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Calf bang

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mattdayro
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So i went skiing on the weekend and had a bunch of backseat landings, I went today and my calfs hurt soo much i went in early, has this happened to neone else? and ideas how to fix it? i really wanna ski tomo
Feb 17 2010 7:55PM
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JahJahBinks
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Advil.
Feb 17 2010 7:56PM
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dylansiggers
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Dont land backseat. maybe ice them tonight.
Feb 17 2010 7:56PM
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Ben.
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rowen says he got this when he switched to fulltilts.
Feb 17 2010 7:57PM
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mattdayro
Posts: 386 - Karma: -5
too bad i ride ghosts
Feb 17 2010 8:00PM
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Mr_FreshShirt
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i afterbang way to hard and this happens to me
Feb 17 2010 8:01PM
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Ben.
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im not saying related to the boots... im just saying he had a similar problem, perhaps you could pm him and ask.
Feb 17 2010 8:03PM
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mattdayro
Posts: 386 - Karma: -5
is his ns id just rowen?
Feb 17 2010 8:07PM
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.peter
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calf bang?
either you have the skinniest legs on the planet, or you strained or pulled a muscle and should get that checked
Feb 17 2010 8:17PM
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garygohard
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yeah this and as the first guy said advil

Feb 17 2010 8:26PM
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Walter.
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this is called shin bang... alot of people get it in the freestyle skiing world... I would suggest booster straps, making sure your boots fit before buying, and getting fulltilts... for tomorrow ice your shins take some Advil then be sure to keep your boots really tight and try not to land backseat.
Feb 17 2010 8:57PM
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bryant
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i think that he is referring to a pain other than shin bang. and i dont think full tilts are the end all be all of solving shin bang.
Feb 17 2010 9:00PM
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philwbc
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Well. He is definitely not talking about shin bang here :) I've a bit similar problem, but it's fibula bang ( basically my other bone hurts and muscles hurts from skiing and landing backseat ).

If it's your calves that hurts it might be an overexagarated muscle. And you might need to take a break because it will basically not heal unless you do so (happened to me one time aswell).


With my "fibula bang" I've been recommended to land switch for a while, you can ice it (as you can do with all kinds pains from skiing) and take some advil if you wanna continue skiing some pow or what ever. Also some people told me that you can tighten the boot strap too much, since it puts alot of pressure on your calves and fibula, considered that it's different case with shin bang .

Good luck
Feb 17 2010 9:31PM
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Aton.Jones
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i switched to full tilts this year as well and got this too. it happens when i ski outside of the park and i try not to lean back too much but i think that may be the problem.
Feb 17 2010 10:10PM
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Pwn.Mode
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i found the ultimate soultion. spk boots with fulltilt liners. mmmmm intuition.
Feb 17 2010 10:12PM
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MAPLE_SYRUP
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hey big calves have feelings too :(

mine were hurting yesterday from diggin up a rock sw. OUCH
Feb 17 2010 11:23PM
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drod
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This happened to me just last month! Could be like the dude above said with skinny legs... cause I got chicken legs! But It also only happened because I kept landing backseat one day practicing my 7's, and the next day when I went out I was in so much pain that I had to stay in for an extra long lunch to wait for the 4 advil I took to kick in... After that though I was all good. Oh and loosen your boots a bit to, that helps.
Feb 18 2010 12:45AM
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mattdayro
Posts: 386 - Karma: -5
tried basically all of that but at the end of the day my calfs become so weak that i have to crawl up a staircase
Feb 18 2010 1:31AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Basically, my calfs are weird shaped and dont like some boot tongues. Full Tilts put me in a really vertical position when I skied, forced the front against my shins really bad, then bruised the back of my shins when I overcompensated cause of the pain.

If your boots still feel like shit after your fourth day, ditch em.
Feb 18 2010 1:59AM
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Scott29~
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or just try to cut them up and fix them ; )~
Feb 18 2010 2:23AM
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Candy
Posts: 1051 - Karma: 176
One of my friends has super skinny legs and he keeps telling me he has intense pain on the back of his calves. It could a similar thing. I don't know what to tell him either, cause his boots are properly fitted and he skis fine.

+K for actual solution as well!
Feb 18 2010 2:38AM
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TimmyK
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Tongues can be shaped to your lower leg to help prevent this.   Calf bang, it's the same fit problem as with shin bang, reduce the volume in the boots upper, by heat molding the tongue, adding foam or, moving/remounting upper buckles, and don't land backseat. 
Feb 18 2010 10:20AM
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jibking1212
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Put icey hott on..and stretch
Feb 18 2010 11:16AM
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