Calf Strain (Lower Leg)
Average recovery time: 46 days
Recorded Instances
| who | duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| null | 0 days | details | |
| xcsnowskier14 | 1 days | it still is kinda sore when i massage it but it felt good running on it today | details |
| mtcnas | 1 days | details | |
| nobobs | 1 days | details | |
| ashleynank | 1 days | Rest helped it recover in one day | details |
| FelFairy | 1 days | Not felt the strain today, think caught it and eased back in time to prevent it worsening. | details |
| acejase | 2 days | combination of achilles tightness and hip tightness causing my calf to tighten (including nerve pain). recovered well by massaging calf and using tennis ball on hip/butt. especially hip. also cathyH exercises. | details |
| mikee | 2 days | details | |
| ksumner11 | 2 days | I gave it a day or two of rest and it felt great my next run. I've been training hard lately so it was just letting me know how old I am. | details |
| Mona | 2 days | Used icy-hot patches right away for 24h. I think they're recovered. | details |
| Jubby | 2 days | Lots of stretching and run it off. | details |
| nightfox | 2 days | Just resting. Some massage and stretching also. And som "Hot 'n Cold" linement-cream. I can't feel any pain or worries today. | details |
| gas_turbine | 2 days | details | |
| BradLund | 2 days | details | |
| nnmiles | 2 days | details | |
| xcman82 | 2 days | Run less....bike and lift weights more. Still stiff after 5 or 6 days but what the hell. | details |
| LeeVice | 2 days | stretching, coprire i muscoli con il freddo | details |
| workouttexas | 2 days | details | |
| Ollie | 2 days | Went away very quickly after a day's rest. Completely fixed by January 1. | details |
| darryn | 2 days | details | |
| runforest | 2 days | Shorter left leg, I fitted this 1/8 inch custom orthotic pads 1* 30 calf raises Massage stretch and rest | details |
| JMorris | 2 days | details | |
| Alexander | 2 days | details | |
| runforest | 2 days | cross friction massage. even the slightest twinge meant something's wrong | details |
| workouttexas | 2 days | Gave it three days rest from running as soon as it started. Two full days off. Need to realize that spin class can take a lot out of me and either treat it like a running day, or just avoid them in close proximity to a really hard workout like the one hour hill session that followed the spin. Certainly shouldn't have put a three mile treadmill session on the third day on what was supposed to be only a cross training day. | details |
| runforest | 2 days | massage | details |
| TheFlan | 2 days | rest | details |
| DrKeith | 2 days | Usound intense massage and Tiger balm active gel | details |
| roarkis | 2 days | details | |
| troll feet | 2 days | details | |
| EmilyEnright | 2 days | Massage and rest resolved the injury fairly quickly. | details |
| patgie | 2 days | no triple digit mileage from now till end of may | details |
| miclaraia | 2 days | Good warmups and continuing to run on it helped bring it back to a good enough state to run in a 5k 2 days after injury. | details |
| billh | 2 days | I'm going to call this recovered since I feel no pain or tightness in the L soleus before, during or after the run this morning. I did several sessions of alternating ice and heat (Body Comfort pads) Fri and Sat so I think that helped. and of course, rested from running, so rest, ice and heat. no elevation, compression or anti-inflammatory meds needed. | details |
| Parkino | 2 days | frequent ice/compressions, gentle stretches, day off | details |
| bealaw | 2 days | I tried to strech, it got better for awhile. Once I tried to walk or run again, it became very tight again. It was a hard time to get back home. I did more stretching and got some rest in the following days. | details |
| o-darn | 2 days | details | |
| Ptr | 2 days | Hade kompressionsstrumpor dygnet runt för att hålla vaden varm. Om det var det som hjälpte eller inte låter vi vara osagt, gissningsvis var det ingen sträckning eller muskelbristning utan bara att jag typ sparkat mig själv med högerfoten på vaden vid fallet eller nåt sånt. | details |
| susiethebear | 2 days | details | |
| Parkino | 2 days | details | |
| evancuster | 2 days | 2 days later no significant pain or limping. | details |
| jwolff | 3 days | details | |
| Olly | 3 days | details | |
| Mal | 3 days | details | |
| bubo | 3 days | Starting too early? Not enough stretching? | details |
| AliC | 3 days | Think it was more of a cramp-knot than a pull/tear with lasting damage. Resting the one day and easy the next was good- did feel it after the easy though, so maybe two days off were in order! | details |
| lorrieq | 3 days | just ice and rest. felt bad on the day i got it but healed up quick | details |
| Steffen | 3 days | details | |
| Julia (old log) | 3 days | details | |
| MDeVoll | 3 days | Treat with heat and massage. | details |
| KingTim | 3 days | details | |
| Mowbs | 3 days | details | |
| Post | 3 days | Lot's of ice, nurofen, and no running | details |
| Honkie | 3 days | Vila | details |
| Stodge | 3 days | probably fatugue based on favourig from other leg. | details |
| VladFG | 3 days | details | |
| dtarkalson | 3 days | Rested over weekend. Massaged after injury. Ran slow monday-wednesday of following week. | details |
| runforest | 3 days | 2nd day of recovery, chose to ride a bike to office this morning, rather than run. the right calf's swollen and pain is iminent. Rest is needed stretched, iced and massaged at night, just a little tight on tuesday's run continued stretching, calves and hams a bit tight easy running/run/walk pace All other muscle aches feels completely recovered | details |
| A damp otter | 3 days | Lots of stretching and icing | details |
| Keith | 3 days | details | |
| Phat | 3 days | details | |
| Brooner | 3 days | details | |
| runforest | 3 days | deep massage (used rolling pin) took glucosamine HCL stopped running for 2 days ran with water socks on my next 2 sessions | details |
| andyd | 3 days | details | |
| dkonotopetz | 3 days | details | |
| DrKeith | 3 days | Ivors magic hands, ice usound. | details |
| Toblerone | 3 days | massage appt yesterday to break up the junk, wore calf sleeve all day yesterday, all night, all day today and duirng todays run. good to go! | details |
| nana | 3 days | details | |
| Shingo | 3 days | details | |
| clanchief | 3 days | details | |
| fpb | 3 days | details | |
| zang469 | 3 days | I know I need to stretch more after 15 minute warm up. The heat seemed to help in getting me back in the game sooner. | details |
| Izzy B | 3 days | details | |
| Dooby | 3 days | Just tight. Got physio but was probably ok to run on by that stage. | details |
| MatthewParton | 3 days | details | |
| Parkino | 3 days | details | |
| Larryj | 3 days | details | |
| Steffen | 3 days | details | |
| keselyüstök | 3 days | Nem szabad kihagyni a nyújtást! | details |
| Max M | 3 days | details | |
| Hadron Collider | 3 days | details | |
| aronhellgren | 3 days | Jag tror att känningen i vaden skapades av att jag blivit lite stelare i den. Tror att det har att göra med att schlattret/hopparknäet nästan försvunnit. På grund av det så springer jag lite annorlunda(Bättre) än innan. | details |
| TheInvisibleLog | 3 days | Rest for three days. | details |
| evancuster | 3 days | details | |
| neda.tamas | 3 days | 1,5 nap passzív pihentetés, közben sok sok kenegetéssel. Utána egy óvatos 5 km, de nagyon nagyon figyeltem hogy ha bármit éreznék rögtön álljak le. | details |
| Bags | 3 days | details | |
| Bags | 3 days | Walked for 3 days and today I trotted some and things seemed pretty much ok although still will ease back into running. | details |
| TadasK | 3 days | Masažai su volu padeda. Lengvas bėgiojimas irgi padeda. | details |
| Dooby | 3 days | details | |
| alan | 4 days | details | |
| bubo | 4 days | Started to do some extended stretching and it seems to really help. | details |
| randy | 4 days | went away after a few days as expected -- aggressive advil and rest it for a day | details |
| Hoddy | 4 days | details | |
| JGroen | 4 days | details | |
| JGroen | 4 days | rust | details |
| LittleBlue | 4 days | Stretch, stretch, stretch | details |
| m.doncel | 4 days | lots of rest, relaxation and ice. | details |
| feike | 4 days | keep it moving, but take it easy :-) | details |
| beeker | 4 days | details | |
| Dooby | 4 days | Went to the physio last night (Nov 23rd) and she said the calf was fine. Problem was stemming from a tight hamstring. Need to do more stretching to solve the problem. | details |
| JonasB | 4 days | details | |
| ShaunTheSheep | 4 days | Forårsaket av en del ensidig trening. Sykling var bra alternativ. Tøying, styrke (stå på trappetrinn på en fot. Heve opp og ned.) og litt massasje hjalp. | details |
| errolpit | 4 days | details | |
| Rhesus | 4 days | rest, stretch and warm up/down before races | details |
| fitless | 4 days | details | |
| Hobitas | 4 days | details | |
| ales.drahokoupil | 4 days | Next time need to start more gradually in them. | details |
| YouRNotHere | 4 days | Complete rest for 3 and one half days. I was back to the workouts on Monday evening with calf feeling just a little sore but after the workout it was 100% and still feels good 1 day later. | details |
| Ptr | 4 days | Lite träning och vila så gick det över. | details |
| Tooms | 4 days | It just went. No effort to fix it at all. | details |
| A damp otter | 4 days | couple of days off running and stretching | details |
| Hobitas | 4 days | details | |
| Johnny M | 4 days | details | |
| cmorse | 4 days | Stayed off it a couple days, ice & compression. Will be cautious of speedwork over the next couple weeks. Will run Bolton fast enough to get some points, but not pushing PR's. Perhaps go out behind Kevin G & just hide out behind him until the top of the hill, saving enough to outsprint to the line for the points. | details |
| Siggi | 4 days | zu krasses Lauftechniktraining, zu lang, zu harter Untergrund mit Voltaren, Arnicasalbe und Wärme behandelt, plus - am wichtigsten - Ruhe | details |
| TheFlan | 4 days | rest and a light 4k jog on grass 3 days in | details |
| Bruce | 4 days | details | |
| Ant W | 4 days | Ultrasound seems to have loosened it. Keep rolling it, physio says. | details |
| LMschwirz | 4 days | details | |
| swat | 4 days | details | |
| Izzy B | 4 days | details | |
| xcman82 | 4 days | details | |
| 007 | 4 days | Coincidentaly got a cold at the same time which forces me to rest, simply went away. | details |
