Calf Muscle pain?

Question

Well I do jogg for 3-4 Km, about 3 times a week.

One day when I was running I felt a deep pain at my calf muscle (more near to gastrocnemius muscle, left side). This pain subsided exponentially and I felt comfortable to run again after a day.

This pain did not surfaced for two weeks but today it again came up, and I think is going down exponentially. When it happened in the morning I was limping while walking and now by evening Iam back to normal walk, but it does hurt a bit still.

Whats the reason for this? Shall I bandage this portion of my left leg and then run, or I shall take a break of a week? or month? How can I prevent this to happen again? Most importantly why this is happening? Please suggest, I cannot imagine life without jogging.

Iam 5'5" tall and my weight is 66 Kg.

Answer 1

I did almost the same thing by steping in a hole while running and the thing is just do the same exercies you would do if you had shin splints like facing a wall and putting your hands on the wall for support and the standing on your toes and over and over agian for about a minute it will help build more muscle too.

Answer 2

Running tightens your calf muscles, which may lead to injuries. It could be causing the pain.

Try some stretching, or even better, go for Yoga.

Answer 3

You might want to take a short break, maybe just for one of your normal jogging sessions, to give your muscle time to rest and heal.  Whenever you work out and stress your muscles there are some microscopic tears that form, and your body compensates by making the musle stronger when it repairs it.  It might be just that all of that damage added up over time.  Also, if you dont already, it is a very good idea to stretch your quads, calves and hamstrings before and after you run.

Answer 4

I would highly recommend drills and weight training.

Some high knees, butt kickers, backwards running (kicking the butt also), and a lot of heel walking.

Also weights will help a lot, and when you push off with your leg extend your foot so you are up on your toes. As long as you work out your calf it should give you fewer problems.

Good luck on your training

Answer 5

you need more stretching, and more running. If the calf is tight, you can massage it out with your fist or a rolling pin to get out the knots

Answer 6

i had the same thing each track season theres not much u can do it will go away over time just massage it and streach it