Is it possible to hear a charley horse snap? I’ve felt what feels like a charley horse forming…and coming down the stairs just now I felt and heard it snap. I didn’t lose balance (thankfully because I was carrying Katie) but it hurts like HELL.
Google later told me it’s the Gastrocnemius:
I’m not in agonizing pain but it’s certainly not comfortable. A quick call to my stepdad confirmed that I should probably go the RICE route AND go to the doctor. And of course tomorrow is the day I have to walk Owen in to his new classroom and do all the registration stuff so I can’t leave Katie in the car. Then I have to hope I can get in to see a doc and that it’s something they can do something for.
UGH. This is NOT something I really needed right now.
So David thinks you probably pulled or tore one of the ligament attachments to that muscle. From where you describe it, that is what it sounds like. That muscle was taut, probably because you were having a Charley Horse, then something snapped. My thought is that you were coming down the steps at the time and put some tension on it and probably pulled it. If you had been sitting, maybe it wouldn’t have happened………….??? My poor baby.