| TheInvisibleLog | 4 days | Short rest period, some wheel of pain massage. | details |
| hughmac4 | 4 days | Don't run on twinge | details |
| Parkino | 4 days | rest | details |
| billh | 4 days | seems to have resolved with a couple days rest, iced and heat to start off. | details |
| phil | 4 days | details | |
| RichardLund | 4 days | details | |
| Frostbite | 4 days | details | |
| duncanarcher | 4 days | Had a couple of days off and it went away. Seen physio and almost certainly related to tight Achilles which is all related to tight calves. | details |
| michalmy | 4 days | Rest, compression, ice, Deep Heat. | details |
| evancuster | 4 days | details | |
| Bags | 4 days | Ankle band exercises. Walking, ice/heat and new deep massager which seemed to reduce the knot greatly almost immediately (may have partly been timing). The new massager seemed to go deeper than my cheaper wand style model. | details |
| ChristianeT | 4 days | Massage every day. | details |
| TadasK | 4 days | details | |
| DominicGreen | 4 days | details | |
| philm64 | 4 days | Rest & rehab & addressing glutes/lower back. Walking in the Lakes! | details |
| Steffen | 4 days | details | |
| jwolff | 4 days | avoid barefoot shoes | details |
| ebone | 5 days | This injury was difficult to classify, since it could have been either a minor strain or a major soreness from a heavy workload. It got better, but it's easy to imagine it having flared up and necessitated a several-day break from training. I'm not sure how to tell the difference between a fleeting injury/soreness and one that requires complete rest to heal, but in both cases, I try to use extra care when stretching or using the muscle when cold, for example when getting out of bed in the m... | details |
| bubo | 5 days | details | |
| TheInvisibleLog | 5 days | Took a break, then decided I try it out on the Maxi-3hr. Worjed on the assumption that it was slow enough to get away with it. Hurt the first hour, but after that calmed down. After the race, so much is hurting that the claf is just background noise. | details |
| biddy | 5 days | 3 sessions of physio, ice and stretching | details |
| stampy | 5 days | Rest rest rest. Hot baths and gentle stretching - nothing too intense in case I made it worse. | details |
| bishop22 | 5 days | details | |
| weegie | 5 days | details | |
| eileen | 5 days | glad i took it easy for a couple days. appears to be better now, no pain while orienteering today. | details |
| beeker | 5 days | Took a few days to come right - just need to be careful not to rush into too hard a race too soon. | details |
| dersu | 5 days | My experience with muscle pulls suggests that the problem is less mechanical than something to do with general health. In this case, I think that my muscles had not recovered from "dehyration/electrolyte imbalance" from saturday. Some icing , lots of stretching, and a diet including some organ meats. | details |
| JonasB | 5 days | details | |
| Hollywood | 5 days | details | |
| jonnyq | 5 days | details | |
| schnitzer | 5 days | details | |
| bishop22 | 5 days | All the walking while carrying heavy bags on the trip to Seattle couldn't have helped. | details |
| Dooby | 5 days | Physio sorted the problem out. Issue was that my left calf just tightened up fairly badly after the race, facia issues which requires more stretching, so will be increasing that part of my routine from now on. | details |
| KingTim | 5 days | Ice, massaging. No stretching though, on the advice of the physio. | details |
| ashleynank | 5 days | details | |
| Ollie | 5 days | details | |
| FRBlackSheep | 5 days | details | |
| Veijo | 5 days | details | |
| Roger T | 5 days | Cause: XC race. As usual. Recovered by cycling (instead of running), stretching, self-massage. Usually takes 7-10 days so either wasn't trying hard enough in the XC race or the one-legged calf raises are helping. | details |
| Juuso | 5 days | details | |
| darryn | 5 days | I just went away. Guess it was just a minor strain. | details |
| blairtrewin | 5 days | details | |
| Roger T | 5 days | cycling for 4 days. Survived a short run on day 5 with some brisk sections, so deemed OK. | details |
| runforest | 5 days | massage. stopped running | details |
| schnitzer | 5 days | details | |
| swolfe | 5 days | More Hammy/Hips than calf. It was Biceps Femoris attachment, for sure. Knot in my hammy getting worked out resolved the attachment tenderness in my calf. No more bike jumping till after Wasatch | details |
| Aram | 5 days | details | |
| bugeater | 5 days | details | |
| o-iain | 5 days | hoping it's better - will stretch calfs better before running ... | details |
| HitnHope | 5 days | Numerous lower leg problems since sciatica three years ago, suggests need to get back sorted, not just treat the calf injuries | details |
| MikeMc | 5 days | details | |
| eoinmcc | 5 days | few days off, got some nice cycles in to give the calf a rest | details |
| JesseHagberg | 5 days | Rolled calf with "the stick" two days in a row, stretched and didn't push runs. Feels better now. | details |
| levitin | 5 days | rest | details |
| Kalgman | 5 days | Löpning med intervall 7 km och dagen efter OL 10 km. För otränad för två dagar i rad. | details |
| andrew_elwood | 5 days | Rest | details |
| HiipiväHirvi | 5 days | details | |
| ajriley | 5 days | details | |
| Steffen | 5 days | details | |
| Steffen | 5 days | details | |
| michalmy | 5 days | I think I might have bumped my frame. Rest, Deep Heat. Still a sore spot after 5 days, but not affecting riding or walking around. | details |
| mikee | 5 days | details | |
| Blaaz | 6 days | details | |
| msm | 6 days | Feeling much better today in my calves. I plan on doing some light hill bounding today. Will see if the recovery is permenent or not. :-) | details |
| errolpit | 6 days | details | |
| bubo | 6 days | Just a little longer rest than usual... | details |
| bubo | 6 days | Stretching seems to help even if it hurts while running and gets better after that. | details |
| BazorakcommaJ | 6 days | details | |
| bubo | 6 days | details | |
| Trailrat | 6 days | Think that active recovery helped, just was a big knot in it, used the roller and stick a lot on it. | details |
| beeker | 6 days | Well it slowly started getting better. And I don't notice it on the bike, which is what I've been doing. | details |
| stampy | 6 days | details | |
| johnd | 6 days | bit of rest,bit of physio,some easy running,seems ok today. | details |
| Agiofws | 6 days | rest helped it.. | details |
| Agiofws | 6 days | rest | details |
| evancuster | 6 days | details | |
| Tooms | 6 days | HEAPS of trigger pointing and some taping to prevent dorsiflexion, no running. NSAIDs. | details |
| gogirlgo | 6 days | Super slow warm-up helpful. Stretching a bit less as may have been overstretching? Ice to calf and piriformis big help. | details |
| michalmy | 6 days | Ice, Voltarin gel, rest. | details |
| Kitch | 6 days | details | |
| Jonas Detterfelt | 6 days | details | |
| Purko | 6 days | details | |
| Steffen | 6 days | details | |
| Craig | 6 days | details | |
| Hapardi | 6 days | details | |
| Izzy B | 6 days | details | |
| Jagge | 6 days | most likely just bad cramp. | details |
| heatherh22 | 6 days | details | |
| rickyp | 6 days | Rest, exercises, cross training | details |
| HitnHope | 6 days | Pulled it on the first fell race of the season (Tues). Didn't notice it happening. Ice, massage roller and ibuprofen for three days or so, started light exercise on the Saturday, stopped hurting on Monday, ran again on Tuesday with no issues. | details |
| nmulder | 6 days | Linked to running style deficiencies | details |
| c.underwood | 6 days | details | |
| neda.tamas | 6 days | Pihentetés, finom nyújtás, laza henger, könnyű átmozgatások, keresztedzés, kenegetés, flossing, remény | details |
| TheInvisibleLog | 6 days | Rest | details |
| TheInvisibleLog | 6 days | Rest | details |
| Ben Perry | 6 days | details | |
| Slice | 7 days | Treating with lots of rest, mild stretching, ice, pain-free movement and some physio tretments from Quality Care Sports Injury and Rehab in Oakville. Gradual transition back into activity with pool running and walking. | details |
| xcsnowskier14 | 7 days | felt better last monday, then it got worse again. Took a few rest days and went into the ice bath a few times. That made it feel alot better and gave me some stuff to talk about. | details |
| torbensfunk | 7 days | take it easy | details |
| Hobitas | 7 days | details | |
| AlistairR | 7 days | details | |
| nate | 7 days | details | |
| J:Dahn | 7 days | details | |
| Julia (old log) | 7 days | details | |
| mikee | 7 days | one week rest | details |
| Fraser P | 7 days | details | |
| Durendal | 7 days | details | |
| L-Jackson | 7 days | details | |
| Mahuan! | 7 days | Resolved with a week of taking it easy. | details |
| Charlie | 7 days | calf raises and lowers seemed to help it. It seems to be on the mend. | details |
| johnd | 7 days | A bit of a mystery really ,cleared up after some rest.I just have to carry on with the calf raises. | details |
| johnd | 7 days | Rest ,stretching,yoga. | details |
| stevieb | 7 days | Over training on snow, rest | details |
| michalmy | 7 days | Physio, electrode, icepack, Voltarin gel, rest. | details |
| patgie | 7 days | no more than 100MPW for next couple months, less strength work and more speed work | details |
| div | 7 days | Completely healed after ULtra Long on Sunday | details |
| Roger G | 7 days | Should have massaged before o race as knew it was tight. Did the right things in stopping straight away and good recovery (do nothing for a few days and massage) | details |
| Veijo | 7 days | details | |
| Torzi | 7 days | rest, ice and pain killers | details |
| Bruce | 7 days | details | |
| posttrip | 7 days | Lowered the workouts this past week. Focused on running relaxed a having the hip a bit lower to the ground. I think the main cause was running a bit to high - more of a straight leg, on the toes and using the muscle too much, where as I should have been loading the tendons more. Remember to relax at the start of a race! | details |
| Brooner | 7 days | details | |
| levitin | 7 days | details | |
| Jonas Detterfelt | 7 days | details | |
| mmurph | 7 days | Rest. No running all week, just walking at work. Will take another week off of running to let my body recover. | details |
| Craig | 7 days | details | |
| PatDunlavey | 7 days | I'm back into my program, though somewhat set back in terms of distances and speed that I'm running. First principal: do no harm! Note that knee injury a few days later was most likely caused by overdoing stretching during the couple day break. | details |
