perpetual calf tightness

Hi all,

I play basketball and I cycle to work every day. I do not stretch very
often. Im finding my calf muscles are getting increasingly tight, not
during exercise but during everyday life. I'm sat here at my desk at
work and my calfs just ache and all i've done today is cycle, i havent
trained or played basketball in over a week. Its more porminent in my
right calf but my left isnt comfortable either.

This isnt a sudden thing, they have ached for more than a year now but
they are starting to get more uncomfortable. I find if I've been doing
sport and I lie down and look at my calfs afterwards they pulse and its
almost liek somethigns moving under the skin. Kind of like little
electrical pulses are causing the muscle to twitch in small palces
every few seconds. Its freaky to watch!

I'm 21, 5ft 8 and ten and a half stone. I cycle to work for 20 minutes
every day up and down soem fairly big hills. I cycle home it takes 15
minutes. I do not feel overly tired when i've finished my cycle as my
cardio is pretty good. I also do not feel my calfs ache straight after
exercise, in fact thats probably when they're most comfortable.

Any suggestions as to what to do?

Thanks
Matt

Cabbage wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I play basketball and I cycle to work every day. I do not stretch very
> often. Im finding my calf muscles are getting increasingly tight, not
> during exercise but during everyday life. I'm sat here at my desk at
> work and my calfs just ache and all i've done today is cycle, i havent
> trained or played basketball in over a week. Its more porminent in my
> right calf but my left isnt comfortable either.
>
> This isnt a sudden thing, they have ached for more than a year now but
> they are starting to get more uncomfortable. I find if I've been doing
> sport and I lie down and look at my calfs afterwards they pulse and its
> almost liek somethigns moving under the skin. Kind of like little
> electrical pulses are causing the muscle to twitch in small palces
> every few seconds. Its freaky to watch!
>
> I'm 21, 5ft 8 and ten and a half stone. I cycle to work for 20 minutes
> every day up and down soem fairly big hills. I cycle home it takes 15
> minutes. I do not feel overly tired when i've finished my cycle as my
> cardio is pretty good. I also do not feel my calfs ache straight after
> exercise, in fact thats probably when they're most comfortable.
>
> Any suggestions as to what to do?

I have suffered a similar problem. I bought a massage stick and it
works- http://www.thestick.com/

HTH

Edward