Inner calf muscle pain may be caused by excessive exercise, soft tissue contusion, muscle spasm, thrombophlebitis, lumbar disc herniation and other reasons.
1. Excessive exercise: Excessive exercise of the calf can lead to the accumulation of lactic acid inside the local muscle, causing calf pain, which can be relieved after rest.
2. Soft tissue contusion: soft tissue contusion is usually caused by direct violence, localized swelling and pain.
3. Muscle spasm: muscle spasm is usually caused by insufficient or excessive rest, high fever, calcium deficiency, cold stimulation, etc. It is characterized by severe pain in the muscles and usually lasts for a few seconds to tens of seconds.
4. Thrombophlebitis: Thrombophlebitis is usually caused by long-term smoking, obesity, varicose veins, etc. Early on, there are usually no obvious symptoms, but with the development of the disease, local redness, swelling, pain and other symptoms, and some of them will be accompanied by symptoms of fever.
5. Lumbar disc herniation: Lumbar disc herniation is usually caused by heredity, abnormal development of lumbar vertebrae, excessive labor, etc. Lumbar pain is the first symptom of the disease, and the pain is mostly radiating to the back of the calf or foot, which leads to pain in the inner calf muscles.
There are other causes of medial calf muscle pain, such as rest does not relieve, should be timely to the hospital for medical treatment, improve the relevant examination, diagnosed under the guidance of the doctor for treatment, so as not to delay the condition.