| bealaw | 7 days | I realise I step really hard on the ground with my left leg. That might the reason why left calf's muscle is especially tight. I did some stretching everyday.I did a whole body massage on 13Feb. | details |
| andypat | 7 days | details | |
| acejase | 7 days | Anti inflams, left glute ball rolling, nerve flossing, rib spirals. | details |
| acejase | 7 days | nerve flossing, spiky ball on glute | details |
| RimvydasA | 7 days | details | |
| justus | 7 days | Time and Rest | details |
| Roy | 7 days | Calf raises helped to strengthen the muscle back. | details |
| Guisborough1 | 7 days | details | |
| Chris98 | 7 days | Lack of general maintenance with some big training weeks inc track speed sessions and potentially shoes getting old. | details |
| errolpit | 7 days | details | |
| HiipiväHirvi | 7 days | details | |
| Cambas | 7 days | details | |
| mmace | 8 days | details | |
| div | 8 days | details | |
| gg | 8 days | details | |
| BazorakcommaJ | 8 days | Lots of pressure pointing, some stretching, keeping active. Now just generally sore | details |
| zerfas | 8 days | details | |
| grroes | 8 days | pain free after 8 days of icing, massaging, and rest. started running again after 5 days off and pain was gone completely by the 8th day. | details |
| torbensfunk | 8 days | details | |
| Shminty | 8 days | Had felt them tightening and had tried to stretch etc. Did the exercise on the edge of the stairs and slwoly built the running back up. Also iced regularly. | details |
| AC | 8 days | Recovered quite rapidly, lots of stretching and heat, hard massage with ketoprofene gel. | details |
| Ethan | 8 days | I just ran through it... | details |
| graeme | 8 days | Seemed like a 6-weeker, but just went away after a week and a hardish run (during which it was sore). Just pulled a muscle between the ears? Maybe needed a change of shoes? | details |
| Stijn | 8 days | details | |
| Brooner | 8 days | details | |
| samppa | 8 days | details | |
| Ironfrog | 8 days | details | |
| tomslocombe | 8 days | REST!!!! | details |
| cktrahan | 8 days | Time off. | details |
| ebone | 8 days | details | |
| acejase | 8 days | stretches, starting with hip-jaw ones and two tennis balls on spine gets things right. Anti-inflams don't hurt either. | details |
| swolfe | 8 days | Hamstring tightness was issue.Dodged a big bullet | details |
| CHARLIE-B | 8 days | Running too hard after an arduous run two days earlier. Twisting uphill motion making uphill turn. Treated very gently. Only one treadmill run a week after it happened. | details |
| kurthu | 8 days | details | |
| andypat | 8 days | details | |
| troll feet | 8 days | Rest from running. Hillwalking in winter boots seemed to help and "strengthen" it. Not run or jogged since hill walking in Scotland but felt fine on the Tyndrum trail run with Elaine | details |
| cousteau | 8 days | details | |
| hfljazzguy | 8 days | Rested for a week following the race and started up running again the following week. Need to find easy jogging pace instead of fast intense runs every time. | details |
| michalmy | 8 days | Ice, rest, Deep Heat. | details |
| Kalgman | 8 days | Kanske för mycket att springa fram och tillbaka till jobbet med packning två dagar i rad (12+14 km). | details |
| RimvydasA | 8 days | details | |
| Steffen | 8 days | details | |
| sjreeve | 8 days | details | |
| jwolff | 8 days | details | |
| mikee | 8 days | details | |
| Nick | 8 days | details | |
| Harlie | 9 days | Need to warm up properly seems to be worse when I run on concrete in Salomons | details |
| Andrew Feucht | 9 days | details | |
| TheInvisibleLog | 9 days | A few bouts of deep massage worked better than rest! | details |
| Cambas | 9 days | Aloe Vera (intake) + Mumjo(intake) + rest (most work with bike) + sauna. | details |
| irt | 9 days | details | |
| Kas | 9 days | details | |
| JonasB | 9 days | details | |
| JesseHagberg | 9 days | Running too far too fast in my Vibram FiveFingers caused it. It must've not been too bad because 4 days and it is feeling almost 100%. | details |
| Dooby | 9 days | Physio and lots of stretching. Problems seems to be caused from pushing too hard and the muscle can't take the strain! | details |
| bishop22 | 9 days | Still feels vulnerable after 8/7 end date, but I was able to play tennis on it. Speed work will probably be avoided for a bit longer. | details |
| ShotRat | 9 days | details | |
| hagi | 9 days | details | |
| mjulius | 9 days | I feel good now that my calves and associated tendons have adjusted themselves to their new role in my stride. I can't imagine running with a heel strike again. A simple adjustment of 9 days and my legs are doing what they are designed to do. | details |
| Roger T | 9 days | details | |
| Anvil | 9 days | details | |
| Oxoman | 9 days | details | |
| brycec | 9 days | Lots of stretching - more rest would have been good - should have missed leg session on original week. Still niggles so may be underlying issue. | details |
| Roger G | 9 days | details | |
| matzah ball | 9 days | details | |
| NM | 9 days | details | |
| tdgood | 9 days | The week after I did a lot of massages and soaked it in the bathtub for a hour twice. | details |
| willc | 9 days | details | |
| Kurt | 9 days | details | |
| lorrieq | 9 days | Rest | details |
| hughmac4 | 9 days | I think the speed work on the treadmill was the 'bad idea'. Need to ease into the speed, as I haven't been doing it ... or just stick to hills. | details |
| Scrappy Doo | 9 days | details | |
| JoshuaDudley | 9 days | Recovery through plenty of stretching of calf, regular rolling and more static exercises, like calf raises, squats and lunges (no additional weight) . Ensuring a good warmup before every training. Sometime can notice the calf after a long session but as an early warning sign to take it easy. Also keeping the legs warm helps. Think that the cause of the issue initially was over straining the calf and lack of strengthening. Not giving it a suitable rest week. | details |
| andriusj11 | 9 days | details | |
| BillJarvis | 9 days | details | |
| MoeD | 10 days | Stretching is very important. I need to stretch on a regular basis. | details |
| Andrew | 10 days | Mostly healed, hardly notice it. Might wait about a week before doing fast running on the flat. | details |
| jgreen | 10 days | try not have too big a week after recovering from an injury. | details |
| Hirppa | 10 days | details | |
| swolfe | 10 days | Heel lift. 6 x massage on hamstring, shins and soleus. RICE, ultrasound. 10 days off. Running analysis before restarting. | details |
| johnd | 10 days | 2x physio sessions with the blonde butcher of studio 57 and general intensive care including stretching ,icing and rest etc..Clearly I have an inherant weakness in my calves/tendon that will need attention if im to continue improving my times. | details |
| Santinia | 10 days | details | |
| jonm | 10 days | Caused by running hard when Claf tightened up. Luckily only minor and a quick recovery | details |
| acejase | 10 days | Correct posture particularly at work, with laptop and ipad usage. also anti inflams helped get on top. | details |
| jdbegin | 10 days | details | |
| andypat | 10 days | Still some pain on pressing but not affecting running any more. | details |
| fpb | 10 days | Able to complete a green course with no problem on 6/23. Still feels stiff, but no pain. I'll baby it one more week and try to resume some track running next Saturday. I guess that makes it severity 1? | details |
| GZs | 10 days | details | |
| A damp otter | 10 days | details | |
| Harlie | 10 days | Just rested and not too many fast intervals | details |
| Rainbow Unicorn | 10 days | Biofreeze, massage, rest. | details |
| rickyp | 10 days | Exercises and rest. Don't do a full Intervals session on the first week back after injury | details |
| Piers Pirow | 10 days | Recovery physio, massage, light excercise, and gentle stretching. Practise Pilates and Yoga for prevention | details |
| CHARLIE-B | 10 days | details | |
| kurthu | 10 days | details | |
| johannes roto | 10 days | lumella / nastoilla juoksu. Liian kovavauhtiset 2km vedot nastoilla. | details |
| Bommy T | 10 days | details | |
| errolpit | 10 days | details | |
| nmulder | 10 days | details | |
| jwolff | 10 days | details | |
| Inprin | 11 days | Long runs really helped. Will try some speed work, mld, to see if can hang together. | details |
| MeanGene | 11 days | details | |
| seahawke | 11 days | Note to self: on your first run in a month, don't run for over an hour. | details |
| triple-double | 11 days | I wonder if I can avoid running hard in non-running shoes with a heavy bag next time? | details |
| Kez | 11 days | Few days off in a row did the trick plus plenty of icing any inflamm and stretching the calf | details |
| nikospetros | 11 days | details | |
| gg | 11 days | Rest, stretching, massage | details |
| Jagge | 11 days | details | |
| IFKekan | 11 days | Om jag kunde genomföra en 1.51-tävling så borde den vara rätt frisk. Vilade mycket, hade värmeskydd - kommer att ha värmeskydd på natten samt vid aktiviteter. | details |
| oldpunk278 | 11 days | details | |
| workouttexas | 11 days | Probably caused by hills and trying to run more on forefoot in a fast race environment. Iced all day and some the next day. Think this and compression socks really helped. Dialed back mileage. Took 3 full days off and lowered mileage 33% for the following week and no long run. Pretty much back to full strength 2 weeks later. | details |
| GM | 11 days | tried running on the Sunday following and that was a BAD move. Very tight, very sore, almost painful, after 30mins of running, and going up hill was the worst. | details |
| Juuso | 11 days | details | |
| Chas | 11 days | Still sore after nearly two weeks but, after running/hobbling around a 50 min race, it was miraculously better the following day. | details |
| Nadim | 11 days | Time and rest, and slow static stretching after running that emphasized achilles stretching. | details |
| paul c | 11 days | details | |
| sberg | 11 days | Rest, massage, stretching, hydration. Could have been I was dehydrated when pulling the muscle? | details |
| graeme | 11 days | Minor. Selfheal | details |
| coach | 11 days | Rest, easy jogging over a few days, compression socks. | details |
| Cruachan | 11 days | Eased back the training and iced/Deep Heat/elf-massaged it when felt sore | details |
| samwell | 11 days | Rest | details |
