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I live according to my own needs, and I let feeling show without a mask.",[263,264,265],"Tinea pedis","Foot fungus","Ringworm of the foot","legs-and-feet",{"type":268,"value":269,"toc":350},"minimark",[270,275,279,292,296,299,302,306,309],[271,272,274],"h2",{"id":273},"what-athletes-foot-is","What athlete's foot is",[276,277,278],"p",{},"A mycosis is an infection caused by a microscopic fungus. Athlete's foot is one of its many forms. It sits between the toes, and the skin cracks, more or less deeply. It itches, it peels, and it likes warmth and damp. Shared floors, tight shoes and feet that stay wet are the usual setting. Antifungal cream, dry socks and a change of shoes are the treatment. It is contagious in a practical, ordinary way. It is not a judgement on ambition.",[276,280,281,282,287,288,291],{},"The emotional reading below asks about a mind that feels it cannot move forward, and about the admiration you want and do not have. ",[283,284,286],"a",{"href":285},"\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fcalf-pain","Calf pain"," is the leg above the foot. The ",[283,289,290],{"href":130},"feet"," page is the wider ground.",[271,293,295],{"id":294},"the-emotional-meaning-of-athletes-foot","The emotional meaning of athlete's foot",[276,297,298],{},"Cracked skin between the toes is read as a mind that is irritated or thwarted. You feel limited, or unable to advance as you would like, now and in the future. You find it hard to accept yourself as you are, and you would like the acceptance and the adoration of the people around you, the way an athlete who has succeeded is adored. Instead you feel banished. Must you exile yourself to find peace? That produces stress and an inner pain.",[276,300,301],{},"You live a deep duality. You appreciate being able to live in safety under the \"wings\" of others. At the same time you feel a prisoner. You wear a mask of hardness so you do not have to show your real face. Irritation of the toes is tied to the details and the directions of your future life, to what is abstract, and to fears and a lack of understanding.",[271,303,305],{"id":304},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[276,307,308],{},"Picture yourself on a road where it is pleasant to advance and where you feel fully confident. That image is meant to help the fears leave, and to bring more harmony. You learn to live according to your needs and desires. You take the mask off, and you live your emotions in a simple, natural way. The skin still needs to be dried and treated. A visualisation does not replace the cream.",[310,311,312,320,326,332,338,344],"ul",{},[313,314,315,319],"li",{},[316,317,318],"strong",{},"Dry the skin and use the antifungal."," Fungus is the medical cause.",[313,321,322,325],{},[316,323,324],{},"Ask where advancement feels impossible."," The present and the future are both in the question.",[313,327,328,331],{},[316,329,330],{},"Notice the wish to be adored."," Feeling banished is the other half.",[313,333,334,337],{},[316,335,336],{},"Look at the wing you are sheltering under."," Safety and prison can be the same place.",[313,339,340,343],{},[316,341,342],{},"Name the detail of the future that irritates you."," The toes are read as the small directions ahead.",[313,345,346,349],{},[316,347,348],{},"Have a spreading redness seen."," A crack can let a deeper infection in, especially if circulation or diabetes is already a concern.",{"title":351,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":352},"",[353,354,355],{"id":273,"depth":18,"text":274},{"id":294,"depth":18,"text":295},{"id":304,"depth":18,"text":305},"2026-10-04","The emotional and spiritual meaning of athlete's foot: how it may relate to a mind that feels unable to advance, and to wanting the admiration you do not feel you have.","md",{},true,"\u002Fconditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fathletes-foot",[363,364,365,366,367,368],"Where do I feel unable to advance, now or in the future?","Whose admiration am I waiting for, and where do I feel banished instead?","Do I like the safety of living under someone else's wing, and feel imprisoned there at the same time?","What hardness am I wearing so that my real face stays hidden?","Which detail of the road ahead is irritating me out of all proportion?","What would a road I actually want to walk on look like?",[285,370],"\u002Fhair-and-nails\u002Fbrittle-nails",[372,373],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAthlete%27s_foot","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ5609817",{"title":260,"description":357},[376],{"author":377,"work":378,"entries":379,"pages":381},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[380],"Pieds — Mycose ou pied d'athlète","345","conditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fathletes-foot","Athlete's foot is a fungal infection between the toes. It is read as an irritated mind, a feeling of being unable to advance, and the wish to be adored the way a successful athlete is, while you feel banished instead.","If this reading resonates with you, asking where you feel banished from a life you wanted can be a good next step, while the skin is treated for the fungus that is actually there.",[386,387,388,389,390],"Feeling