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Title: New pain in left leg -- need help Post by: Eric Day on January 19, 2009, 09:58:26 am Hi everybody.
On my long run this last saturday, I got this pain on my left leg: Just below my left calf, a little to the right. Don't know if its muscle, tendon, or anything else. The movement where I feel the worst pain is: standing up, if I bend the left knee just slightly and then try to lift my ankle (like pushing off or start running). If anybody has ideas on what it is and/or what to do, please let me know! Thanks. Title: Re: New pain in left leg -- need help Post by: Eric Day on January 19, 2009, 11:18:56 am After doing more research, this is what I believe I have: Calf Strain on the Gastrocnemius Muscle.
RICE & heel pads again, plus stretching exercises. Won't I ever learn?!! Title: Re: New pain in left leg -- need help Post by: James Winzenz on January 27, 2009, 10:30:25 am Sounds like you are pretty much spot on with your analysis. A few years ago (2005 and 2006) I had this happen to me while training for St. George. Both times it took me a while to recover, although this depends on how severe the injury is. In my case, I felt a popping sensation in my calf, followed immediately by severe pain. From my experience, this was brought on by running too much too fast.
Title: Re: New pain in left leg -- need help Post by: Eric Day on January 29, 2009, 08:10:45 am Well, after a few days rest (all of this week) my calf strain is leaving. The pain is very low and only with a couple of leg positions. Have not tried any running for the moment, will wait for saturday.
Also, I happy to inform that my achilles tendon's are also very happy with the few 'days off'; This saturdays run will be a short and easy one, just to get the feeling again and 'test' my leg. |