| GM | 11 days | seems to have fixed itself with some time, some massage and some Fisiocreme | details |
| Daneo | 11 days | details | |
| BruceMeier | 11 days | New shoes? Setting off too fast on a run without warmup? | details |
| markg | 11 days | Massage and stretching | details |
| jwolff | 11 days | details | |
| Sergej F. | 11 days | rest, alternative training, static exercises | details |
| Nadim | 11 days | Time off, and some working out too. | details |
| RJM | 11 days | Rest and stretching removed the limp. I suspect there is a deeper cause, which i hope a dr visit next week (including untrasound) will reveal | details |
| Basa | 11 days | details | |
| Poogy | 11 days | details | |
| Fraser P | 11 days | details | |
| Mitch78 | 11 days | details | |
| Eoghan | 11 days | details | |
| Fabiano | 11 days | Tre sedute di tecar e del riposo sono bastati per una guarigione veloce. | details |
| HiipiväHirvi | 11 days | details | |
| Ruben Razzetti | 11 days | Form a proper relay warm up strategy so that I don’t star off cold. I think this will also help get my mind into the orienteering process. | details |
| coach | 11 days | Was OK after test run. Swelling on inside of ankle still there which had a black and blue area. | details |
| bubo | 12 days | details | |
| killertik | 12 days | details | |
| bubo | 12 days | Maybe it´s over for now. I still feel a little soreness, but I think extensive stretching may help - just as it did before in the spring. | details |
| tdgood | 12 days | details | |
| mjd | 12 days | took it easy. didn't run on the sand | details |
| Fraser P | 12 days | details | |
| Ecmo | 12 days | details | |
| jwest940 | 12 days | details | |
| matzah ball | 12 days | details | |
| Runodk | 12 days | details | |
| hfgnr | 12 days | details | |
| Shingo | 12 days | details | |
| Rosco | 12 days | Coincided with Chrimbo hols so took advantage of that to catch up with folk and not do too much. | details |
| RJM | 12 days | Rest. Tried to come back after one week, felt it there but pushed through, and wound up walking the rest of the way to school. Waited another 1+ week and gently eased in, backing off if it showed up again. | details |
| RJM | 12 days | Rest and after ready for it, lots of doorway calf stretch (3 sets of 4/day, 30secs/stretch). | details |
| steph_lawrie | 12 days | foam roll, foam roll, stretch, foam roll, sports massage, stretch, foam roll | details |
| Hapardi | 12 days | details | |
| Badger | 12 days | details | |
| Hapardi | 12 days | details | |
| o-darn | 12 days | Finally seems better. Bruise gone too. Massaged it a fair amount and bought a massage stick. | details |
| elgar | 12 days | details | |
| Rosco | 12 days | details | |
| andyhill | 12 days | Massage, stretching behind knee, a few days off | details |
| Tane | 12 days | details | |
| Roger G | 12 days | details | |
| Garry | 12 days | Still think too much sitting is the cause and not enough mobilising. This one probably not helped by need to strap the left ankle for protection. | details |
| MeanGene | 13 days | ART (active release technique - deep massage) helped with recovery. Can run without pain or any dull ache - unlike the right hamstring which still has problems after 68 days. But not ready to go longer distances yet, but no pain any more. | details |
| Squashy | 13 days | details | |
| randy | 13 days | details | |
| bubo | 13 days | details | |
| RJM | 13 days | Time, no running, gentle resumption, stretching | details |
| smogmonster | 13 days | Not really sure what caused it. It really felt like something was out of place more than strained...it was a slightly weird feeling. But massage definitely helped a lot, as did a bit of a rest of course | details |
| Ralph | 13 days | details | |
| Desmond | 13 days | R: massages, hot and cold, rest 10 days, other sports (like swimming and cycling) | details |
| mtcnas | 13 days | details | |
| Keith Iskiw | 13 days | details | |
| Bruce | 13 days | 3 days rest, ice and compression | details |
| johnd | 13 days | details | |
| principessa | 13 days | details | |
| Lara Croft | 13 days | Fixed, no issues | details |
| yakin | 13 days | details | |
| rickyp | 13 days | details | |
| mikee | 13 days | details | |
| O-ing | 13 days | Got back on the bike, plus walking, bailed on the O before no. 1. | details |
| Trav | 13 days | acupuncture and physio | details |
| Erik | 13 days | details | |
| coach | 13 days | details | |
| susan | 13 days | Calf strain at start of run in minimalist shoes. Seems to have resolved quickly. Hope it stays resolved! Spikey, rest, ankle mobility etc | details |
| Trailrat | 13 days | Time, needling, laser, and red light... threw everything at it. | details |
| beeker | 14 days | Seems to have pretty much recoved. Just have to start slowly and keep with the massage, stretching, and strengthening exercises. | details |
| Amber | 14 days | details | |
| gas_turbine | 14 days | Calling it resolved because I can run again somewhat. Most likely related to my bad achilles. Ben-gay helps before running. Need to stretch as much as I had been doing to resolve the achilles problem. Also related to colder weather - need to wear sweatpants on days that are <50F in the morning. | details |
| olmarkus | 14 days | Dont remember, has forgotten how long this injury was. | details |
| prez ret | 14 days | No longer seems an issue although probably still not 100% | details |
| Vox | 14 days | plenty of rest and ice for the first 7 days. then started with some walking that included small amounts of jogging over about 5 days. | details |
| jeffw | 14 days | details | |
| stampysmum | 14 days | details | |
| Jubby | 14 days | Stayed off running for two weeks and kept cross-training - then build up 15 mins at time. | details |
| Rosenstiel | 14 days | Possibly just a bit of wear and tear + was very tired. Needed to rest. | details |
| ales.drahokoupil | 14 days | details | |
| Chas | 14 days | Usual rehabilitation. Must try getting more regular calf massages. | details |
| Chas | 14 days | Recovered more quickly than usual calf strain. Need regular calf massage! | details |
| RWorner | 14 days | No running with ice, heat, light stretching and self-massage. Better in about 10 days. | details |
| Crefcoeur | 14 days | après 2 semaines de repos actif, je peux reprendre l'entraînement qualitatif | details |
| TheFlan | 14 days | details | |
| AngusL | 14 days | Don't run too hard from the outset; don't run in ill-fitting shoes; rest works wonders | details |
| lazydave | 14 days | details | |
| Garry | 14 days | Physio (needles), rest and proprioception tape (or whatever its called). | details |
| michalmy | 14 days | Ice, Deep Heat, rest. | details |
| simmo | 14 days | details | |
| Jonas Detterfelt | 14 days | details | |
| Brucewithamap | 14 days | No physical activity for 2 weeks (except for the flat sprint in the flying pig) | details |
| GZs | 14 days | details | |
| jwolff | 14 days | details | |
| Oliver Prince | 14 days | details | |
| tdgood | 14 days | details | |
| Cambas | 15 days | it's true, You must stay running free for 10-14 days and not to go Hills-training just after recovery (my last year mistakess). | details |
| errolpit | 15 days | details | |
| bishop22 | 15 days | details | |
| Tailend Tim | 15 days | lots or rest and havn't really stretched out. Probably wont before now and Portugal | details |
| Dooby | 15 days | Physio sorted problem. | details |
| BP | 15 days | details | |
| ebone | 15 days | I'm not sure when it got better, so I'm guessing it was around a couple weeks later. | details |
| Garry | 15 days | Posture - too much time without breaks sitting at the PC. Dropped R shoulder due to curved spine. Need to focus on not crossing legs, sleeping on back / side & maintaining posture. | details |
| murraystraining | 15 days | Rest, ice, massage. | details |
| jgreen | 15 days | not enough training before racing, and not enough warming up - cause I was sick... no real wisdom - cause don't get sick isn't really valuable incite... | details |
| Purko | 15 days | details | |
| MateE | 15 days | Recovery: Rest, no workout Cause: No Training Scheme. Too fast too many km: started running jan 15 after years of doing nothing. Did run 10km by the end of feb in 1h6min (after 6 weeks), 2x 10km + 1x7km in that week. See http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/user/1587669 | details |
| Dehydrated | 15 days | details | |
| L-Jackson | 15 days | was exercising after 1 week but no running for 2 weeks. | details |
| Oxoman | 15 days | details | |
| LMschwirz | 15 days | Need to rethink my gait... | details |
| Reiver | 15 days | Time off with cold helped recovery. (2 weeks) | details |
| O-ing | 15 days | details | |
| hughmac4 | 15 days | Time. Oddly the 100k didn't seem to bother this. No idea what this is. | details |
| FLOU | 15 days | details | |
| Piers Pirow | 15 days | warm up, no sprinting in race, place foot more carefully and be sensitive to when calf undergoing strain | details |
| fn | 15 days | details | |
| Remco | 15 days | Rust | details |
| Shingo | 15 days | details | |
| ronaldo | 15 days | Well it seems to be pretty much recovered but I can still feel a slight knot in it, won't know for sure until I go running on it this week. | details |
| Reiver | 15 days | 2 weeks minimum no running with any calf injury | details |
| Fochdog | 16 days | -Selective rest (no or little intervals) trying to stay off my toes while keeping my volume up with less intense training. - Ibuprofen - Lite stretching - Lite massage | details |
| RASPUTIN | 16 days | details | |
| Chas | 16 days | Wasn't wearing my skins when it went; maybe significant? Needed a bit more rest than usual, but other than that the usual tricks worked. Heel-raises, stretching and a gradual build-up ingoring a bit of pain. Maybe should get a professional massage now. | details |
| tautvix | 16 days | Po kelių dienų jau galėjau paeiti. Po 2sav jau regis normaliai galiu minti, nors prieš kelias dienas atsistojus vis dar jautėsi. Aplamai, dar pašokus jaučiasi kojos raumuo. Tikiuosi, viskas bus gerai. Apie gydymą. Iškart po traumos reikėjo šaldyti. Čia padariau klaidą, to nepadaręs. | details |
| bazil | 16 days | Sports massage on my calves. | details |
| mjd | 16 days | rest. | details |
| zootrio | 16 days | details | |
| mary | 16 days | details | |
| rickyp | 16 days | Rest + exercises | details |
| tdgood | 16 days | details | |
| nmulder | 16 days | Too much road too quickly in 1 week. Also lack of recent gym work. | details |
