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Calf Injury that went pop.
If you are over 35 and your and your calf muscle felt like it went pop and now you can’t walk, sounds familiar?
A combination of far too many things to detail in this article has caused your injury.
Whatever the cause this is what you need to do.
I could list 20 things that may have caused it but your injury may have happened at any time.
Whatever the cause “This is what you need to do”
R.I.C.E Rest Ice elevation compression and elevation.
1- You need to thin the blood* before taking one aspirin a day consults your doctor or an expert at the chemist. Always take the prescribed amount never more.
2- Use compression calf guards not all day but for 2 hours then take them off for 30-60 minutes. If you plan on wearing them when asleep don’t wear them for 1 hour before and 1 hour after. You also need to allow the blood to flow thru freely.
3- Regular massage to break down scare tissue forming (self protection mechanism) the shortening of the muscle will cause problems when you train again.
D.I.Y massage rub fingers both ways across the injured area and seek a sport injury professional for ultra sound acupuncture and soft tissue treatment.
4- Heat to increase the blood flow and speed up the healing process.
5- Use a cross trainer to keep area from tightening up. Train below 80% or 75% if you have never used one. You will hardly lose any fitness.
6- Hold stretches for 30 to 60 seconds mainly foot up against the wall and lean into the wall stretching the calf and hold.
7- If you can use a pressure plate then do 20-30 seconds on both legs each leg and really get the vibration right into the injured area.
Calf injury tips.
Cycling choose a flat route & stay seated when cycling.
No running for 14 days NO 10 days is NOT enough even if you are a marathon runner or Ironman.
The time you will lose if the calf pulls again during your build up or WORSE DURING the race is much greater than the small loss (if any) run specific fitness that may be lost by NOT running.
Mark has experienced this major injury problem himself and has helped many others to overcome it in their build up to an important competition.
Most have been surprised that the injury did not re-occur during their race and their performance did not suffer from lack of run training.
NOT ONE PERSON WHO HAS SPOKEN TO ME HAS BEEN DISSAPPOINTED FROM GOUNG FROM ZERO TO HERO. One day cant walk to eventaully running all the way with no problems.