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Runners and other athletes are also prone to calf tightness, as the calf muscles are constantly firing to stabilize the ankle and both absorb each landing and push the heel back off the ground. Interestingly, calf tightness can also be symptomatic of weakness elsewhere in the leg. If your glutes and/or hamstrings are weak, your calves will often try to make up for that weakness, which means the muscle gets overused, which in turn exacerbates calf tightness.
Causes of Calf Swelling. A swollen calf may arise as a sign of inflammation following injury to one or more structures of the leg. Inflammation is a protective mechanism in the body to limit the damage to an area. It is also accompanied by pain with warmth and redness of the skin if it is superficial.