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Suggest Treatment For Lower Leg Pain

last week i had a sharp pain in the back of my right leg from my knee down to my ankle,this occurred during bowling. it hurt pretty good for two daYS BUT GOT BETTER TO THE POINT THAT I THOUGHT I COULD BOWL THE FOLLOWING WEEK.i got through the first two games but the pain came back,but i finished. again i feel pretty good but a dull pain is still there.would a brace of some kind take the pressure off of this or do you think it definately needs more rest? how long?
Mon, 16 Oct 2017
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You have in all probability strained your calf muscles of the right leg during bowling. Muscle injury could be just a stretch or sometimes muscle fibers can get torn. The healing process would depend on the degree of the muscle injury. The fact that after one weeks rest when you did bowling, the pain and discomfort recurred strongly suggest that few muscle fibers could be torn. This would take about 3 weeks rest. The main treatment is REST to the right leg till complete healing of the injured muscles. Please limit your ambulation to the minimum. Please do not massage the muscles as it may aggravate the injury and delay healing. Hot fomentation would help in relieving muscle spasm and pain.
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Suggest Treatment For Lower Leg Pain

You have in all probability strained your calf muscles of the right leg during bowling. Muscle injury could be just a stretch or sometimes muscle fibers can get torn. The healing process would depend on the degree of the muscle injury. The fact that after one weeks rest when you did bowling, the pain and discomfort recurred strongly suggest that few muscle fibers could be torn. This would take about 3 weeks rest. The main treatment is REST to the right leg till complete healing of the injured muscles. Please limit your ambulation to the minimum. Please do not massage the muscles as it may aggravate the injury and delay healing. Hot fomentation would help in relieving muscle spasm and pain.