The calf muscles are located in the back of the lower leg, behind the shinbone, and below the knee. Calf pain is a very common complaint and may be caused by a wide range of health conditions.

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Although it can start at any age, knee pain becomes more of an issue as we get older. As we age, the tissues become less pliable, brittle, weaker, and more prone to injury.

“Pain might only be felt behind your knee or the pain may also spread down into your calf,” McClelland explains. “Back knee pain may also be accompanied by swelling which makes it difficult ...

The main thing is pain. You might notice it: Usually in front of your kneecap, though it could be around or behind it When you bend your knee to walk, squat, kneel, run, or even get up from a ...

As soon as you get up from the sofa “creak,” your knee clicks. At first you don’t think much of it, but when the chorus of ...

Three games into an eye-opening string of performances from Vlatko Cancar, he re-injured his left knee ... My calf just took the brunt of it.” He says it’s the kind of pain he has played ...