I will stop complaining, this is next level compared to what I did
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Torn calf muscle
- Thread starter montygoesbananas
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Once your MD tells you that you have healed sufficiently, start doing laps kicking in the pool, either on your back or with a kick board on your belly.
As you progress, add swim fins which will really work your calves.
As you progress, add swim fins which will really work your calves.
Please share when you get to the post acute phase exercsies.
Skully and N4S- those divots look gnarly. Did MD explain what is going on there? Torn muscle fiber doesn't wouldn't seem to me to creaate that, but what do I know? Also, N4S I would go to MD, especially with the divot and if it it painful and doesn't resolve in a few days.
Seems to me injury prevention needs to add resistance past what wold be normal movements. Otherwise you're working on endurance but not adding strength.
The pain is pretty much gone, but a lingering "feel"/thought that it's on the verge of happening again at any moment. It was really painful. Getting home from Nica by myself was a struggle, I could barely walk and managing my gear was a nightmare.
I feel your pain. I had to get home from Utah on mine. Made it down from the backside of the mountain on my heel edge. I couldn’t stand a second on toe edge without falling on my face. Excruciating pain. Then navigating two airports with luggage and snowboard bags was a motherfooker.
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Gastrocs tear easily and go into spasm. Blood and fluid accumulation in the torn tissues can make them ball up and can be sore for many weeks. Rest, bandages, elevation to start. Ice is only good relatively immediately after injury. After a day or 2 some hot compresses, soaks, very light massages/mobilization can help. Very gentle stretching after a few to several days is in order with healing time being several weeks in many cases. Easy to tear, easy to reinjure. Too soon back to activity can lengthen the healing time. A good physical therapist can be a big help.
O man I just dealt with this for the last 3 months. Gotta take it slow. Walking is enough to rehab it til it's pain free. When you think it's healed, it isn't. I had to stop squats and deadlifts for a bit because they would make it flare up. I healed it by starting out with short intervals (10s) of small jumps (jump rope, etc.) and then slowly increasing each day. Also, massaging the bottom of the foot with a golf ball or lacrosse ball if the strain is on the lower calf.
Feeling a little better. Surfed a bit this weekend without issue. I've been back on my peloton for a couple weeks too and starting to push a little harder(standing up for "sprints") Starting to look a little more normal
3 weeks now since the injury, physio says I’m past the acute phase so making some good forwards progress. First week was rest, ice, compression and minimal walking. Second week stretches, foam roller, introduce heat and double calf raises and walking. I’ve had big improvement with increased mobility last couple of days and can walk now fairly unaffected. Next two weeks one leg calf rests and raises on a step (on toes) along with more heat, rolling etc. aiming for being able to hop on affected leg in a fortnight, if I can do that can get back on a board (carefully). Sucks getting old!
First surf today since the injury, 6 and a bit weeks of rehab. Probably could have been in the water a week earlier but its been flat last week or two. Calf felt pretty good but it was incredible how much of a kook I felt only being out of the water for 6 weeks. Great to be back though.