I played tennis today and my calves are really hurting. They feel tighter. Is this normal?
441884
It is normal.  The back and forth motion, added to the starting and stopping, ends up working muscles that your body is not used to exercising.  Also, playing on a hard surface isn't the best for the calves & shins.  The more often you play, the less your calves should hurt.
1024213
Well there's usally going to be some pain when first starting out, but what I've been doing is squeezing a racquet ball. That helps with strengthening the fingers and getting used to it. But if there's no pain when you play you're not playing hard enough! But your fingers will get used to it.
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It's hard to tell exactly without examining you since your discription of the location of your pain doesn't give me a good idea as to exactly where your pain is, so it's tough to diagnose this way.\n\nWhat I can suggest is starting with an activity that you can perform 100% painfree, preferably as close to running as possible.  If it's jogging, then start there ... or if it's only walking then that's okay too.  I would also recommend doing it on a treadmill initially since you can control the incline and the speed.  Then GRADUALLY start increasing the speed each week ...  but be sure to keep everything painfree. This may take a long time to get you back to running eventually, but that's okay.\n\nTwo more suggestions.  First, make sure you stretch both your calves and your anterior tibialis AFTER exercsing,  Second, a lot of times shin splints is caused by a muscular imbalance between the calves and the anterior tib's, so even if the muscle on the front of the lower leg are strong, they still might be being overpowered by the calves.
1024391
Calves:\n-Put you foot against a pole or door frame and pull yourself torwards it. \n- Put your feet about 2-3 feet away from eachother( one infront of  an other) and push on a wall keeping both feet on the ground. You may have to bring more distance between your feet to feel a stretch. \n- Get into a push up position and take one foot and rest it on the foot that is alreadly on the ground and stretch untill you feel a pull\n-Lie on your back and have a partner take one leg( make sure you keep it streight) and pull it to you, pressing down on the toe and pulling up on the heel. Keep the othe leg on the ground. This is an uncomfortable stretch. It should only be uncomforatble pain, not searing pain. Stop if it is  really hurting. This one needs to be used only after an activity (running, swimming) when the muscles are warmed up.  \n\nHamstrings:\n- Stand and pull on leg behind you so that your foot is around your hip and pull your knee back untill you feel a stretch.\n- You can to the same on the ground, lieing down on you back (if you find it difficoult to keep your ballance)
986194
well just politely ask him, he wont be mad. also make sure you ice it and maybe while doing some movement involved activities were a knee brance or wrap it to provent furhter injury. If you feel that incofindent and to afraid to ask your gym teacher, try calling a doctor or google it or something and try to find an answer. (By the way, make sure you ask him before gym, therefore you can sit out and not have to waste his time explaining your issue during the class)
1169770
You are not getting enough blood flow to your feet.  Try working out barefoot.  The shoes protect your soles but allow you to put too much strain on your calves and thighs where the blood flows.  Bare feet will give you the feedback to cut back on the pressure to the upper legs.  Good Luck!
514800
You seem to be experiencing pressure from either wearing the wrong shoes, which are to tight or you may need to see your physician. You could be an undiagnosed diabetic. If the problem is severe enough to ask questions in this format, it would be beneficial to check with a health care provider about it. Either way, you should have the problem checked out before you have more severe problems develop.
951006
My guess is that your hamstrings (the back of your thighs) and maybe your calf muscles are tight.  If these two muscles are not flexible, then yes, you will feel slight pain, discomfort and soreness when doing yoga.\n\nHowever, if it is a sharp pain that is immediately felt and will not go away, then there is a possibility of a muscle tear.  \n\nIf the pain subsides after a day or two, you are just experiencing soreness.  If this is the case, then yes, will frequent practice you will be able to lengthen these leg muscles and the pain should go away.  It is normal to experience a certain degree of pain when first attempting yoga poses, but in the long term if they do not go away you are either doing the poses wrong or you have injured yourself.  \n\nMake sure you take it easy on some days, to give your legs a chance to rest and recover.\n\nIn any case, always remember to respect your body's limitations and not too push too hard when doing yoga.  \n\nNamaste.
