I have pain

Fark!!! I should have seen this coming, too damm thick headed to see the sign. I am popping pills coz I am in pain. Why?? Read below

Calf muscle injuries can happen to runners, walkers and all sorts of ball players, but they are painfully common in racket sports that require a lot of quick starts and stops. If your calf muscles are too tight, they can't take the sudden stress, so they strain, they pop, and end up causing you real grief.

Tight Calf Muscles
(Gastrocnemius and Soleus)

A common problem in athletes is tight calf muscles, especially in runners. The symptoms are a gradual tightening in the calf muscles which can get worse when running or improve while running only to tighten up later.

Why do they tighten up?

• You might have a compartment syndrome.
• You might have a bio mechanical problem in your running style and need orthotics. See a sports injury specialist or podiatrist that can do bio mechanical analysis.
• Your muscles have gradually tightened up over a period of months through poor stretching.

Tiny micro tears in the muscles cause them to go into spasm. When they are in spasm or contracted then blood cannot easily get into them. The muscles have squeezed the blood out like a sponge. If the muscles do not get enough blood then they will not get enough nutrients and so will tighten up to protect themselves and weaken and so on.

Pain!!!!!!