Need help - calf raises problem

[lavi]

Last friday I did seated calf raises (5x15) and near the end i started get a very sharp pain in the middle of my foot. It would also sometimes feel like there is something there (under the middle of my foot). My 30 min walk home from the gym was made quite unpleasant...

After a few days it went away, but today on my second set it came back. Whatever shall I do? It doesn't feel like a muscular pain...

 

[tzan]

The only thing I could think of is a cramp. Are you making sure your drinking enough H20?

 

[lavi]

I do drink plenty of water...

I really don't think it's a cramp although obviously I don't know . What should I do if it is a cramp?

It almost feels like its a nerve or something...

Thanks for your input tzan!

 

[Dave949]

There is an old story about a guy who goes to the doctor and tells the doctor my arm hurts when I do this and the doctor says to him,
WELL DON`T DO THAT!!! ........

Hey Lavi..... does you foot hurt when you are doing standing calf raises or just when seated ?

Also.... I realize your kinda new at this and one must understand you are asking your body to do many things it is not accustomed to doing. It is not uncommon to feel all kinds of tweaks and pains (Im not talking about specific injuries right now) in the course of the first year of training. Your tendons, ligaments, bones, muscles, skin, etc etc are all adjusting to the rigors and extremes of lifting weights.

Ever hear the expression: Boy, you are gonna feel muscles sore that you never knew you had !!!! catch my drift.......

I`m sure it is nothing serious Lavi. You also may have strained a small lil muscle in your foot.

Look at the bright side. Its a growing pain. YOUR GROWING MY MAN !!!!

Pump on .....

 

[lavi]

Thanks for the reply Dave!

Well after It started to hurt from seated, I tried standing and those hurt too. But that's probably because I already messed up my foot from seated...

Usually I just work through "tweaks and pains" but this really doesn't feel right. I'll try standing standing next week and if that gives me problems then this thread'll get a nice little bump

I can't ignore my calves people!


"Look at the bright side. Its a growing pain. YOUR GROWING MY MAN !!!!"

How true. Shirts and pants are getting tight. I gotta buy some new clothes this weekend

 

[Dave949]

Shirts and pants are getting tight. I gotta buy some new clothes this weekend

Right on Bro !!! Its a damn good feeling huh

You da man !!!

Pump on .....

 

[lavi]

Right on Bro !!! Its a damn good feeling huh

You da man !!!

Pump on .....

Umm, wearing tight pants is NOT a damn good feeling


Anyway, I take it no one else has had the calf raise problem...

 

[big4life]

Make sure that you stretch after each set.

 

[Dave949]

Umm, wearing tight pants is NOT a damn good feeling

True...... but buying new pants cuz you have outgrown your old pants means your leggs and glutes are growing and THAT is a damn good feeling !!!

Pump on .....

 

[lavi]

big4life - thanks, I'll make sure to do that.

Dave - I'm just messin with ya

 

[Backlash]

I have had foot pain in the arch of my foot when doing calves. I just stopped doing them for about a week or 10 days and it was ok when I started again. Listen to your body.

 

[lavi]

Thanks backlash!

Last week I figured that since the pain went away within a few days I'd be ok. Oops.

 

[callthedoctor]

Might possible be a touch of plantar fasciitis....maybe from straining your arch on your calf raises?

Do a web search and see if you have similar symptoms....

I got this after a severe heel bruise playing basketball....went away by streching all parts of foot/toes/calf...does it hurt in the morning?

 

[lavi]

Thanks callthedoctor. I looked into it just now, it seems that the pain is normally (yet not limited to) more towards the heel rather the middle under arch where I have been having it.

The information I found recommended rest and stretching, which is what you guys have told me to do anyway . If I get the pain again next time I do calf raises (2 weeks), I'll look more into this.

-Thanks very much

 

[bigstve12]

try some anti-inflammetories as well

 

[lavi]

Thanks bigsteve

I haven't done calf-raises since friday but today while walking home from the gym the pain in my arch came back. I had to walk on the side of my foot lol...

Would anti-inflammatories be only a temporary solution?

 

[wildonsquats]

try a different foot position.. i had the same problem a long time ago and found by rotating your feet either outside or inside it took away the pain. I know this works works your calves differently but it just took me some getting used to the weight on my arches.