Oct 24, 2005 7:32 PM
I NEED HELP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
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Ok, for the past few days my calves have been real tight. I have a district meet on Wednesday so can someone tell me how to get rid of the tightness in my calves by then it would be greatly appreciated.
If you can, see if you can get them rubbed out by an athletic trainer. Of course, it's only two days before, and you don't want to be sore for your meet, so if you get them rubbed out don't get it done too hard. If you can't get that done somewhere, then try stretching them a bit, or using a running stick. Don't stretch too hard, though, you don't want to pull something.
Good luck, maybe you'll wake up in the morning and they'll be all better.
Heat them. That and using a running stick helped me a lot with stretching. Good luck!!
My coach always says its good totake an ice bath the night before a race if you have any soreness. I have never tried it but ive heard that it works from people who tried it.
1. stretch in any free time you have
2. ice massage (freeze ice in a paper cup then masages your calves with it)
3. tiger balm, or icy hot works well to losen muscles
try cramer atomic balm (hot..don't get it on your other parts)
or cramer RED HOT (REALLY FRIGGIN HOT)
I had a little bit of that, and its possible it could be compartment syndrome, if it always happens. but you might just need to stretch more and ice it
I had the same problem a couple weeks ago. My calves and the area below were so tight they couldn't be rubbed out. I talked to a friend of mine and she said needed to drink more water and use a foam roller. It worked great! I use the foam roller before and after my runs and I haven't had any problems since.
I get tight calves sometimes and I still find the best thing is stretching them out on the stairs or any other raised surfaces with something to help you keep your balance, I like running sticks and foam rollers too - make sure to keep hydrated and apply heating and cooling creams if necessary.
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