I swear my body fucking hates me. Went skating monday morning, 3rd sesh in 3 weeks, so I was starting to feel comfortable on the board again....Then after an hour of skating, I tried to ollie off this small launch ramp and my calf fucking exploded. Felt like getting stabbed in the calf. So, pulled muscle. Nothing major but I've been limping for two days and apparently, I will have to wait around two months to hop on the board again. So there goes my skateboarding spring.
Anyone dealt with that kind of injury before? btw my calf started to hurt a little before this happened, but I brushed if off and kept skating....so if you have some minor muscle pain during a session, my advice is to stop skating to avoid a real injury....
I feel your pain mate, haven't done that to my calf specifically, but i'm like a walking injury management example most of the time these days...ice for the first 24-48 hours, then heat after that, and just rest up for a few days, follow your docs advice and don't rush back to skating.
I've been working off another ankle roll for the past couple of months, it has been lingering a bit but manageable... went out for a couple hours on sunday and banana peeled trying to land a fakie 3 shuv, landed tail heavy and went down awkwardly onto an outstretched hand with my back kind of twisted and legs out to the side... I've managed to pull/tear something in the bottom of my back, so I'll be out for a month I reckon...pretty sure this is an old injury that i've just managed to wake up again.
Skating in your 30s and beyond seems to be mostly about managing injuries and fitness, and just fitting in what skating you can when your body is feeling cooperative!
fuck fakie 3 shuvs, not going there again.