opinion for tue nyt.
Think at this rate ill be down a dark alley for roids haha |
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Rest is the best option . I tore left calf muscle years ago and got back running too soon. It always went again as soon as I stared running or walking on uneven surfaces . Have been using compression socks for a year with no pulled calf muscles ....yet . |
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By *alcon43Woman
over a year ago
Paisley |
There’s videos to show you how to tape it. I tore my calf muscle 18 months ago. Still not back to normal. Gentle stretches will help. Don’t over do it too early.
Like NawtyMaxx said get a sports Physio that knows what they're doing. May take a long time to heal fully. |
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