Calf Strain and Tears
Calf Physical Therapy
One-On-One, Hands-On Treatments. 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 reduce future injuries.
About Therapydia NOLA
Better Physical Therapy Experience
At Therapydia NOLA, our physical therapists offer one-on-one calf treatment sessions. 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. Therapydia works with and provides billing for most PPO insurance groups and Medicare. We also accept cash-based payments.
- Lifetime Wellness
- Hands-On-Care
- Quality Treatment