| Nadim | 16 days | Just lots of rest helped me get over this. Like what happened on my right leg months earlier, this kept getting re-injured as I walked. Overall I think it was connected to my back issues (on the lower left side now). Stretching might have helped but I worry about the bending just grinding up already damaged cartilage. | details |
| Shingo | 16 days | details | |
| fn | 16 days | Vila. | details |
| The Rooster | 17 days | Not to run again! | details |
| BabyPre1169 | 17 days | details | |
| noalittle | 17 days | did not run for a week with 3 days of skiing - which stretched the leg out. Have PT appointment next week. | details |
| Godders | 17 days | rest and massage seemed to cure it | details |
| Durendal | 17 days | Do not run on toes. Rest day before running day, if injured last month. Do not run or ski more than an hour if injured last month. Use better shoes, not VJ. | details |
| Luke W | 17 days | rest, backing way off volume. new shoes. DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE...cross fiber work (so painful). it made the issue feel worse for a few days but i think this was a big part of the healing process. preformed about 3-4 days post injury. | details |
| jima | 17 days | details | |
| Roger T | 17 days | Aggravated by gentle run after 7 days' cycling, when felt OK at rest. Cycled for another 8 days, then built up 5 - 10 - 20 mins running, gradually increasing speed. | details |
| Maluks | 17 days | details | |
| levitin | 17 days | Rest the muscle. | details |
| Nadim | 17 days | Time, slower longer workouts (walking) with less intensity helped to keep me in shape and reduce re-injury. Rest and sleep seemed to help too but I didn't do a lot of either. | details |
| willc | 17 days | details | |
| coach | 17 days | details | |
| Trav | 17 days | details | |
| dersu | 17 days | details | |
| bradc | 17 days | details | |
| div | 17 days | details | |
| Stijn | 17 days | details | |
| Inprin | 18 days | details | |
| mdeweydavis | 18 days | Stretching helped once I was walking and jogging on it properly. Nothing much more than rest originally. | details |
| gg | 18 days | rested it for 18 days, no running, lots of cycling, swimming etc physio about every 6-8 days feels much better now | details |
| fitless | 18 days | I needed some rest afterwards. | details |
| slangjudoka | 18 days | 2 weeks rest and lots of ice. | details |
| Culbin | 18 days | details | |
| lorrieq | 18 days | details | |
| Scrappy Doo | 18 days | details | |
| J-BANGZ | 18 days | details | |
| austrianmike | 18 days | Rest | details |
| gogirlgo | 18 days | details | |
| Bruce | 18 days | details | |
| Brooner | 18 days | Rest elevation, compression, stretching, gradual return to running. | details |
| Kipinkapin | 18 days | lepoa pohkeelle täysi viikko ja sen jälkeen kun varovasti lähti tiejuoksuilla niin hyvin tuntuu taas kestävän. Muistettava venytellä ja hieroa enempi ettei kiristy niin paljon | details |
| Davidm0811 | 18 days | details | |
| jwolff | 18 days | details | |
| lost in space | 18 days | hope I'm recovered seem to be running with no problems now must keep the stretches going | details |
| Pavementsucks | 18 days | Rest, stretching, massage, compression stockings. | details |
| gas_turbine | 18 days | Followed own advice of doing cross-training. Tried coming back early a couple times, but turned myself off early on those runs. | details |
| Garry | 18 days | Took it very easy for nearly 2 weeks, focusing on cycling. Going to adopt a calf strengthening program | details |
| Hoddy | 19 days | details | |
| pi | 19 days | details | |
| jcampbell | 19 days | details | |
| Tane | 19 days | details | |
| Miikka | 19 days | details | |
| Garry | 19 days | 9 May: Chiro - hips misaligned. Right side up. L calf pull due to compensation. 23 May: Physio - R ITB & lateral quad very tight. Needles & massage to ease. Got a number of stretches to do - quad & glutes tight + hip flexor. 24 May: Lateral quad very sore still. Knee & quad sore at night. 25 May: Knee feels better than for weeks. Right clutes tender. Long walk in forest checking control sites. 26 May: Knee & glutes feeling good. Went for a 5min run. | details |
| Rich | 19 days | details | |
| tdgood | 19 days | details | |
| HiipiväHirvi | 19 days | details | |
| tinytoes | 19 days | 2 repeat twinges, lessening severity. | details |
| Bruce | 19 days | details | |
| andyd | 20 days | Cause: too many races. Rest was going nowhere. Deep massage (v painful) was key to fixing it. | details |
| glenn | 20 days | New shoes, modify running style to recover quicker. | details |
| TimGood | 20 days | Just a lot of rest. | details |
| CoachingEnduranc | 20 days | massage from lisa and the stick from marit worked wonders. went to transrockies not sure how it would feel and it was fine. | details |
| beeker | 20 days | details | |
| Bruce | 20 days | time streching strengthening | details |
| Cruachan | 20 days | Time, rest and putting heel raise into my left shoe. | details |
| levitin | 20 days | Massage helped. K also recommended relacing to use the outboard eyelets to reduce pressure across the top of my arch, where there was a lot of compression and tightness. | details |
| Remco | 20 days | 2 weken niet lopen, alleen fietsen. Heel langzaam opbouwen en extreem goede wu en cd. Massagestick, magnesium en nieuwe steunkousen. | details |
| RASPUTIN | 21 days | Massage and low level laser therapy from Dr. Wells/WellSport helped. Before this happened, I had felt a twinge 2 weeks prior. I should have taken a week or two off from running until it fully healed. Instead, i made it worse. The injury happened 8 miles into the run, at "dusty corner" aid station on the WS100 course. | details |
| A.Le Coq | 21 days | details | |
| Rosco | 21 days | Not too bad - think I stopped just in time. | details |
| killertik | 21 days | details | |
| Chas | 21 days | Can't work out what causes calf problems, but I do seem to have sussed out the best way of recovering; rest 2-3 days then build up distance slowly. Ignore pain (within reason). | details |
| phil | 21 days | Kräftigung. Langsames Herantasten an neuen Schuh. | details |
| David_Waller | 21 days | Two weeks of babying it and it goes away. Try stretching more to avoid it. | details |
| harley | 21 days | details | |
| bugeater | 21 days | what happened this time I don't know. | details |
| loefaas | 21 days | not really a strain, back-problem gave tension in the calf. Easy fixed by back-modification. | details |
| rickyp | 21 days | calf exercises and rest. try progressively working up after a weeks rest | details |
| Chris | 21 days | details | |
| rogue | 21 days | get some help unlocking the right ankle to improve range and reduce stress on the calf. Also was stupid and did fast strides until the calf strained again. | details |
| mikee | 21 days | details | |
| tdgood | 21 days | details | |
| maritttt | 21 days | details | |
| Bruce | 21 days | details | |
| wetware | 22 days | Rested muscle. Fine now, ran the weekend, feels good. | details |
| simmo | 22 days | details | |
| Cambas | 22 days | Should rest or do alternative training (inline skating, cycling, swimming) | details |
| Basa | 22 days | details | |
| stig of the dump | 22 days | details | |
| Piers Pirow | 22 days | warm up properly and stretch more! | details |
| coach | 22 days | Calling this recovered, doing some roller massage, and still sore if pushed. | details |
| mikee | 22 days | details | |
| RosieWatson | 22 days | Don't run after almost getting hypothermia. Ease back into running gently. | details |
| ebuckley | 22 days | Probably shouldn't run 3 ultras and a marathon in a 12-week span. | details |
| Fabiano | 22 days | Riposo, Tecar e palestra per mantenere il tono muscolare. | details |
| Bruce | 22 days | details | |
| Bruce | 22 days | details | |
| mayer22 | 22 days | details | |
| O-ing | 22 days | Ran when calf was tight before. Had to abandon course. 3 weeks off with rest / ice / massage. | details |
| Russ | 22 days | left ankle was sorta stuck and not moving properly, that and the fact my left foot was tilted ever so slightly meant that it was putting a strain on the inside of my calf. Manhandled by Encarna 19th May | details |
| ljbean | 22 days | More calf strength | details |
| bishop22 | 23 days | It was probably recovered before the O-Marathon, but I did not have any confidence in it - it felt vulnerable even when there was no real pain. I probably could have tested it more, sooner. | details |
| Old_Fox | 23 days | No wisdom here, lots of rest and loads of Reparil Gel! I hope it holds for a while........ | details |
| David_Waller | 23 days | Just like last year, this improved only from three weeks of babying it. | details |
| TJR | 23 days | details | |
| PM | 23 days | details | |
| Oxoman | 23 days | details | |
| brycec | 23 days | Lots of core/balance work to help ankle and in turn protect the calf - more warmup and stretching required - injury probably recovered a week ago just feeling niggles now. | details |
| bubo | 23 days | details | |
| jwolff | 23 days | details | |
| julianaslund | 23 days | Hopprep orsakade. Hoppade för intensivt och sprang trots ont i början av skadeperioden. Efter ett besök på JMC och två veckors löpförbud så gick det över. | details |
| beeker | 24 days | No training relieves symptoms of being unable to train. | details |
| mace | 24 days | details | |
| herbhead | 24 days | Rest and stretching... | details |
| Magic | 24 days | details | |
| slowphil | 24 days | Probably was a slight pull descending rapidly from the Nower at the start of the Surrey Hills race. Rest seemed to do the trick. | details |
| tomtom | 24 days | details | |
| Rhesus | 24 days | details | |
| HitnHope | 24 days | Still hurts when the physio massages it, but not when I'm running. Treating it as resolved. | details |
| jwolff | 24 days | details | |
| beeker | 25 days | details | |
| divadeedee | 25 days | Age gracefully with injury.. Be patient . Get in the pool. | details |
| 55 | 25 days | details | |
| gg | 25 days | details | |
| Corduroy | 25 days | Vila från frånskjut med rakt ben (löpning + klassisk skidåkn) . Excentriska tåhävningar hemma + på gym. | details |
| Flam | 25 days | details | |
| hkleaf | 25 days | Ice, deep heat massage, ultra-sound, plus stretching. Running on softer ground and marshes in the Swedish and Scottish terrain seemed to have helped? | details |
| codymonster | 25 days | Abstain from running and biking til better. | details |
| Eug | 25 days | Almost good as of 29/09/16 | details |
| Eug | 25 days | details | |
| Freeheelpete | 25 days | details | |
| Trav | 25 days | Weakened calf muscle caused got to collapse in. Foot exercises regained the use of the clearing calf muscle | details |