611752
alot fo girls on my tennis team wear spandex under thier skirts, you know to hold the balls in place when your serving and then you dont have to worry and you could get a skirt with an elastic band so it fits and you dont have to keep checking to see if its okay but keep in mind that once you get new clothes your going to have a habit f checking to see if your skirts okay that your gunna have to kick!
105027
If you haven't changed your shoes anytime recently (which might account for this discomfort) it's possible you're having an allergic reaction.  Since it seems to be localized to your instep, it's possible you've been bitten or stung by something.  Monitor the swelling, make sure it doesn't spread.  If it does, take an antihistamine (benadryl).\n\nChances are this is a bite of some kind if you haven't experienced an injury in this area.  Keep an eye on it and see the doctor, he/she may be able to give you something for it.
430973
To prevent a calf strain it is first important to figure out why it happened.  The likely occurence is that you are bouncing on each leg. To put it another way, you are shifting your weight too much onto one foot and then springing off of it when you change direction. To correct this, try keeping you center of gravity between both feet and directly under you. Bend your legs and stay low as you move but try not to put any added strain on the muscle for at least a week or two.  Now to heal and help prevent this injury from happening-- try to do some light jogging before you play. You can also stretch each calf by standing about 1 foot from a fence in a "stride" position. One foot should be about 18 inches ahead of the other just like you took a normal step forward. Now this part is important: make sure each foot is "flat" on the ground, then lean into the fence with your arms just barely out in front of you. You will feel the pull, stretch, of your back legs' calf. Then switch stride positions for the other leg. You do this a few times and the leg soreness should go away in a couple weeks. In the meantime you can always do RICE, thats Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation.  This will help keep any swelling down, you can also add heat to the area intermitenly to increase blood flow to that muscle which will result in faster healing.  If you have a very severe case you should consult a physical therapist.  There are chemicals out there that athletes use to recover from severe muscle strains, but that is best left to the attending physcian.
128471
I would definitely see your doctor. Most likely it's tendonitis. The thing to do would be to RICE it. Rest Ice Compression (with an Ace Bandage or something similar) and Elevation. You might also want to take some Ibuprofen or something similar to that. Get to your doctor before it gets worse though.
657059
If your certain your not diabetic than it is time to see a Dr. and get a referal to a specialist.\nWhat you describe suggests reduced circulation and there are many conditions that this symptom can be attributed to.\n\nNeuropathy or the pain from it responds well to a med called Neurontin.\nBut I am guessing you have been treated since you seem to know the name of your condition?\n\nThis could be anything from wearing tight heels to a vascular/heart condition.\nPlease pursue this with your doctor.
679028
Shoes and socks may have been too tight, and also if you're not used to being on your feet for long periods of time, your body will react...it could also be a sign of bad circulation...if it doesn't clear up in a few days, visit the doctor...
67328
just go to the gym once or twice a week and play by ur self or friends and see  how it feels i just got off crutches myslef ans was gonna play bball but i cant cuz my foot still hurts. just see how it t them next year itf it feels good play.
1123246
You can have strained the gastrocmenius (calf muscle) and every time you over work it or over stretch it you are re-injuring it.\nAnother possibility is that you are not re-hydrating enough. You have to take your weight and divide by half and convert that to ounces. This number is what your body requires daily to maintain it's balance. If you drink anything with caffeine in it then you have to add that much more water to your already needed supply. \nAlways with sports injuries use RICE !\nRest\nIce \nCompression\nElevation\n\nYou can also talk with the sports trainer to work on a program to stretch your anterior tibialis to make sure you balance your muscles both front and back.\nBe careful because you can rupture your calf muscle and this will be detrimental to your sports activities.
230837
me thinks lots wrong but first is poor circulation. go to hospital. Is there anything that may have caused this for starters? Like diabetes, smoking, excessively tight shoes, injury. Is it swollen? spiderbite? check footwear and bed linen, etc. But SEE A DOCTOR NOW