Any Physios on RIU?

Hello RIU, Jimmy here

Just wondering if there are any Physios or people that have lote of muscle/physical experience?
Anyway moving along I have either torn or badlystrained my calf muscle. It has been 4-5 weeks of rest and ice and it just doesn't feel as if it is getting any better. I originally over stretched both of my calf muscles and then I just ignored the pain being the man that I am and now it is too the point I can't jump or run at all without major cramping and pain. I have been applying ice for 15 minutes 3 times a day and haven't done any cardio or leg weights for 4-5 weeks now but I can't go another 5 weeks off. I have also been getting them massaged by a mate who is a masseuse. They feel as if they haven't changed one bit. Any suggestions?

Cheers, Jimmy

I feel your pain I'm in the same situation

Are you "Sexy and you know it",,,

I suggest going to a dr, self diagnosis is a bad idea

Im no professional but Ive had ALOT of sports injuries some which hurt up to a year. After 1 week you shouldnt really be icing alot. Like every now and then icing is fine to relieve some inflammation but now you should be applying HEAT so more blood goes to the area. Ice constricts blood vessels while heat dilates blood vessels. So start applying heat. Taking hot showers work well. Also take some fish oil everyday because its a good anti inflammatory.

PeachOibleBoiblePeach#1 said:

Are you "Sexy and you know it",,,

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No I exercise and am physical for sport but Im also sexy

Stride said:

Im no professional but Ive had ALOT of sports injuries some which hurt up to a year. After 1 week you shouldnt really be icing alot. Like every now and then icing is fine to relieve some inflammation but now you should be applying HEAT so more blood goes to the area. Ice constricts blood vessels while heat dilates blood vessels. So start applying heat. Taking hot showers work well. Also take some fish oil everyday because its a good anti inflammatory.

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Yeah but if I have a tear I don't want it to tear anymore so I want to keep the vessels frozen so they compress right?

well ive pulled my hanstring, and it helped to take hot showers, heating pad, and tiger balm. still, took me about 7 months to get back to where I was before I pulled it. And even now if I sit too long or it gets cold, it aches

Yeah haven't got 7 months. I have a competition fight in February which I don't plan on missing.

see a dr, asap, do what he says, and train through the pain. I was a dancer, danced and stretched through the pain until my leg was flexible again.

Urca said:

see a dr, asap, do what he says, and train through the pain. I was a dancer, danced and stretched through the pain until my leg was flexible again.

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Yeah I can train through the pain but don't want permanent damage I guess. As long as it is fully healed by the end of December I will have enough time to train. At the moment I can't even jog for more then a minute without it cramping and me falling on the ground.

like I said, visit the dr, find out whether its a strain or a tear before you just push through the pain.
tiger balm the hell out of it at night though, and keep massaging and stretching it. Before you excercise, stretch you calves throughly.
A good calf stretch is a simple point and flex.
Point your toes, hold for a count of 8, then flex for 8. Then again on a count of four, then again on a count of 2. back to 8. should help with the cramping

Thanks URCA Will have to do that...

You're welcome. The timing of the stretch helps if you do it to music, cause then you'll know what I mean by a count of 8. My dance teacher used to have us do that to work on our toe point and to throughly stretch our calves so we have no rips or strains

well I am good at stretching I just over stretched and created a micro tear and from there I just ignored pain and kept working it for 2 weeks before realising shit I cant walk without it hurting.

yeah thats a problem. over stretching imo is almost as bad as not stretching enough

It's only because I keep trying to get my kicking height higher and yeah too far lol

hmm kicking height.... partner stretch. You up against the wall, have a partner pull your leg up as far as you can go. The goal is for you (since your a guy) leg on partner shoulder. for dancers and girls (cause we dont have balls that can be hurt) we're supossed to have it at head height or be able to grab our own legs and pull.
work on your splits. If you can do the splits, you can kick very high. despite my weight (im hella hella fat), I developed my splits and was able to do them in all directions, kick aboved my head.
open your range of motion in your hips.
sit on the ground, open your legs into a wide a v shape as you can, try to get your elbows on the ground when you lean forward.
Once your able to get elbows on the ground, start working on how to pancake yourself to the ground. your chest and head should be on the floor between your legs
once you can pancake, try a roll through.
which means, putting your hands on the floor near your crotch, and rolling up and through a middle split to being face down on the floor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyp3kKDy_iU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU4BbZDvCBM&feature=relmfu

Yeah I try the splits all the time but yeah balls are a pain at times.
I do a range of kicking stretches and can kick on a angle above my head.
cheers URCA

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