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Yes! I feel like my calf muscles are both a mess of tight knots. I get some relief with acupuncture, and I use the stick and foam roller, but it feels like they are just deep in there. I even had a horrible calf cramp at the end of a long bike ride on Saturday - as I pointed my foot to clip in, the whole calf just knotted up. It hurt for a while after, and my chiro even worked it out some that afternoon. I have been thinking of getting a sports/deep tissue massage and seeing if that helps with tightness all up the kinetic chain from the calf into the hamstring and hips. I am tight!
Has your acupuncturist worked on it?
Thanks, MoS...that's my next task is to find a place that can do the right kind of massage. With the soreness in my heels coming on, I am afraid of developing PF and want to nip this frigging thing in the bud!
Yes! I feel like my calf muscles are both a mess of tight knots. I get some relief with acupuncture, and I use the stick and foam roller,
I use the stick on my hamstrings and the foam roller on my quads. But, I also stretch both multiple times a day. It seems to have helped a lot. I also hand massage my calf muscle while I watching tv.
I saw my chiro today and kind of did a "where do we stand" update on the progress. I feel a little better - as he reminded me, after the initial week or so, I have not avoided my activities - just scaled back a little. I also picked up a new gadget for rolling - it's the one he uses and it seems to work better on that area. It's ridged, hand-held like the stick, but with ridged foam on it. It's pretty cool. So I'll stick with that, and I have a deep tissue massage scheduled next week. So I'll give it some more time and work in more stretching and self-massage on my own too.
One thing to keep in mind with chiropractic care, after a good while with no significant improvement, my chiropractor suggested I see someone else... Some times they do like to treat indefinitelySent from my iPad using Tapatalk
When I had achilles tendonitis, I got bi-weekly massages and focused on my calves, used my stick, did yoga at least once a week, and did eccentric calf raises 3x a day. I feel like nobody on this board ever wants to listen to me when I tell them it's calves, calves, calves. All of the above has also fixed peroneal tendonitis and plantar faciitis.
I do think calf massage by a professional on some semi-regular schedule would be helpful. I should look into that. There is a massage place convenient to me that has good hours and does a good job, at least when I've been there. Way pricey though.
I don't give a shit. Whatever Rochey says, I'm doing.:eccentric stretch: