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swollen calf muscle

du2dg Posts: 4 Joined: 2005/01/03	2005/02/23, 11:30 AM I am experiencing delayed onset muscle soreness, i think...my left calf is swollen about twice the size of my right...I did calf raises on Saturday and the pain didn't come until Monday. How do I relieve the tightness and swelling?
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2005/02/25, 08:21 AM Ice it, and get it checked out, it shouldn't be that swollen just from working out. I tore my calf muscles once and it took a lot of icing and stretching, and then deep massage. But they were not that swollen,.
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2005/02/25, 08:26 AM Defintiely get to a doc to get it checked out - that degree of swelling is not normal.
	2005/02/27, 06:25 AM this could be something serious...is it really double the size of the other or are you dramatizing?...in any case you may need to go see a doctor ASAP.....i get DOMS after almost every workout and what you're describing seems to be quite a bit different from it...
RugbyPlayer Posts: 6 Joined: 2005/04/03	2005/04/06, 08:12 PM Ive gotten swelling like that after hurting my ankle in a game or practise.... but never from doing calf raises:surprised: