Calf strain

Philinmerthyr
Philinmerthyr Posts: 135
edited September 2012 in Road general
Should I use hot or cold spray to treat a clalf strain? :(

Should I stop riding, ease up a bit or carry on through the pain? :?

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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    For muscle pain: R.I.C.E - Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.
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  • Joeblack
    Joeblack Posts: 829
    Philinmerthyr wrote:
    Should I use hot or cold spray to treat a clalf strain? :(

    Should I stop riding, ease up a bit or carry on through the pain? :?

    It's very rare to strain your calf, it's more likely you've pulled your tricep (not the one in your arm, google leg tricep) if this is the case it should take vary long to heal but you will need to stretch it gently but regularly until it has and then once it's better you need to pay attention to stretching it quiet vigorously before you exercise on it
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  • Ride hard
    Ride hard Posts: 389
    If you're referring to Deep Heat and Deep Freeze, the latter is to be used as soon as an injury occurs (it helps to stop swelling and inflamtion just like an ice batch after intensive exercise would). Whereas, the former is for longer term use (but stinks to high heaven!).

    As the other poster suggested though, RICE is always the way forward as an injury is not going to heal if you keep aggravating it with more exrecise.
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