What should I do if I bump my calf and it swells up?

Calf bumped and swelled up to consider the possibility of muscle injury or fracture, to take medication, physical therapy or surgical treatment.
1. Muscle injury: If you can walk after the injury only local swelling, consider muscle injury, local hematoma, you can apply Yunnan Baiyao aerosol, take ice packs, reduce the lower limb activities, general recuperation 3 ~ 4 weeks can be restored.
2. Fracture: If you can not walk after the injury, consider the fracture, first of all to determine whether the fracture displacement, if there is no displacement can be fixed in a cast for 6 weeks, oral bone capsule or Qin Pi Bone Capsule. If the fracture is dislocated, then the fracture can be fixed by incision and internal fixation surgery.
Therefore, it is best to go to the hospital for examination to exclude the possibility of fracture and further treatment.