| Bruce | 25 days | details | |
| Nick | 25 days | lets say. pain not there anymore10-15 days later( lower level).. not much running exercise since Feb 19 | details |
| Nick Harris | 26 days | Technique - its a W.I.P. Pelvis/Ribs relationship - focus on ab/oblique engagement. Will help glutes activate, because they have something to pull against. Over-extending during drive phase – lift foot earlier, beneath my body. Benefits = avoid overloading calf; shortens lever, exchange contact-time for air-time | details |
| oftheplant | 26 days | lots of trigger point and ibuprofen. | details |
| Gytė | 26 days | Several rest days, cycling instead of jogging, very easy and gently runs, stretching. It took about a 1-1,5week to recover | details |
| cpappas | 26 days | details | |
| jsjöberg | 26 days | Kommer tillbaks till attackpoint efter 2 år och ser att jag inte uppdaterat detta. Gissar att det läkte på en månad ca. | details |
| simmo | 26 days | details | |
| HiipiväHirvi | 26 days | Pari viikkoa lisää lepoa, ei kipeä enää. | details |
| TheInvisibleLog | 26 days | Recovered just in time for the WMOC carnival. Regular physio - massage and ultra. Diligent stretching, calf raises, lots of walking. Did between 2 and 3 hours rehab a day for two and a half weeks. | details |
| TheInvisibleLog | 26 days | Rest. Calf stretching and strengthening. Lots of rolling the cup ball over the painful area. | details |
| loobey | 26 days | details | |
| Ryan the Lion | 27 days | went to the physio and got exercises to strenthen my ankle which was the root of the injury | details |
| Pavementsucks | 27 days | Ice, Compression, Ibuprofen,Massage | details |
| Loopy Lou | 27 days | details | |
| Roger G | 27 days | details | |
| tracblue | 27 days | Pretty sure it was from my ITB getting so tight. Bit of foam roller work helping, when I make time for it. | details |
| Flatland | 27 days | Followed physio's advice - don't let upcoming races dictate rehab! | details |
| Steve R | 27 days | details | |
| paul c | 27 days | details | |
| Remco | 27 days | Magnesium tabletten, masagestick Mark Buiks, betere wu, gedoseerd intensiteit verhogen. | details |
| Dooby | 27 days | details | |
| Trav | 27 days | Who knows | details |
| grilla | 28 days | Took it easy - frustrating | details |
| harley | 28 days | rest and massage and gentle return | details |
| David_Waller | 28 days | details | |
| ShotRat | 28 days | details | |
| acejase | 28 days | two seperate problems - lower back/ joint whose name i forget and fatiguing calf fascia. 1st helped by glute, slump and hip stretching. 2nd helped by massage and calf stretch. | details |
| pwentz3l | 28 days | Rest and measured reintroduction to activity. | details |
| jwolff | 28 days | details | |
| Lara Croft | 28 days | Tiredness during half marathon race, having not been running on roads recently and having races a 10 mile the weekend before. Recovered through stopping runs, then increasing time on grass by 5 mins per day slow. Treatment with Physio and exercises/stretches. | details |
| tdgood | 28 days | details | |
| bubo | 28 days | Staying away from running too soon usually helps. Running while in Cyprus didn´t help of course and then pushing a little too hard too soon on my Veteran O in Göteborg made it come back. Felt a little on my first few ski trainings but nothing that really mattered. | details |
| Jaka | 28 days | details | |
| Trav | 28 days | Gotta fix my glute hamstring calf chain on the left. | details |
| MeanGene | 29 days | Causes: * dehydration * overdoing marathon training; not fully recovering from tempo runs should have been a hint. Local runner Marla Rhoden ran the 43 mile Brew-to-Brew Relay solo; then raced a 10 miler the next weekend - then it finally hit me that you can not cheat on the slow build up in miles. This explains the cramping up at all previous Possum Trots - I was never in marathon shape! * tight calf muscles can lead to plantar fasciitis, so I've learned. After strraining the left cal... | details |
| simonr | 29 days | Improved with rest and managing the injury. | details |
| gas_turbine | 29 days | Came back too soon. Start on PT ASAP. Be willing to do a week of cross training! | details |
| jkudlicka | 29 days | details | |
| R-B | 29 days | Pushing too hard on interval training, doing 1km high output with standing/walking breaks in between. Will move to a Fartlek approach at around a 4:30 pace instead of trying to hit 4:00. Recovery was time, massage. | details |
| Mitch78 | 29 days | details | |
| Arlaharen | 29 days | Vila och försiktig återgång till löpning med i början väldigt korta jogg-pass (15 min). | details |
| bishop22 | 29 days | details | |
| jeepzon | 30 days | details | |
| noken | 30 days | details | |
| phil | 30 days | Nichts | details |
| Nate_K | 30 days | details | |
| duncanarcher | 30 days | details | |
| ebone | 31 days | Recovery was gradual, so the end date is approximate. I didn't have to do much to help the recovery, just avoiding running and cross-training more for a bit, then stretching and being careful not to overdo high-intensity training. | details |
| G Wedd | 31 days | details | |
| Garry | 31 days | Seems to be an ongoing problem. A couple of factors: (1) spending too much time sitting at the PC @ work & home. (2) Not giving myself enough time to recover after hard racing / training period. (3) It is not stretching as muscle stretch & mobility has been good. (4) Current theory is that the calf muscle is compensating for poor ankle proprioception. So am working on ankle stability exercises during gym sessions. | details |
| gg | 31 days | details | |
| slowphil | 31 days | Just occasionally stiff during warm-ups, but, having survived POM, going to tempt fate and say that it's cleared up... | details |
| pasha | 31 days | last couple of days did not feel any pain or much stiffness even when running or playing tennis. I guess I finally consider to be recovered. Cause - I guess I did not pay too much attention after previous injury a couple years ago which leaded to re-injury. Planning to spend more time self-massaging and warm ups. Used for recovery: calf sleeve by Zoot, traxevazin cream daily, | details |
| BruceMeier | 31 days | I think its ok now. Have done little running for the last 4 weeks. | details |
| slowphil | 32 days | No long runs in the bank yet, but, having survived POM, going to tempt fate and say that it's cleared up... | details |
| Jono_O | 32 days | details | |
| HiipiväHirvi | 32 days | details | |
| TerezaR | 32 days | details | |
| Terkelsen | 32 days | Lepo ja kylmähoito ja rasvaus | details |
| Runningpaul | 32 days | details | |
| TheInvisibleLog | 32 days | Rest | details |
| beeker | 33 days | Seems to have stretched out. And lack of hill running helps. | details |
| philm64 | 33 days | whatever | details |
| BruceMeier | 33 days | Rest and icing was not producing results so I went to 2 physio sessions last week and yesterday, and now I am confident it is ok. | details |
| TheInvisibleLog | 33 days | Forced rest due to debilitating knee injury seems to have cleared this up. Can't really test it. Did some calf strengthening exercise before the other injury. | details |
| mikee | 34 days | No pain since 5 days, I have to see if it holds also for fast training on road. | details |
| timbercomp | 34 days | Rested for two weeks after it reached its peak in Canberra on the base of Black Mountain. Stretched it a fair bit after about 4 days of nothing at all. Did some calf raises about 10 days in. Kept riding at high intensity. First "run" back was jogging on teh spot in the house, barefoot, as a tester, and this gave me confidence that things were coming good. Felt it a little on a ride on day late in the second week and decided that it was time to strengthen it with some short runs. Each run has ... | details |
| dariusz | 34 days | Keine Weisheit. Gut einlaufen und wenn du es hast +heb di still+ | details |
| samsonite | 34 days | PT | details |
| mjd | 34 days | details | |
| andfall | 34 days | details | |
| HitnHope | 34 days | Wear compression socks, keep on soft ground, don't push the pace for at least a month. Both injuries while wearing Saucony Racers. And another mild strain later. They've got to go. | details |
| GM | 35 days | details | |
| DaveR | 35 days | details | |
| kurthu | 36 days | details | |
| jonh | 36 days | Total rest from running / circuits, continued gentle spinning / biking | details |
| mjd | 36 days | rest | details |
| Pavementsucks | 36 days | Time | details |
| bl | 36 days | Time helped recovery plus no macadam pounding | details |
| Nadim | 36 days | This was perplexing. It seemed that I kept re-injuring the pull just while walking around. Mostly that would happen while going up or down stairs. Snows and bad weather kept me inside more so perhaps the rest from that helped heal me enough. | details |
| gg | 37 days | details | |
| RobP | 37 days | Rest | details |
| evancuster | 37 days | details | |
| pi | 37 days | details | |
| Duncan | 37 days | details | |
| CathB | 37 days | bit of rest, icing 2 a day (10mins, rest, 10 mins) and slowly build back up to distance. Also, heel down stretch helped. | details |
| Dooby | 37 days | details | |
| phil | 37 days | Pausieren und rollen, hat sehr lange gedauert. | details |
| markg | 37 days | details | |
| xcman82 | 37 days | Successful 4 K test run . Slight discomfort in lower Achilles but insertion problem seems nonexistent | details |
| abiperk | 37 days | details | |
| Nick | 37 days | No run several weeks..slowly mixed run with walks,as tolerated. I seen an Osteopath as well | details |
| bl | 38 days | Decided calf issue is past. No way to have foreseen. And initial incomplete rest. Running on irregular surface exacerbated less I'd guess. | details |
| o-iain | 38 days | rest, rest, rest | details |
| Orig4mi | 38 days | details | |
| tdgood | 38 days | rested long enough for it to heal. | details |
| Hapardi | 38 days | details | |
| nmulder | 38 days | Took me months to realise the link between the first calf injury and moving to new shoes (Sense Pro). First injury only a few week after. | details |
| Difke14 | 38 days | details | |
| Matt Hartland | 39 days | Time and sports massage. | details |
| Grafaz | 39 days | details | |
| Brooner | 40 days | details | |
| johnd | 40 days | Physio with Tom.Weighted 6kg calf raises twice weekly. | details |
| mjd | 40 days | try more calf stretches next time? | details |
| philm64 | 40 days | Rest, gentle rehab; climbing holiday; missed JK as that would have been suicide. | details |
