Torn calf muscle. Great. Just Great.

[Xipe Totec]

Not a football player, not a baseball player, not a, God Forbid, Hockey player.

Just a Joe Shmoe walking home from work.

Then, suddenly, snap! A calf muscle detaches. Calf bunches up like a Gordian knot.

Time to call wife for a rescue, just three blocks from the house.

Fucking shit.

Please, no medical advice; It will just force the mods to lock the thread...

Besides, I have a Dr's appointment for tomorrow morning anyway, so professional help is on the way.

Rant /off.

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. m-m-m-m-m-m... veal. n/t

[Xipe Totec]

2. Don't eat me; I can still hobble away!

And beat you back with my walking stick!

[hobbit709]

11. That is considered long pig, not veal.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Try Dr. Johnsons Homeopathic Mercury-free Radium Salve.

Or just walk it off.

[Xipe Totec]

4. Ibuprofen

Until tomorrow.

[Chan790]

5. you have my empathy...

I had that happen last year. Maybe you'll get lucky, mine turned out to be a severe strain...I couldn't straighten my leg for weeks but at least there was no tear so I didn't need surgery. It presented the same way, a snap feeling then a knot just below my knee. It was visibly distorted as well.

[Xipe Totec]

6. Thanks!

I'll have to see what the medic says tomorrow.

:hi:

[Demoiselle]

7. Owie owie ow ow.!

My sympathies. A woman in an exercise class with me many years ago snapped her calf muscle. It made a horribly loud noise that
startled all of us in the room. She went down like a felled ox, poor thing.
Take care of yourself...I'm a big believer in Motrin. And Advil.

[martymar64]

8. that happened to me a couple of weeks ago

I thought to myself "how the hell do I pull a calf muscle?" It happened whilst trying to sprint across a street. It felt like I was shot in the calf, it hurt so bad. It took about two weeks to recover. I didn't do anything, just took lots of ibuprofin for the pain.

You have my sympathies.

[Xipe Totec]

9. That's exactly my scenario

Except I didn't get to sprint; it snapped as soon as I pushed off. I had to hobble across as fast as I could so I wouldn't get run over by traffic.

[Bertha Venation]

10. OW!

So sorry. I hope the doc is able to help.

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. Sprained my ankle badly sprinting away and vaulting...

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... a high chainlink fence after streaking a U.S. movie theatre. I may have been
the first streaker in Europe when that trend hit the States in '73 or '74 (Lady
Godiva nothwithstanding).
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Had to hobble painfully (and painfully slowly) and naked through backed-up
traffic to get to the apartment complex where I had hidden my clothes. My
(ahem) limp was very, um... you know... pronounced.
.
You may have heard of me.
.
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It was raining out. And it was very, VERY cold.
.
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That was my story... and I'm still sticking with it to this day.
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