limited","Wanting admiration","Exile","A hard mask","Fear of the next step",[392,393,394,395,396,397],"Itchy, cracked, peeling or white skin between the toes. Antifungal treatment usually clears it. Keep the feet dry.","Redness that is spreading, pus, or fever. Bacteria can infect cracked skin.","You have diabetes or poor circulation. A small foot infection needs earlier care.","The nails are thickening or crumbling as well. The fungus may have entered the nail and needs a longer treatment.","A rash that is not improving after a proper course of antifungal cream.","Do not treat a bacterial infection, eczema or a psoriasis of the foot as \"just fungus\" if it is not settling.","-s4pxBWnuPD8bmp-zEFeSw_zhzW_1CNG-YNY-XJOGKg",{"id":400,"title":125,"body":401,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":356,"datePublished":356,"description":126,"extension":358,"groups":514,"icon":128,"meta":521,"navigation":360,"order":129,"path":127,"reflectionQuestions":522,"seo":529,"sources":530,"stem":538,"themes":539,"whenToSeeADoctor":546,"__hash__":553},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Flegs-and-feet.md",{"type":268,"value":402,"toc":509},[403,406,409,415,419,422,429,432,438,442,445,457,460,464,471],[276,404,405],{},"The legs carry the body from one place to another. The thighs supply much of the strength, the knees bend and take the shock, and the feet meet the ground. A break, a clot, a knee that gives way and a foot wound that will not heal are medical matters. Sudden weakness of the legs with trouble controlling the bladder is an emergency.",[276,407,408],{},"In the emotional reading, the legs are your movement and your autonomy. They take you forward or backward. They give you a direction of your own, stability, and a firm base. The feet are the contact with the nourishing earth, and with the mother.",[410,411,412],"note",{},[276,413,414],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. A swollen calf, a leg you cannot feel, or sudden weakness with back pain needs urgent care.",[271,416,418],{"id":417},"what-the-legs-and-thighs-represent","What the legs and thighs represent",[276,420,421],{},"The legs represent the power and the capacity to advance in life, to go forward while leaving the past behind. They let you go toward people or stay away. The source also ties them to the mother, the mother earth. The left leg is the emotional side: not being able to go somewhere even though you want to. The right leg is the rational side: not wanting to go somewhere even though you should. They reflect the orientation you take in work, family, and the directions required to get there, and the whole domain of relationships around you.",[276,423,424,425,428],{},"A problem in the legs can mean you are too rooted in the daily round, the routine, the comfort zone. Weak legs mean little energy circulating there: a lack of assurance, an inability to stay standing and to be strong in front of a situation or a person. You then tend to be ",[283,426,427],{"href":202},"dependent"," on others. You look for support and motivation outside, instead of inside.",[276,430,431],{},"Small legs are read as difficulty being plugged into the physical, material world, and a wish to delegate those responsibilities. The opposite size is a heavier rooting. The entry treats the size as information, not as a judgement of a body.",[276,433,434,435,437],{},"The thigh holds the muscles of movement and of the force to go forward. Strong thighs are read as a person well rooted, with reserves for authority and for an inner evolution. Staying inactive too long, the source says, risks storing reserves you do not need. Either you want to do something and cannot, or someone wants to force you into what does not suit you. You fear taking your place. Situations from youth, above all with your parents, feel unjust, and you have not accepted them. ",[283,436,234],{"href":235}," lives there. You may have been obliged to separate from someone dear. Lacking something is frightening, so you make reserves, and you go on transporting that extra material in the thighs. It often feels \"too late\" to say or do the thing. Anger, resentment and frustration come from the impression of working without much success.",[271,439,441],{"id":440},"knees-and-feet","Knees and feet",[276,443,444],{},"The knees are the joints you kneel on. They are read as yielding to what is above you, and also as the movement and the direction that are under way. When you walk, the knees draw the whole body into the movement. They show your degree of flexibility, and they absorb the shock when the pressure is too strong. They also stand for perseverance, and for indecision. They are affected if you belittle yourself over your body or your sporting performance.",[276,446,447,448,452,453,456],{},"Difficulty bending the knees shows a certain rigidity. It can come from an ego that is very strong and proud. You fear losing your freedom. A knee that bends easily is a sign, in this reading, of humility and flexibility, and of ease in listening to the inner voice. The knees maintain your social position. Good knees mean you are open to the people around you and to change. The page on ",[283,449,451],{"href":450},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fknee-pain","knee pain"," takes