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What Causes Warm And Painful Calf Muscle Due To Tear?

My husband tore a calf muscle this morning at 9:30. is taking cyclobenzaprine and ibuprofen 800mg both administered 7 hours ago. Has taken hydrocodone for pain 1 hour ago. Calf muscle is warm to the touch, muscle feels hard and is noticeably swollen, also is still causing pain. Is this normal.
Mon, 5 Oct 2015
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meet an orthopaedician get done x ray of knee with leg and leg with ankle
get sonography of achillis tend works out in 15 days get mron and rule out fracture and if nothingi done f or same to rule out ligament injury
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What Causes Warm And Painful Calf Muscle Due To Tear?

meet an orthopaedician get done x ray of knee with leg and leg with ankle get sonography of achillis tend works out in 15 days get mron and rule out fracture and if nothingi done f or same to rule out ligament injury