Member of the Month

partyandBS
December, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Why do my calfs hurt newschoolers??

profile picture
Greenfield*
Posts: 467 - Karma: 31

ok so for a while now iv notice when i land backseat or when im leaning back in my skis to butter my calfs feel like there splitting and it hurt so much i have no idea why, could it be my boots are to tight or lose or what? please help k+

Jan 5 2012 5:15PM
0 0
profile picture
skijunkiedtm
Posts: 9229 - Karma: 61
Don't ride/land backseat, it's you not the boots.
Jan 5 2012 5:21PM
0 0
profile picture
kamron_708
Posts: 944 - Karma: 1,129
Tighten up those calf buckles
Jan 5 2012 5:29PM
0 0
profile picture
Njens.
Posts: 1688 - Karma: 46
because you touch yourself at night
Jan 5 2012 5:31PM
0 0
profile picture
CassiusClay
Posts: 1757 - Karma: 2
Here's what happened. You ate shit really hard landing backseat one time (I'm sure you'd remember it) and likely have a small tear/bruised calf. Let me guess, every time you go skiing or even put on your boots for that matter it is pretty painful? There isn't much to heal this issue, just take it easy for a few weeks and the muscle will heal itself. Skier thumb, shin bang and calf problems are probably the most painful, non-'full' injuries in skiing
Jan 5 2012 5:36PM
0 0
profile picture
Greenfield*
Posts: 467 - Karma: 31
yea i do remember it was a while ago i cant belive its still obhter me, thanks man! k+
Jan 5 2012 6:09PM
0 0
profile picture
TheClap.
Posts: 21672 - Karma: 4,158

Jan 5 2012 6:11PM
0 0
profile picture
yeahno
Posts: 4008 - Karma: 3,414
Because you touch yourself a night.
Jan 5 2012 6:14PM
0 0
profile picture
TheClap.
Posts: 21672 - Karma: 4,158
I.Love.You, I lost it +k
Jan 5 2012 7:40PM
0 0
profile picture
yeahno
Posts: 4008 - Karma: 3,414
lolololol i spelled "at" wrong. do i get some sort of medal?
Jan 5 2012 7:42PM
0 0
profile picture
oil.
Posts: 2255 - Karma: 1,254
full tilts are obviously the answer
Jan 5 2012 7:51PM
0 0
profile picture
NinetyFour
Posts: 8650 - Karma: 13,411
I do alot of manuals and butters cause my hill has nil for jumps. So
Jan 5 2012 7:51PM
0 0
profile picture
NinetyFour
Posts: 8650 - Karma: 13,411
Apologies, mobile...... Anyways when doing manuals, it puts ALOT of pressure on your calfs. After time it will just get worse and worse. Boots with padded spoilers help out with this alot.
Jan 5 2012 7:56PM
0 0
profile picture
egg.
Posts: 3231 - Karma: 3,477
i have exactly the same thing. its only in one leg though but im sure its the same thing. it started when i landed real backseat on a rodeo 7.
Jan 5 2012 8:00PM
0 0
profile picture
ButteredToast.
Posts: 6459 - Karma: 2,570
Sounds like you have the same issue I had...

Everyone's ankles do something slightly different in ski boots. When I put weight on my feet, my ankles roll ever so slightly, but just enough to make it hurt like a BITCH after skiing for several hours.

Custom footbeds can solve this issue if you go to the right boot fitter. It will run you some coin but it will take the strain off of the muscles on the outside of your calves trying to compensate for your ankles, but it makes a WORLD of difference.

Go to your bootfitter. See what they say.
Jan 5 2012 8:07PM
0 0
profile picture
Dlud
Posts: 938 - Karma: 544
I came on here to make a thread about this. Last week, I fell off a down rail and landed back seat on one ski. My shin and calfs hurt immensely. I went skiing last night, and it still hurt, but the pain was not very bad. However, near the end of the night, I had a small fall and re hurt my shin and ankle. My boots are a tiny bit big, but I had the buckles very tight. I am skiing this weekend and I am wondering if there is anything I can do to help the pain go away, so I can try some new tricks. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Jan 5 2012 8:25PM
0 0
profile picture
Mike-O
Posts: 14593 - Karma: 1,089
No.
Jan 5 2012 8:28PM
0 0
profile picture
ShredMasterPlus
Posts: 1159 - Karma: 807
 
