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The other night I went to the gym for the first time in awhile. I was working out on the bike and all of a sudden I started getting a charlie horse (a cramp) on my right calve. It started hurting bad, but I didn't want to get up and start running around looking like an idiot, so I kept working out for like a minute, then I couldn't take it anymore so I went into the locker room and walked it off. It took awhile, the cramp part is gone. Its now wednesday and my leg still hurts, badly. I can really flex it while walking. And if you touch the back of my LEFT calve, its flubber-ish like most calves, then when you touch my right one, its soo stiff and it hurts. I've stretched it numerous times today but its not helping. Whats wrong with it and what should I do?
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Tiger balm, massage, stretching, no hard exercise and try adding a little more salt to your diet, especially if you are working out. Then just give it a few more days.
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Its just tight and cramped still... if you strech t it will help
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Your calve is haveing a muscle spasm. this is cauased by a build up of lactic-acid from the cramp, the best way to treat it is to alternate hot packs and ice packs and just keep stretching it gently. sometimes a muscle rub, like Tiger Balm, will help.
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hmm... I'm no doctor, and that sounds like what you might want to visit. When you got the cramp, it is because you were overworking the muscle ever so slightly, and just needed to stretch the muscle out. Because you didn't and kept working, this made the muscle tighter. Have you ever tried to do something when you were really, really cold? Like, so cold that your muscles were tense? It's hard, right? Well, you were working the muscle harder than it's used to while it was contracted. (you shouldn't work a muscle when it's contracted or "tight" or "tense") You've probably overworked the muscle, stressed it, strained it, or worse case scenario, torn it. Talk to your mom and go to the doctor. Be more careful next time you're exercising! Hope it's nothing bad. Talk to God about it, He'll help it heal faster!!
-FunnyCide
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