Calf Strain and Tears
Hands-On, Calf Physical Therapy
Recover Faster. Long-Term Effective Calf Pain Relief
Recovering From Calf Strains or Tears
Your calf is made up of multiple muscles that work together to help your toes, knee and foot move in various directions. The main two directions your calf muscles work to produce are downward and upward motions.
Calf strains and tears occurs when there’s overstretching of muscles or tearing or when a muscle is “pulled”. Calf injuries commonly occur during high speed movements such as running or jumping, but calf injuries can develop over time. If your calf muscles tend to be tight, they may be more susceptible to strains.
Signs & Symptoms
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Symptoms of a calf strain can vary depending on the location of the injury, but most people feel pain in the back of their lower leg and the point of injury is tender upon touch. A calf injury is graded from a 1 to 3 scale, with 1 being the less severe.
Grade 1: Calf Strain with minor tears
• Tender at point of injury
• Muscle tightness
Grade 2: Calf Strain with severe tears
• Walking gait is affected
• Sharp pain in back of leg
• Muscle spasms
Grade 3: Calf Tear
• Walking is difficult if not impossible
• Bruising
• Swelling
• Popping felt or heard when injury occurred
• Sharp pain when moving ankle or knee
Why PT?
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Your physical therapist will determine the grade of your calf injury and work with you to develop a custom treatment plan to meet your needs and goals. To provide an accurate diagnosis, our physical therapists will use hands-on techniques to determine specific location of injury.
- Manual therapy to massage calf area, increase muscle flexibility and reduce any swelling
- Custom exercises to muscle region and restore muscle strength in strained muscle.
- Run/gait analysis to improve form and prevent future injuries.
About Therapydia
Better Physical Therapy Experience
At Therapydia, our physical therapists offer one-on-one, hands-on calf treatment. You’ll spend your entire with one of our expert therapists – we won’t hand you off to a PT assistant or aide. We’ll help you understand what’s causing your pain, what you can do to relieve your pain and ways to prevent reoccurring injuries.
Best of all, you’re covered. Oregon is a Direct Access state, meaning you can see a physical therapist without a doctor’s prescription. Therapydia works with and provides billing for most insurance groups and Medicare. We also accept cash payments.
- Lifetime Wellness
- Hands-On-Care
- Quality Treatment
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