Medically reviewed by Cara Beth Lee, MD There are many different causes of calf pain. It may be directly related to your calf muscles—including the inner gastrocnemius and outer soleus muscles—or the ...

If a doctor cannot determine the cause of calf pain, they may order a musculoskeletal ultrasound scan. Treatment for calf pain depends on the cause but may include the PRICE method and stretches.

Methods Patellar tendon pain (single leg decline squat test) and ultrasound imaging (greyscale (normal, diffuse thickening, hypoechoic), presence of Doppler flow) were assessed bilaterally among 58 ...