Well, there you go. I pulled my right calf during my lunch run today. I am not quite sure what happened ... I was running laps at the gym, about half hour into the run I started feeling some pain in my right calf. The pain grew sharper, sharp enough that I though to myself "I should stop", I was 3/4 into the loop. I heard a popping sound, then started limping. I though to myself, "well f&ck ... I teared my calf again ...".
It's the exact spot I teared my calf a couple of years ago. I have had a lot of scar tissue from that time. I stopped running then for almost 2 months. I want to nurse this injury to minimize the impact to my running schedule this time though, so i have to educate myself now. In particular, I know I will have to step out of the running game for a few days, but not two months. When the pain symptoms have re-ceded I can start picking up some mileage. I need to facilitate good blood flow through the damage tissue and ensure that my tissue fibers align properly during regeneration or i will continue to have issues with my right calf. That is achieved though soft stretching. Also I need to minimize scar tissue buildup with massage and ice.
The initial onset use R.I.C.E (Rest Ice Compression Elevation). I kept my leg elevated at work. When I got home I applied ice, 20 on 20 off for 2 hours.
Bummer for my leg ... I wonder, what I did to cause that.
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