Suggest Treatment For Pain In The Calf Muscles

Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 2016

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Tue, 19 Jul 2016 Answered on

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Question : I pulled/strained a calf muscle in my leg about 4 weeks ago.It is still very painful and is restricting my movements especially walking and coming down stairs.
How can I speed up my recovery.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
You need to do physiotherapy

Detailed Answer:
Hello, I have studied your case and I think you have pulled your muscles. It may take one month for complete recovery. I have following suggestions for you.
1.Start calf stretching exercises, physiotherapy and hot water fomentation.
2.Apply compression bandage to calf.
3.Avoid standing for long time.
4.Tablet Etoricoxib 90 mg one daily.
5.volitran ointments local application.
I hope these steps will be helpful for you to speedup recovery. Let me know if you want to ask any other follow up questions. Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar