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How Can Calf Pain With Weakness Be Treated?

I was leaning over a couch lifting a roll of fabric onto the back of a couch with my legs up against the front of the couch and heard a loud pop. After that I felt a pain like a Charlie horse in the calf area of my leg and when I try to walk on it i feel no pain just my leg feels weaker. But when I flex my foot toward my knee, I feel a Charlie horse in my calf. What could I have done to it? I don t feel any pain except when I point my toes or flex my foot upward toward my knee (like a Charlie horse) and I don t feel any numbness anywhere.
Fri, 8 Aug 2014
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Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement,  's  Response
Hello,
Thanks for your query.
From description it seems to be calf strain. There is partial tearing of muscle fibres .

I advice you to follow the below mentioned guidelines -

* Give adequate rest to the involved muscle group and avoid any movement that causes pain
* Ice packing once in every 2 hours over the affected area
* Local application of muscle relaxant gel
* Take anti-inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen to reduce pain and local swelling or inflammation.
*Wrap the calf with a compression bandage to help keep swelling under control.
Full recovery takes approximately 5-8 weeks.Be careful not to wrap the bandage too tight.
*Keep the leg elevated when seated, and when you need to be up on the injured leg, insert a heel pad in your shoe to help shorten the calf muscle, which takes a portion of the strain off it.

I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
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How Can Calf Pain With Weakness Be Treated?

Hello, Thanks for your query. From description it seems to be calf strain. There is partial tearing of muscle fibres . I advice you to follow the below mentioned guidelines - * Give adequate rest to the involved muscle group and avoid any movement that causes pain * Ice packing once in every 2 hours over the affected area * Local application of muscle relaxant gel * Take anti-inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen to reduce pain and local swelling or inflammation. *Wrap the calf with a compression bandage to help keep swelling under control. Full recovery takes approximately 5-8 weeks.Be careful not to wrap the bandage too tight. *Keep the leg elevated when seated, and when you need to be up on the injured leg, insert a heel pad in your shoe to help shorten the calf muscle, which takes a portion of the strain off it. I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query. Take care