| Vox | 41 days | extended rest and chiro | details |
| Durendal | 41 days | Have to run with shorter steps. Lift foot before heel goes up. Put foot down with less heel, more foot blade. | details |
| levitin | 41 days | Time, proper stretching. | details |
| Cruachan | 41 days | details | |
| Seamus | 41 days | I have had a couple of runs on it since it happened. Maybe the new bare foot road shoes I have | details |
| Elina B | 41 days | details | |
| fn | 41 days | Vila och undvika löpning. | details |
| dersu | 41 days | details | |
| Scotty | 42 days | Was a previous injury which came back when racing a 1500m, due to not being properly warmed up and stretched i think, and racing hard straight up and not leading into it enough. Physio to help recover and MBA stretches work wonders, bit of icing and anti-flaming in there too, also just general rest and being cautious running on it and not going too hard just because it feels good. | details |
| Julia B | 42 days | Cause - Running on an athletics track in spikes. Also I think I ran 10*200m too fast. Recovery - I kept training on it as normal, but stretched it more in the session and before and after a session | details |
| slangjudoka | 42 days | Hurt at Quad Dipsea, rest seemed to help it recover. | details |
| IFKekan | 42 days | Orsaken måste vara samma som på vänstra sidan, tävling utan egentlig grundträning. Skadan kom vid helt fel tidpunkt, men jag vilade ändå helt i ett par veckor innan jag började med tåhävningar och allmän styrka. Jag siktade på 1/1 som riktig träningsstart. Vilan och den lilla styrkeuppbyggnaden var rätt medicin. | details |
| Piers Pirow | 42 days | Change running to use of core muscles and use of bum muscles more, do exorcises and leg lifts to back. | details |
| phil | 42 days | details | |
| Jagge | 42 days | details | |
| mjd | 42 days | details | |
| mikee | 42 days | details | |
| Eon | 42 days | details | |
| Terkelsen | 43 days | Lepo | details |
| Boltboi | 43 days | details | |
| Mitch78 | 43 days | details | |
| CharlesBaker | 43 days | Need to respect recovery and not force in sessions if struggling due to work | details |
| rickyp | 43 days | Get a sports massage as it may just be tight. Foam roller as well but all over not just one side | details |
| Nadim | 43 days | I did some stretching and eventually had to stop trying to run before it got better. A long day mostly walking in the forest may have somehow helped too, by working out whatever was ailing me. | details |
| Bruce | 43 days | details | |
| iansmith | 44 days | 1. Train adequately. Duh. 2. RICE was helpful with this injury, but ultimately lots of rest and adequate time were critical to recovery. I don't see how I could have taken less than 4 weeks to effectively recover (and even that was probably risking additional injury). | details |
| FB | 44 days | I still get the odd moment when I think something is getting too tight, but I am able to do anything pain free if properly warmed up... so, Good to Go | details |
| lostrunner | 44 days | details | |
| Old_Fox | 44 days | Just didn't do anything, took some time off running and a bit off cycling..... | details |
| SwissMiss | 44 days | Lots of resting, cycling, swimming, drinking and netflix :) | details |
| tornado_grl | 45 days | Finally feeling better, just a little ache after the run, which is not that different from pre-injury. | details |
| Flying Scotsman | 45 days | Old man symdrome. | details |
| Roger T | 45 days | Just about recovered by 7 May, but tentative for British Champs weekend and occasional twinges. | details |
| billh | 45 days | this resolved some weeks ago, just forgot about it . . . lower legs are pretty solid now, knock on wood. | details |
| ginger | 45 days | Caused by improper fit on my orthotics. | details |
| meljay | 46 days | Resting! And no gym. | details |
| willc | 46 days | details | |
| duncanarcher | 46 days | 6 weeks and basically no problems now with my left calf where I tore it. However I've been having a lot of aches in my right Achilles which I think has been causing me to run a bit funny and put stress on other areas, so that combined with the time on the feet at the OMM probably tipped the calf over the edge. The physio also noted my right hip was a bit higher than left, twisted in the sacro-iliac joint, which might be the underlying cause. He corrected that so we'll see how it goes. | details |
| Rosco | 46 days | End date inaccurate! | details |
| PhilW | 46 days | Total rest from sprained left ankle. Haven't really tested it out to find out if it's gone...but it doesn't hurt anymore. | details |
| Nadim | 46 days | Rest and stretching | details |
| Henerzz | 46 days | details | |
| Bruce | 47 days | details | |
| MollyP | 47 days | 10/10/14 - Putting down recovered, still not back to running 100%....but on my way I hope. | details |
| mhallett1001 | 47 days | details | |
| Dehydrated | 48 days | stopped running for 2 weeks foir W africa trip | details |
| ah | 48 days | details | |
| chris_b | 48 days | details | |
| iansmith | 49 days | Time, I guess. I need to stretch my soleus muscles regularly. | details |
| heggo | 49 days | details | |
| HitnHope | 49 days | Over-training injury. Painful for a couple of days and again when I ran too soon. But only one run in 14 days did the trick, and some strenuous cycling kept me fit. | details |
| HitnHope | 49 days | Definitely caused by overtraining. Took it really easy through rehab, had one relapse when I pushed too soon. Quite a lot of walking too. | details |
| 55 | 50 days | 6 weeks recovery. Stretching/Strengthening. Scan showed tears and thickening of muscle lining, so I'll have problems for ever really. | details |
| Franc | 50 days | details | |
| Roger T | 50 days | Lots of cycling; three abortive attempts to re-start running (with gaps of 4d, 1w, 2w). Stretching, patience, very gradual return to running (first run 600m). | details |
| mikee | 50 days | Carefully going up with running, stop at any sign! | details |
| Terkelsen | 50 days | Lepo | details |
| simmo | 50 days | Had physio next day, and again 2 days later. Apparently one of the calf muscles attaches under the foot and goes up the inside of the leg - more like a tendon according to the physio. Had massage and taping of foot to ease the load on the muscle. Then the 2nd appointment it was taped again, including rock tape over that particular muscle. Seems to have worked, had a few twinges as I was warming up for the stair race, but then it was fine. | details |
| TommyH | 50 days | details | |
| gas_turbine | 50 days | Farmer walk, lunges, ... | details |
| mikee | 50 days | details | |
| Garry | 50 days | Tried to maintain activity with run-walking, but pushed that too hard initially. Had a few physio sessions. 2nd session followed a very severe reaction to a fairly innocuous session. Picked up cycling to help and changed shoes. Started Pilates at the beginning of March. By HP Camp in 2nd half of March, was feeling recovered. | details |
| Stijn | 50 days | details | |
| mkarst | 51 days | VFF KSO's? | details |
| another_mile | 51 days | Definitely had to do with doing too many miles in zero-drop shoes too soon. A couple weeks of total rest would have resolved this quicker, but switching to the NB minimus definitely helped. | details |
| Nadim | 51 days | Time off and streching after runs helped. | details |
| VladFG | 51 days | details | |
| Mitch78 | 51 days | details | |
| kido | 51 days | 2 runs in 3 weeks. Massage from physio (Kate) | details |
| 55 | 52 days | usual process for torn calf recovery week 1, nothing other than light stretching/walking if it doesn't hurt week 2, cycling, faster walking, stretching, light massage week 3, cycling, jog walk (5mins walk, 1min jog) week 4, cycling, jog walk pyramid week 5, cycling, jog walk, up to 15mins jog week 6, cycling, up to 30mins jog | details |
| grigork | 52 days | details | |
| Maverick | 53 days | details | |
| Reiver | 53 days | Tried to come back too early twice (too much too soon). Complete rest for 2 weeks minimum needed. | details |
| Nadim | 53 days | Time off from running seems to have returned me to normal though cycling in the interim has left me tired. | details |
| torbensfunk | 54 days | details | |
| Durendal | 54 days | Do not run on toes too much. Use better shoes. Make sure to insert a rest day before run, if had calf injury less than a month ago. | details |
| mjd | 54 days | details | |
| bill_l | 54 days | details | |
| USKiwi | 54 days | Two sessions of Osteo / Physio, slow, patient recovery with lots of stretching | details |
| Roger G | 54 days | details | |
| nmulder | 55 days | Probably related to use of anti-biotics. | details |
| Fraser P | 56 days | details | |
| susan | 56 days | Early physio and rest and ice. Don't run on tight / painful calf muscles! | details |
| BruceMeier | 56 days | Had a bit of a break from regular training on September UK trip and did not really notice it there. | details |
| jemmerson | 56 days | details | |
| Rosco | 57 days | took a long time to go away - a lot longer than the physio was suggesting. Although running the CompassSport Trophy set me back a bit. Physio+patience key. | details |
| Scrappy Doo | 57 days | details | |
| heggo | 57 days | details | |
| HitnHope | 58 days | Caused by calf strain pulling on the achilles. Kept off impact work for two weeks, eased back via the gym & off road. Orienteering didn't affect it as badly as road running. | details |
| Orig4mi | 58 days | Over-use, lack of warm up, bad luck? Tubigrip seemed to work like magic. Also much better when not cold. | details |
| Josefov | 59 days | details | |
| therunningpaige | 59 days | details | |
| stig of the dump | 60 days | details | |
| iansmith | 61 days | RICE and lots of time. | details |
| susan | 61 days | Physio. Religiously not half-heartedly. Be strong! | details |
| michalmy | 61 days | Treatment: ice, rest, physio, stretching, Deep Heat. | details |
| Shminty | 62 days | Very slow at getting better. Physio got me running a small amount at a time after 4-5 weeks of not huge amount of improvement. In hindsight shouldn't have gone out running the week after but should have given it 2 weeks rest and then started very slowly again and built up. Exact end date unknown. Cause: Lots of training and maybe not enough rest. Also could have helped self at time but interval running's adreniline made me push on. Next time pain on intervals will be taken serious... | details |
| Fat Rat | 62 days | details | |
| loefaas | 62 days | details | |
| Reiver | 62 days | Again tried to come back too quick. Now running with calf supports. | details |
