Topic: Lower calve pain

[Inu]

Through about two weeks, I've been practicing about nothing but kongs, and I did it for about 2 hours a day. after a week of training and finally getting my feel in long-konging, it did mostly that for another week. Then one day, I decided to do some more konging, but my lower calves hurt so much with the first few kongs that I just had to stop for the day, then I tried again the next day and did a wall run, but right after that wall run, pain shot through my lower right calve... and I could only do afew kongs after that, then I had to stop. and it's been like this constantly ever since, a small jog would trigger it, it used to be in both legs, now it's just in my right. I've given it a few weeks to hopefully get better, but it hasn't and I really want to train parkour but I cant if my calve is always in pain.. The longer I stay away from parkour, the less I feel like doing it. 

[Nathaniel Kauffman]

Umm....wrong area of forum for this....and singular form of calves is calf.  Stretch it, and eat bananas would be my generic advice. Or icy-hot.

[Ashley McC]

This should be in the Injuries -Discussion thread.

[Andy Keller]

Moved.

[Steven Low]

Overuse is likely...

[Dr.M]

If it is still bothering you now, I would wonder if there is a possible muscle tear. Have you noticed any swelling or painful areas to the touch on the calf ankle or foot?

A lot of pressure is put through the muscles of the calf with a wall run, especially since when your weight is put into the foot, the ankle is usually full dorsiflexed (toes up), placing further stretch on the muscles. This is advantageous because a quick stretch applied to a muscle allows for a more forceful contraction (idea of training with plyometrics for strengthening), but it also places the muscle at an increased risk of injury. I would have it checked out by a good PT or chiro to rule out any muscle tears.