​What to do if your calves hurt after skipping rope

After strenuous exercise, the human body will more or less feel some discomfort. For example, some people will experience calf pain after jumping rope, which is generally caused by calf fatigue. If this happens, it is best to reduce exercise, get adequate rest, avoid running and jumping during the recovery period, and also eliminate calf fatigue. Below we will introduce to you the specific methods to relieve calf pain!

1. Reduce exercise

Calf pain from skipping rope is a symptom of shin inflammation in the calf. It is medically known as tibial and fibular fatigue periostitis. In the early stages, you should adjust the amount of rope skipping and other exercises, reduce exercises that put too much pressure on your calves, and avoid increasing the amount of rope skipping and other exercises. If your calves feel sore after jumping rope, you should also avoid excessive running, jumping, back kicking, and back supporting exercises.

2. Take adequate rest

Calf pain after skipping rope is the body's warning for excessive skipping rope intensity (the pressure on the tibia accumulates more and more as the skipping rope is longer, and finally exceeds the tibia's bearing capacity). If you do not pay attention to rest and blindly increase the intensity of training, it will cause fatigue fractures.

Therefore, people who experience calf pain after jumping rope should actively rest and relax in time and reduce the amount of jumping rope. Next time you jump rope, you need to jump rope on a softer surface, such as a plastic surface.

3. Avoid running and jumping during the recovery period

Before returning to normal rope skipping exercises, it is very important to reduce calf soreness. Try to avoid running, jumping, and back support exercises during the recovery period of calf soreness.

Correctly master the skills and methods of skipping rope, pay attention to relaxation while skipping rope and cushioning when landing; avoid practicing skipping rope on a hard surface; do warm-up exercises before skipping rope; these are all effective ways to avoid calf pain from skipping rope.

4. Eliminate calf fatigue

If your calves are sore after skipping rope, you should prevent yourself from catching cold and use hot compresses, hot baths, massage and other methods to eliminate calf muscle fatigue in time and try to prevent the recurrence of calf pain.

People who suffer from calf pain when jumping rope should do sufficient warm-up exercises before jumping rope. Improve the body's stress state, make the body warm, reduce muscle stickiness, and overcome muscle inertia. In addition, the shoes you choose when skipping rope are also very important. You need to choose training shoes with certain shock absorption and energy supply.