Muscle Stripping After Injury.

[oneinam]

I have a grade 2 calf tear to the Gastroc and after 3 weeks I went to Physio. He did a muscle strip on it and told me it would be sore the morning. He wasn't kidding. 2 days have past and the pain is worst than in any period of the injury. Is this normal? I also have a high pain threshold.
What is muscle stripping exactly pls?

[woofgang]

http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/sport-injuries/ankle-achilles-shin-pain/tight-calf-muscles/sports-massage-tight-calves
Stripping the muscle
Aim - to apply sustained pressure to the muscle, ironing out any lumps, bumps and knots.
With both thumbs together, apply deep pressure up the middle of the calf muscle aiming to separate the heads (sides) of the big gastrocnemius muscle.
This technique should be slow and deliberate to 'feel' the muscle underneath.
Repeat this 3 to 5 times in a row, alternating with petrissage for 3 to 5 minutes
Another similar technique is applied with a single thumb, which can be reinforced with a couple of fingers from the other hand if more pressure is required.
A great deal of pressure can be applied with this technique. Massage should be deep but not so deep that the athlete tightens up with pain.
Aim to cover all the muscles in the lower leg, feeling for all the lumps and bumps.

[wolf63]

I tore my gastrocnemius a few years back. I heard it pop and thought that I had been shot. I was taken to A&E and saw a physiotherapist a couple of days later. She used ultrasound on the injury.

Initially the pain was unbearable but it steadily (slowly) became less painful over time. Within a couple of weeks it was just a niggling pain

A couple of years later I had a similar, but not so serious, problem with the other calf. A private physio did what woofgang has described. It worked and felt slightly better almost immediately.

[oneinam]

Thank u Woof And Wolf for your answers. My Physio did say it would be sore and no kidding. The pain has been the worse in 4 weeks of the injury. I hope the fibres are aligned now. Is it reasonable to assume that the stripping ironed out the scars etc and the pain is this?