one common condition further. The ",[283,454,455],{"href":60},"joints and bones"," are the wider structure.",[276,458,459],{},"The feet are your contact with the nourishing earth. They are in relation with the mother, and with conflicts with her, which can go back as far as conception. They give you stability as you move toward a goal, a desire or a direction, and they help you feel safe in your relation with the universe. They represent the position you take toward the situations that present themselves, and your social position. Feet turned outward are read as confusion about the direction, or energy scattered across projects. Feet turned inward are a closure, a resistance to the directions you might take.",[271,461,463],{"id":462},"caring-for-the-legs-from-the-inside","Caring for the legs from the inside",[276,465,466,467],{},"Clots, arthritis, nerve compression, injury and circulation disease are real reasons legs hurt or fail. The emotional perspective adds a question: ",[468,469,470],"em",{},"am I able to move, and whose ground am I standing on?",[310,472,473,479,485,491,497,503],{},[313,474,475,478],{},[316,476,477],{},"Ask whether you cannot go, or will not go."," Left and right are the book's two answers.",[313,480,481,484],{},[316,482,483],{},"Find one support inside."," Dependence, in this reading, is looking for your strength in other people.",[313,486,487,490],{},[316,488,489],{},"See what you are storing in the thighs."," Reserves against the fear of lacking are the picture.",[313,492,493,496],{},[316,494,495],{},"Notice whether the knee will bend."," Pride and flexibility are the pair the knee is given.",[313,498,499,502],{},[316,500,501],{},"Feel the ground."," The feet are the contact with the earth and with the mother, not a test of worth.",[313,504,505,508],{},[316,506,507],{},"Treat a swollen calf and sudden weakness as medical."," Meaning does not wait out a clot or a spinal emergency.",{"title":351,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":510},[511,512,513],{"id":417,"depth":18,"text":418},{"id":440,"depth":18,"text":441},{"id":462,"depth":18,"text":463},[515,519],{"id":516,"title":517,"description":518},"legs","Legs and thighs","Legs that carry you forward or hold you back, and thighs read as the reserves you store for the journey.",{"id":290,"title":441,"description":520},"Knees that bend or refuse to bend, and feet that meet the ground and the direction you have chosen.",{},[523,524,525,526,527,528],"Where am I rooted in a routine that no longer takes me anywhere?","Do I want to go somewhere and feel I cannot, or do I refuse to go somewhere I should?","Whose support am I waiting for, instead of finding it in myself?","What from my youth, especially with my parents, am I still carrying in my thighs?","Where is my pride making it hard to bend?","What ground am I actually standing on, and whose direction is it?",{"title":125,"description":126},[531],{"author":377,"work":378,"entries":532,"pages":537},[533,534,535,536],"Jambes (en général)","Cuisses (en général)","Genoux (en général)","Pieds (en général)","130–131, 198, 247, 343","areas\u002Flegs-and-feet",[540,541,542,543,544,545],"Moving forward","Autonomy","Direction","Flexibility","The mother","Standing your ground",[547,548,549,550,551,552],"A leg you cannot stand on after a fall, or a joint that looks deformed.","One calf that is swollen, hot or painful. This can be a clot. Seek urgent care.","Sudden weakness of one or both legs, especially with back pain and trouble passing urine. Call emergency services.","A foot wound that is not healing, particularly if you have diabetes.","A knee that locks, gives way, or swells after a twist.","Pain at night, or pain with redness and fever.","pI5DtfcmhXioSXVigMev59bjC-tFIpFra0ru8Xy_fBM",[555,680],{"id":556,"title":557,"affirmation":558,"aka":559,"area":563,"body":564,"dateModified":356,"datePublished":356,"description":643,"extension":358,"group":644,"meta":645,"navigation":360,"path":646,"reflectionQuestions":647,"related":654,"sameAs":655,"seo":658,"sources":659,"stem":664,"summary":665,"supportIntro":666,"themes":667,"whenToSeeADoctor":672,"__hash__":679},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fhair-and-nails\u002Fbrittle-nails.md","Brittle nails","I take myself in hand. I discover the strength that lives in me, and I go forward sure of what I can do.",[560,561,562],"Soft nails","Splitting nails","Fragile nails","hair-and-nails",{"type":268,"value":565,"toc":638},[566,570,573,585,589,592,595,597,600],[271,567,569],{"id":568},"what-brittle-nails-are","What brittle nails are",[276,571,572],{},"Nails stand, physically, as a small record of growth. Brittle nails split, peel and break. Soft nails bend. Water, solvents, repeated manicures, a dry season and simple ageing explain a great many of them. Iron deficiency, thyroid disease, psoriasis and fungus explain others. Creams, gloves, and a pause from harsh products help the common kind. A reading about weariness does not harden a nail plate, and it should not delay a check when the change is new or comes with illness.",[276,574,575,576,580,581,584],{},"The emotional reading below takes the nail as vitality, and as the state of your vital energy. ",[283,577,579],{"href":578},"\u002Fhair-and-nails\u002Fhair-loss","Hair loss"," is