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Pain in calves
Hello I've been skipping since a while and my calves hurt so much that I can't even walk properly anymore when I started immediately the next day it hurt but I thought it's soreness yet even after continuing for a while i still experience alot of pain in my shins pls help
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Apply ice in up and down fashion along the muscle. This process is cryotherapy. Accompany this with calf stretching and exercise.
How to do calf stretching?
Place foot diagonally on wall with heels on floor, and maintaining straight knees lean towards the wall. Hold for 15 to 30 secs. Repeat for 3 times.
For calf exercise- Hold wall for support (if needed), maintain body straight and feet together and parallel to each other. Come on to your toes and slowly, very slowly get your heels back to the floor. Repeat 10 times.
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Supplement adequate protein in your diet for muscle recovery.
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Warm up and cool down exercises are mandatory before you perform any sort of physical exercise.
Else you develop DOMS. Which has happened in your case.
Consult a physio online and do exercises for a few session for complete recovery.
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you can take cold pack for now.
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This condition is known as DOMS Delayed onset of Muscle soreness. It usually occurs after strenuous activity which gets subsides after a week. But the cliche is ...don't stop exercises, continue the same so that muscles get adapted and you no longer experience pain after the same activity
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Stretching will help to an extent
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If it still pains, use hot packs
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Try dry needling treatment techniques under a senior sports physiotherapist
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Visit a physiotherapist if it is too sever or you can try calf streching before and after slipping
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Visit physiotherapy centre for proper diagnosis and treatment
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Hi, all exercises require warm up period for 5min, main exercise for 10min n cool down with ice pack for 2-3 min. So as skipping is a very good exercise for weight reduction, calf toning etc so plz follow above pattern. Let me know how it goes.
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check for vitaD3 and B12 level and follow back with reports, it may be due to deficiency of B12 mostly.
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If you are still skipping stop it right now and let your muscle relax as it is due to weak muscles also or may be Vit B12 deficiency get your Vit B12 check .
Do contrast bath therapy i.e Hot and Cold therapy 5 min dip your legs in cold water and 5 min in hot water and do it atleast 15-20 min each leg it will improve blood flow to the muscle and help your soreness let down.
Then start mild stretching and after that strengthening protocol
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You can consult to a physiotherapist
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Consult a physiotherapist
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Calf and anterior part of muscle may be weak because of this when you are skipping ankle is moving and you muscles comes in overuse so strengthen your weak muscle
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if you have resumed skipping after a gap, that initial soreness persist for some time. but it should not be persistent. if it is persistent and along with calves, shin bone pain is there with pain on touch, should take break for few days. have your vitamin d tests done and consult sports injury specialist around for further guidance and safely return back to what you enjoy most.
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add balanced nutrition to your diet. take milk and products, if not possible, go for vitamin d and calcium supplementation but sure consult before moving forward
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How many counts you do?
You can give ice therapy for 10-15 minutes twice a day for 1 week..
You should do calf and Hamstring stretching exercises with proper guidance.
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If the pain persist or aggrevates you should consult a physiotherapist for complete assessment and treatment.
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Ms. Komal Jagtap Gaonkar (PT)
Physiotherapist
14 yrs exp
Mumbai
Do regularly calf stretching. And hamstring stretch.
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Mr. Avijit Das (PT)
Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
7 yrs exp
Kolkata
May be reason of pain DOMS or vitamin
deficiency.
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Rest.
ice.
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if pain not reduce after 3days then go for vit D total test.
after complete the test let me know then I will tell you what to do next.
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Dr. Ingelala Uma (PT)
Physiotherapist
13 yrs exp
Nellore
If u weight gain recently after a gap of skipping,then if u started suddenly ur calf and shin of tibia pain which may also cause shin splints,because proper foot wear along with balanced weight transformation should be same to both legs.
Calf and hamstrings stretching,proper warm up and cool down exercises has to be done.
Count of ur skipping can be reduced after muscle soar ness reduced u can improve the count slowly.
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do icing 3-5 times a day for 15 mins
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visit nearby physiotherapy clinic for proper assessment and exercises
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