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What is a Calf Strain?
A pulled calf muscle is a strain within two muscles in the lower back of your leg that make up your calf. These muscles are referred to as gastrocnemius and soleus muscles. When a strain happens, muscle fibers are slightly torn.
A pulled calf muscle happens when your internal muscles are overstretched from exercise. Athletes and runners experience this as a common injury. A stretched calf muscle injury can be minimal, ranging from brief overpulling to a long-term chronic injury.
Stretched Calf Muscle Symptoms
Symptoms of a stretched calf muscle can vary depending on the injury's severity. A mild strain can cause pain and a sensation of pulling within the lower half of your leg. Other signs of a stretched calf muscle include:
• mild swelling
• redness
• bruising
• inability to stand on the ball of your foot
You'll still be able to walk with a mild strain, but it won't be comfortable. A Severe muscle strain can also leave you with sharp pain affecting your mobility, making walking difficult.
How can you treat a pulled calf muscle?
Naturcel offers a wide variety of products that contain active, vital ingredients such as, arnica, menthol, and Camphor.
These ingredients are all-natural and provide healing properties such as pain relief, anti-inflammatory, and wound healing.
Naturcel Sport's Relief & Recovery Roll-On will work best for your pulled calf muscle strain due to their intensive healing properties. They provide structure & support externally while fighting inflammation and repairing injured muscles internally.
Prevention: Naturcel's pain management product line offers dozens of other benefits to help heal wounds and prevent them by helping your muscles recover quicker from exercise-induced inflammation. Always wear protective gear when engaging in any sport or physical activity.
What else can I do?
Calf muscle strains will take a few days to resolve, but depending on the severity, it can take up to 6 weeks to 100% heal.
Other treatments you can do to speed up your pulled calf muscle recovery can be to:
- Wrap Ice or a cold compress on your calf for 10 minutes at a time, repeating this process every couple of hours.
- Use a Naturcel Pain Relief Tape, which will help to reduce swelling and increase mobility
- Rest your leg above heart level, which will decrease swelling
- Rest for 24 hours without disturbing your calf muscle as best you can. You can return to your daily routine after being 100% free from pain, swelling, and discomfort.