Can you still run with a calf strain?

You will need to rest if you have calf strain. If you continue to run you will not give the calf muscles a chance to repair themselves. Depending on the severity of the strain, the pain may not allow you to run anyway. In severe cases you may need a period of immobilisation.

How long should you rest a strained calf muscle?

This injury consists of a more significant, but still incomplete muscle tear. This a partial muscle tear and requires 3 to 6 weeks of rest and recovery before you can return to full activity.

Is it OK to run with calf pain?

You’re bound to have an initial period where your calf is stiff and painful; this is when you should definitely avoid running. Hit the pool or get on the bike, so long as it doesn’t aggravate your calf.

What is the fastest way to heal a calf muscle?

Management and Treatment

  1. Rest: Once you feel calf pain, stop doing physical activity and rest your leg.
  2. Ice: Put an ice pack or cold compress on your calf muscles for 20 minutes every two hours.
  3. Compression: Apply a compression wrap or sleeve to your calf.

Should I stretch a calf strain?

As healing gets underway, it is important you begin a series of exercises to gently stretch the calf muscle. This will help your knee and ankle joints to get back into their normal position. This helps to reduce the risk of further injury.

How do you rehab a strained calf?

Put your affected leg about a step behind your other leg. Keeping your back leg straight and your back heel on the floor, bend your front knee and gently bring your hip and chest toward the wall until you feel a stretch in the calf of your back leg. Hold the stretch for at least 15 to 30 seconds. Repeat 2 to 4 times.

Should you massage a calf strain?

The No HARM protocol should also be applied which includes no heat, alcohol, running or activity, and no massage. This will help ensure decreased bleeding and swelling in the injured area.

Should you exercise with a calf strain?

For a few days reduce the amount of walking you do and gently exercise your calf regularly within pain limits to avoid stiffness. Avoid forceful and stressful activity such as running and jumping at this stage of your recovery.

Do compression socks help calf strains?

Although compression socks cannot cure your calf strain, they can significantly help reduce and alleviate pain and help further prevent calf injuries. Copper-infused compression socks can reduce calf pain and swelling, prevent damage, and treat the issues that are causing calf pain.

Should I massage a calf strain?

A correctly sized compression bandage can also be applied to help limit bleeding and swelling in the injured area. The No HARM protocol should also be applied which includes no heat, alcohol, running or activity, and no massage. This will help ensure decreased bleeding and swelling in the injured area.

How do you rehab a calf strain?

Calf wall stretch (knees bent)

  1. Stand facing a wall with your hands on the wall at about eye level. Put your affected leg about a step behind your other leg.
  2. Keeping both heels on the floor, bend both knees.
  3. Hold the stretch for at least 15 to 30 seconds.
  4. Repeat 2 to 4 times.

Is walking good for calf strain?

Severe swelling can make any pain and discomfort last a bit longer. Walking on recovering calf muscles can also increase recovery time.