Jan 5 2012 8:30PM
0 0
profile picture
Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,462
not to promote not going to a bootfitter but full tilts do make the occasional backseat landing much more bearable, and i havent had any calf pain since i started wearing them
Jan 5 2012 9:26PM
0 0
profile picture
Greenfield*
Posts: 467 - Karma: 31
im getting some good advise but its hurts so much when i lean back even a little bit
Jan 6 2012 9:46AM
0 0
profile picture
doitbig
Posts: 4818 - Karma: 315
you stole my icon!
Jan 6 2012 10:01AM
0 0
profile picture
Stickity
Posts: 7750 - Karma: 769
stop skiing
your calves are pulled probably from buttering and backseat landings like everyone has said
same thing happened to me from going to a gymnastics place for parkour and my legs couldn't handle all the impact so they knotted up and hurt for over a month
Jan 6 2012 10:43AM
0 0
profile picture
Stickity
Posts: 7750 - Karma: 769
dub post
don't ice them, it'll make them tighter and will only prolong the injury
if anything just fill a bucket with super hot water to relax the muscles
Jan 6 2012 10:44AM
0 0
profile picture
.Jacob
Posts: 1838 - Karma: 1,160
When I saw this thread, I pictures a calf attacking a newschooler.
Jan 6 2012 11:43AM
0 0
profile picture
.RYAN66
Posts: 5381 - Karma: 237
Already posted.
Jan 6 2012 11:51AM
0 0
profile picture
Eleidecker
Posts: 245 - Karma: 119
http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/you-must-be-new-here-willy-wonka.jpg
Jan 6 2012 11:54AM
0 0
profile picture
ShredAZ
Posts: 1054 - Karma: 641
That's not necessarily true.
Using hot water this early in the healing process could potentially damage the muscles.
If the injury is fairly recent, and the pain is still immense, you nearly always start off icing. This will expedite the healing process.
Then after a day or two of icing, you switch to heat.
Jan 6 2012 11:58AM
0 0
profile picture
Greenfield*
Posts: 467 - Karma: 31
did you make it?
Jan 6 2012 1:44PM
0 0
profile picture
rareison
Posts: 10263 - Karma: 219
Little late
Jan 6 2012 1:46PM
0 0
profile picture
Greenfield*
Posts: 467 - Karma: 31
wow this is so weird because i was just looking at all your ski drawings like 1sec ago and i have a saga lanyard if you still buying

Jan 6 2012 1:50PM
0 0
profile picture
skiingute
Posts: 630 - Karma: 15
I landed hard backseat last year and my right calf is still sore from it. Don't know if it will ever go away.
Jan 6 2012 2:25PM
0 0
profile picture
doitbig
Posts: 4818 - Karma: 315

Yes, in fact I did make it!  Please change IMEDIATELY

Jan 6 2012 3:29PM
0 0
profile picture
Dlud
Posts: 938 - Karma: 544
how do you ski with hurt calfs/shins
Jan 6 2012 5:37PM
0 0
profile picture
Chubz.
Posts: 13918 - Karma: 25,664
That happens to me too. When i come up from the butter they hurt a little bit, not as bad as when i first started skiing but yea strengthen up your calf muscles i started doing leg presses and it's helped quite a bit.

I've never hurt my calves and they hurt when i butter. I've never heard that before so im kind of skeptical. Idk but hit the gym OP.
Jan 6 2012 5:44PM
0 0
profile picture
Greenfield*
Posts: 467 - Karma: 31

but you dont wear saga

Jan 8 2012 8:21PM
0 0
profile picture
@nonymous
Posts: 521 - Karma: 1,365
I fucked my calfs trying front's
Jan 8 2012 8:24PM
0 0
profile picture
doitbig
Posts: 4818 - Karma: 315
LOL, yes I do wear Saga.  Please make your own icon.
Jan 9 2012 9:19AM
0 0
profile picture
huck_to_flat
Posts: 167 - Karma: 15
Yeh this hapened to me as well, rest them, stretch and ice them. Tightenig my boots up every few hours also helped me alot. I was gettig this as well as really bad shinbang becuase i was landed backseat alot then using my calfs to pull my whole body up and ride away. I even put this soft padding (kinda like a dr schols insole) in between my shin and my boot to fill it out more because of my skinny calfs
Jan 9 2012 10:39AM
0 0
profile picture
kingskier
Posts: 1045 - Karma: 11
if you dont embed its not funny n00b.
Jan 9 2012 1:33PM
0 0
profile picture
BaileyB
Posts: 589 - Karma: 160
i had the exact same problem i bailed hard backseat and it hurt everytime i put my boots on or snapped in my bindings. I just took it easy for a week, and when i went skiing again it felt fine. hope this helps
Jan 9 2012 7:42PM
0 0
profile picture
lamppost
Posts: 277 - Karma: 201
stretch?
Jan 9 2012 8:17PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)