I was in the gym the other day doing the calf raise on the leg press machine. After 20 reps or so, on the top of the movement, where my feet were extended, I felt this incredible pain in my right calf. As I took the weight down, my calf muscle was bulged out. I never experienced this before. It was in great pain! As I got up, it was hard to walk and one of the personal trainers saw my calf sticking out and was alarmed at the sight of it. I stretch before and after always, drink plenty of water, so I do not know why this happened. Anyway, it is still sore. I was using 180# on the leg press machine, and I can usually do 2-3 sets of 25 reps, so the weight does not feel that heavy. Anyone experience this and knows what causes muscles to do this?
Calf injury, yikes!
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That sounds like a doc visit!
seeking_guns
Cathlete
Curious to know...what happened with your calf?
Thanks for asking. I did not go to the doctor, I got home and did an ice/heat treatment on it and had my husband massage it down. It is still tender though. I was doing a cycling class yesterday and it just felt real tight. Lots of water, lots of stretching is what I have been doing. Just weird though, why that happened. I will bring it up to my doctor next time I go there.
seeking_guns
Cathlete
I was curious to see how you made out w/ that because I've been having some trouble with my right calf getting very tight on runs. I used to have achilles tendonitis in the other leg, so I went to the doc for it right away -- didn't want to mess around -- and he's not really sure what's going on. Said it might be related to the fascia. ?? So I'm icing and taking anti-inflammatories. Seems to be getting better. One thing that's really helped me is The Stick. Have you heard of it? It's a massage tool that really gets in deep.