Calf muscle pain in the elderly, there are several situations can be caused: 1, the most common is calcium deficiency, the elderly lack of calcium muscle twitching, it will cause muscle pain. But not only limited to the calf muscles, may be the whole body of all muscles are painful symptoms, need to supplement calcium treatment. 2, deep vein thrombosis or intermuscular small vein thrombosis, can also cause muscle pain, mostly after the activity of the pain. The local calf gastrocnemius muscle has pressure pain, need to perform vascular ultrasound examination to clarify the diagnosis, need to use anticoagulation treatment.3, muscle inflammation, such as local cellulitis can also cause calf muscle pain. In addition to pain, there are redness, swelling, localized pressure and pain, and even fever and other systemic symptoms, the need for antibiotic anti-infection treatment.4, the elderly take a certain kind of drugs, there will be an adverse reaction to the drug. The most common is statin drugs cause rhabdomyolysis, also will appear muscle pain. Do cardiac enzymes can be seen in creatine kinase and other indicators of elevation, the treatment is to stop using the drug.5, peripheral nerve damage, such as diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy patients, may also appear limb muscle pain.