There are many reasons for feeling that there is a piece missing in the middle of the calf muscle, and the common reasons are normal physiological phenomenon, tearing at the muscle-tendon junction, and muscle atrophy.
1. Usually the subcutaneous fat of the calf is relatively thin, or the muscle of the calf is more abundant, the muscle line is more obvious, the place where the gastrocnemius muscle and the flounder muscle connect with the Achilles tendon at the back side of the calf will feel like it is missing a piece, which is actually the normal physiological phenomenon.
2. If the lower limbs often do heavy physical labor, or do strenuous exercise, due to the muscle and the Achilles tendon junction of the place is often subjected to tension, there may be a small laceration, feels like a piece of meat is missing.
3. There may be spinal stenosis and other diseases, resulting in local nerve damage caused by nerve compression, resulting in muscle atrophy in the area, it looks and feels like a piece of meat is missing.
Feeling a piece of calf muscle in the middle may have other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to find out the cause of the disease, the cause of treatment.