Here’s a look at how strong calf muscles can give your brain a leg up — and how to beef up these beauties at home.

A calf muscle contusion, otherwise known as a bruise, happens when blood vessels under the skin are torn or ruptured. As a result, the blood vessels leak into the muscle tissues.

NewsCenter 5 spoke with Dr. Miho Tanaka, a sports medicine specialist at Mass. General Hospital, and asked her about what causes calf pain and what can be done to treat it.

What is a calf strain? Calf strains happen when the calf muscles get overstretched. Quick changes of direction or jumping can cause this injury, according to Mercy Health, a healthcare system in ...

Pakistan's Olympic hero Arshad Nadeem is on the mends after undergoing a successful surgery on a nagging calf injury in ...

Calf injuries in particular seem to be a male problem: a study of Masters runners reported that 70-percent of calf muscle injuries were to male runners, likely because men seem to experience more ...

It was a scary calf injury, but he's just sore now. Jonathan India was airlifted to a hospital in Iowa after the Field of Dreams game. DeWine proposes tax increases for cigarettes, sports gambling ...

Warriors fans may be wondering how long it will take for Kevin Durant to recover from a right calf strain he suffered in the third quarter of Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals.

That’s the question to me whenever there is a calf muscle injury. ... With the 49ers, he suffered what was called a calf contusion instead of a strain during a Week 4 game against Arizona.