Owwww I've strained my calf muscle sitting comfortably in a recliner!

Apparently your body doesn't like it when you simultaneously point your foot downward and try to extend your knee at the same time...because apparently when you do that the muscle instantly goes into spasm and you roll around on the ground for 5 minutes in pain. Stupid muscles that cross over two joints and stupid recliner chairs that lull you into a false sense of security thinking that you couldn't possibly injure yourself there.

:(

My leg hurts!

you wouldn't have needed to get up and as such would not have injured your bad self. :shrug:

if only the fridge was located within arm's reach of my chair, I wouldn't have had this problem :mad:

each of sugar and salt in it and drink it down.

It helps, it really does.

also, get something round and sturdy like a wooden rolling pin, put it down on the floor and put the arch of your foot on it. let all your weight rest on that arch, with the wooden cylinder under it then roll back and forth all the while keeping your weight on that foot.

Releases toe cramps excellently.

I'll live but I have a feeling it will still be sore in the morning

it makes the muscle relax the other way. Foot should be perpendicular to the leg. I wasn't kidding about the OJ w/added ingredients.that is basically rudimentary Gator-Aid and it used to work for me when I got them all the way down my hamstring muscle.

I had them so bad during my pregnancy I learned to never stretch my leg unless my foot was flexed instead of pointed.

Hope it feels better soon, and yoga helps with that too, keeps the stretch going. I only learned about yoga's benefits in the past 18 months, wish I had taken it up at a much younger age.

OH yeah my massage therapist swears by this: dissolve the following in a very hot bath:
1/4 cup each: baking soda, epsom salts, sea salt.
Hottest bath water you can stand.
Soak 20 minutes.

I use this when my fibromyalgia kicks in and I ache from head to toe, good for minor muscle strains too.

Then you lead with the balls of your feet.

I so needed that one...

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So glad I was not sipping anything when I read that!

:P

I'm sorry. I figured it was just one of those spasms that goes away in a minute or so after you go "Aaah, aaah, aaah..." because you're scared it's gonna rip the whole muscle and you point your foot the other way until it loosens up and then massage the calf...









This is getting me hot. :blush:

I get those cramps every now and then and it usually subsides but the spasm was so intense this time that I think it strained the muscle a little. Nothing major but it still hurts a bit an hour later and will probably be sore in the morning. I had to actually ice it up a bit...what a dumb injury!

Your body doesn't like it when you sneeze while tying your shoes, either.

I learned that one the hard way.

Woke up screaming it hurt so bad. The next day my calf was black and blue. Now I try not to stretch my ankle full down when my leg is straight.

I know exactly what you're going through, and I hope you feel better soon.

I *HATE* it when I do that. x(

Don't do that anymore....:silly: