Calf muscle pain ?soleus?

[physio7]

Thanks for that,

I would continue with gastrocs and soleus strtches not pushing into pain just a stretch. 3x 30 sec each.

I would also do eccentric gastrocs and soleus strengthening as long as it it comfortable.
This involves standing on a step with heel of the edge then push up just on good leg. Then with put toes of bad leg on step and lower down just on the bad leg slowly till your heel is below your toes and you have a bit of a stretch in your calf.
Repeat with knees bent as long as you don't get sharp pain.
build up to 3 sets of 15 with knee straight and 3 x 15 with knee bent.
Perform only if comfortable. Up with good lower with bad.

try it out and let me know how it feels.

[guy909uk]

Thanks!
Just a couple of questions.

Should I expect some pain after doing the excercises? Everyone seems to say rest is the key, which makes sense although I seem to have plateau'd over the last week or 2 (i.e not improving), which I find frustrating, and wonder whether starting to try and build back up to training gently is a good idea? I have been swimming this week and tried a cycle, but seem to have made it marginally worse (or just maybe no better!). I appreciate that rest is probably the answer but I seem to have been resting a very long time now, and wonder whether I need to push things along a little? Perhaps that is what the exercises will be intended to do!?
Many thanks for your help,
Guy

[physio7]

Rest from aggravating activities is good.
The exercises shoul not increase pain if they do perform on 2 leg rather that 1.
Seems you have done a lot of resting an then gone back to heavy exercise and back to pain.
You need to condition your calf muscles with stretching and strengthening like i talked about but they should not increase your pain. You should just feel the muscle working and some fatigue.
Swimming should be ok at the moment but nothing that increases pain. we need to settle the pain and strengthen in a non painful manor.