| RASPUTIN | 62 days | details | |
| Mitch78 | 62 days | Resolu par séance Ostéo chez Alexander - problème venait du bas du dos bloqué. Séance d'acupuncture a aussi fait beaucoup de bien. | details |
| Bomb | 63 days | details | |
| Jagge | 63 days | details | |
| andypat | 63 days | details | |
| mikee | 64 days | rest - good stretching | details |
| Ross Lilley | 64 days | details | |
| tdgood | 64 days | details | |
| PhilW | 65 days | Long rest PT. | details |
| David_Waller | 65 days | If you have to run, don't run uphill. | details |
| zac h | 65 days | Rest - forced by exams seems to have got rid of this | details |
| ami | 66 days | I'm not sure if it's completley healed, but I can run again. | details |
| Macca | 67 days | details | |
| runjunkie | 67 days | Still taking it a bit easy, but seems to be largely healed. | details |
| Brodie Nank | 67 days | details | |
| Mitch78 | 67 days | details | |
| TheInvisibleLog | 67 days | Lots of non-running time. | details |
| Corduroy | 68 days | Tåhävningar och löpvila | details |
| BP | 70 days | details | |
| itsmartin | 70 days | As of Aug 12 I'm not 100% but I well on the way to recovery. I just ran a trail marathon with no ill effects and did a cautious 8-mile road run that also went well. This really required a lot of rest and easing off any time I felt pain while coming back. | details |
| mikee | 70 days | 3 weeks on crutches 2x9 physio, mostly massage. swim after 2 weeks After 3-4 weeks strength training & stationary bike & aquarunning running after 5-6 weeks orienteering after two months | details |
| nmulder | 70 days | Changed shoes and voila... it took me 5 months to realise the injuries and the introduction of new shoes 1 month apart were related. Changing away from Sense Pro to Sense Ride solved the problem within 2 weeks. | details |
| ab | 71 days | details | |
| drwill4 | 73 days | Time Off | details |
| hodgepodge | 73 days | didn't push it (mindful / quit while ahead). kept runs short. | details |
| MeanGene | 73 days | Took so long to recover and tried to start back running too soon. ART and stretching exercises from Rob Jones were right, but didn't gauge how serious the strain was. Before next long run in a hilly area, allow more time to recover. | details |
| tdgood | 74 days | details | |
| VAP40 | 75 days | taking too much time off running and expecting to start back where i finished off. Plus not warming up prop in winter weather. | details |
| Rich | 75 days | details | |
| elavallee | 75 days | Ice, compression and rest were what was needed to heal this. I think it was caused by not warming up before a relatively hard workout. Took longer than I thought to recover from this. Lots of time off. | details |
| Brooner | 76 days | details | |
| Old Daniel | 76 days | Seems that lack of activity and time has eased situation | details |
| paul c | 76 days | details | |
| 55 | 77 days | 6 weeks of nothing other than 2 walk/shuffle combo's per week after 3 weeks of nothing at all. Massage, icing and stretching throughout as well. | details |
| Reiver | 77 days | Don't keep going in a race with a sore calf. | details |
| FE | 78 days | Also had minor tears of the hamstrings. Received excellent physio advice the following day and started rehab with mild stretching (day after!) and strength exercises. | details |
| Roger G | 79 days | details | |
| rickyp | 79 days | details | |
| Bryn | 81 days | details | |
| annawallin | 81 days | details | |
| Marsela | 82 days | details | |
| drwill4 | 82 days | Time. The TDY probably increased the recovery time because I kept aggravating the injury every few days or so. | details |
| blairtrewin | 82 days | details | |
| g.foz.foster | 82 days | Shoes too 'aggressive' in terms of cushioning/drop. Working on scar tissue and building slowly into S&C work. | details |
| MeanGene | 84 days | muscles are very tight and stretching needs to be part of the daily routine from now own to lower risk of strains and pulls. Finally just topped running for 2 weeks and biked. | details |
| andyhill | 84 days | Rest | details |
| pskrivanos | 86 days | The tree week forced break (Nunavik) seems to have healed the injury. However won't know for sure until I really test it during a hard road interval | details |
| Ptr | 86 days | Mest bara distanslöpning och minst en dags löpvila efter varje löppass. | details |
| ahall | 87 days | details | |
| Jubby | 88 days | Frustratingly took multiple attempts to fix. Recovery ladder of calf stretching and raises. First attempt - did not leave long enough. Second time, tried to run on consecutive days. Steady build up, every other day. Visited osteo as well for re-alignment after second pull. In the end decided to focus on easy running - no speedw rok and certainly no track work. | details |
| Daneo | 89 days | Rest, regular massages, stretching, strengthening exercises, anti inflammatories. Starting off at 5 minute run, take a rest day another 5, then up it to 10 and carry on as such adding 5 mins after every second fun until I got to 30 mins and felt good - running on grass. Injury occurred from a rapid increase in speed and miles after previous glute injury. | details |
| andyd | 91 days | details | |
| Garry | 93 days | A few visits to Dr Vic (interesting) and some rest seems to have worked | details |
| mat-d | 95 days | details | |
| darryn | 95 days | details | |
| lazydave | 99 days | details | |
| simmo | 100 days | Strength training has worked to the extent that I can run H3 course, but won't try any training runs for another week. | details |
| msm | 101 days | details | |
| DickO | 102 days | details | |
| mjd | 104 days | details | |
| heggo | 104 days | details | |
| HiipiväHirvi | 104 days | details | |
| BeckyR | 106 days | rest, ice, physio, lots of calf raises/drops and stretching. Had a tendancy to be tight before this injury and still tightens up a lot now | details |
| Bernard | 107 days | details | |
| jonny crickmore | 109 days | details | |
| 222 | 110 days | details | |
| Alistair W | 110 days | details | |
| noalittle | 112 days | finally just healed | details |
| cortelmcm | 112 days | details | |
| 55 | 113 days | Lots of physio and some good new stretches | details |
| Basa | 114 days | details | |
| phil | 115 days | Sehr rasch wieder gut genug um zu Langlaufen (nach 7 Tagen), Skitouren (nach 14 Tagen) und zu Laufen (auch etwa nach 14 Tagen). Muss aber noch Physio machen um die volle Beweglichkeit wiederherzustellen, dies kann gemäss Physio Monate dauern. Leider dann ein up und down weil der verkürzte Muskel die Achillessehnenprobleme massiv verschärft hat. | details |
| Durendal | 116 days | Springa försiktigt under vinter. Korta pass. | details |
| Career Move | 120 days | Too much too soon not enough recovery between reps | details |
| RichB | 121 days | details | |
| Mitch78 | 123 days | details | |
| levitin | 124 days | Time, rest, some strengthening. | details |
| Nadim | 124 days | Rest and walking. | details |
| AC | 125 days | details | |
| richard_b | 129 days | Mycofascial release (acupuncture) at trigger points. Think the calf never healed properly after previous injury (summer 2007) and serious exertion causes body to overreact and contract muscle to protect itself from tearing. Needles a couple of times and physio a few times whilst continuing to build up more training seems to have fixed this. | details |
| shanel | 129 days | details | |
| mjd | 133 days | details | |
| Nadim | 135 days | Rest and cross training. | details |
| Roger G | 140 days | details | |
| skdewitt | 144 days | details | |
| msm | 155 days | Calves are feeling better. My 90 minute run on Sunday went really well. | details |
| g.foz.foster | 157 days | details | |
| Rosco | 161 days | Good break from running with lots of walking around Europe helped sort things out. | details |
| ahall | 166 days | Gonna call it recovered, though it is still a little temperamental. just have to baby it | details |
| Georgia | 178 days | details | |
| redrider | 183 days | Came probably after too much training and too little active recovery / strength training / massage. Took 3-4 months to heal and destroyed the whole season. Treated it with rest, ice, massage, foam rolling, electrotherapy, calf exercises, and stretching. Pain was very deep, felt a lot like blood clot. | details |
| ahall | 201 days | Guess I can call this recovered now, though I am still wearing a calf sleeve every time I go out running | details |
| Roger T | 203 days | Still troublesome during Scottish Six-day but had eased off by end of September and didn't recur when started to do hill reps in Nov. | details |
| mjd | 213 days | details | |
| mparson | 221 days | details | |
| duncanarcher | 228 days | Still getting twinges and muscle twitching, although not as bad as right ankle. But can manage it and able to do 20km in mountains so must be ok? | details |
| benjw | 233 days | Building up slowly, stopping when it hurts, foam rolling. | details |
| duncanarcher | 253 days | Was really quite sore to start with. But took it easy for two weeks, and it seems to settle down. Still getting twinges and muscle twitching for weeks after. But can manage it and able to do 20km in mountains so must be ok? | details |
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| FE | 322 days | Made a minor strain into a grade 2 tear, by not fully resting for 10 days and taking a further 10 days carefully before racing again. Definitely avoid any training on the same day as a deep sports massage, there are too many endorphins flowing to feel if anything is strained further. Had bleeding in the muscle and barely felt a thing and carried on water running! Eccentric exercises are excellent, but running puts more stress still on calves, so build up by alternating walking and jogging if ... | details |
| Charlie | 334 days | It seems that this didn't really come from the fall, or at least that was only part of it. I got a steroid injection at R side L4-l5 and L5-S1, and that seems to have stopped the symptoms. Of course, that may only be temporary and have to do it again. Now it's making me think that my L arm problems of the last few years may also be nerve-related. | details |
| billh | 340 days | this resolved a long time ago, 6 months, then I had a rotator cuff injury, just forgot to close this one | details |
| Philipp | 361 days | Finally got better with new shoes and a lot of stretching. | details |
| glenn | 433 days | Change of running style to use more upper leg muscles and take workload off lower legs | details |
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