the other sign this area carries. ",[283,582,260],{"href":583},"\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fathletes-foot"," is a different infection that can reach a toenail.",[271,586,588],{"id":587},"the-emotional-meaning-of-brittle-and-soft-nails","The emotional meaning of brittle and soft nails",[276,590,591],{},"Brittle nails express an imbalance in the level of your energy and in the use you make of it. Soft nails express the weariness you are living, and the indifference that inhabits you. Your life is as dull as your nails. It is up to you to put some spice back, and to see that the energy is well used.",[276,593,594],{},"You become aware that you are living in a \"soft\" way, letting other people decide for you. You live in the shadow, refusing the strengths that inhabit you. You feel powerless, fragile like your nails. You find it hard to face all the emotions that live in you.",[271,596,305],{"id":304},[276,598,599],{},"You take yourself in hand. You discover the strength that inhabits you, that you are capable of large things. It depends on you to be sure of your capacities and to go forward. That is an invitation to stop disappearing. It is not an accusation, and it is not a treatment for a thyroid or an iron lack. Those still need a blood test if the rest of the picture suggests them.",[310,601,602,608,614,620,626,632],{},[313,603,604,607],{},[316,605,606],{},"Protect the nail from water and solvents."," That is the common physical cause.",[313,609,610,613],{},[316,611,612],{},"Ask where energy is being spent badly."," Brittle is the imbalance. Soft is the weariness.",[313,615,616,619],{},[316,617,618],{},"Notice indifference."," A dull life is the image of a soft nail.",[313,621,622,625],{},[316,623,624],{},"See who is deciding for you."," Living in the shadow is the posture.",[313,627,628,631],{},[316,629,630],{},"Name one feeling you have been unwilling to face."," Fragility here is about that, as much as about keratin.",[313,633,634,637],{},[316,635,636],{},"Have a new change checked if you are also tired or losing hair."," The nail can be a messenger of the thyroid or of iron, which is medicine, not morale.",{"title":351,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":639},[640,641,642],{"id":568,"depth":18,"text":569},{"id":587,"depth":18,"text":588},{"id":304,"depth":18,"text":305},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of brittle and soft nails: how they may relate to energy poorly used, weariness, and a life you are letting other people decide.","nails",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fhair-and-nails\u002Fbrittle-nails",[648,649,650,651,652,653],"How am I using my energy, and where is it out of balance?","Where has my life gone as dull as a soft nail?","Who is deciding for me, while I stay in the shadow?","Which strength that lives in me am I refusing?","Which feelings am I finding it hard to face?","What would \"taking myself in hand\" look like this week, in one concrete way?",[578,583],[656,657],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOnychorrhexis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ7095163",{"title":557,"description":643},[660],{"author":377,"work":378,"entries":661,"pages":663},[662],"Ongles mous et cassants","304–305","conditions\u002Fhair-and-nails\u002Fbrittle-nails","Brittle nails speak of vitality and of how energy is being used. Soft nails speak of weariness and indifference. Both are read as a life lived limply, in the shadow, with other people deciding for you.","If this reading resonates with you, asking where you have gone limp and handed the decisions over can be a good next step, alongside a check for the ordinary physical causes.",[668,669,249,670,671],"Vitality","Energy poorly used","Indifference","Letting others decide",[673,674,675,676,677,678],"Nails that split, peel or stay soft for months. Frequent water, detergents, gel manicures and trauma are common causes. A clinician can also check iron, thyroid and skin disease.","A nail that is thickening, lifting, discoloured or crumbling. Fungus and psoriasis need their own treatment.","A dark streak in a nail, or a nail that is destroyed. Have it seen promptly.","Nail changes with fatigue, hair loss, cold intolerance or weight change.","Pus, redness and pain around a nail. That is an infection.","Brittle nails are rarely an emergency. They are often a local irritation. They are not a verdict on your character.","9xokdXp_oa5O6LTtChgBJPYBP_gPeUt-qy14_6Bj_eY",{"id":681,"title":286,"affirmation":682,"aka":683,"area":266,"body":687,"dateModified":356,"datePublished":356,"description":788,"extension":358,"group":516,"meta":789,"navigation":360,"path":790,"reflectionQuestions":791,"related":798,"sameAs":799,"seo":802,"sources":803,"stem":808,"summary":809,"supportIntro":810,"themes":811,"whenToSeeADoctor":816,"__hash__":823},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fcalf-pain.md","I trust the strength that lives in me. I choose the life I want, and I let myself look and move in more than one direction.",[684,685,686],"Pain in the lower leg","Calf cramp","Sore calf",{"type":268,"value":688,"toc":782},[689,693,696,712,716,719,725,729,736,739,741,744],[271,690,692],{"id":691},"what-calf-pain-is","What calf pain is",[276,694,695],{},"The lower leg is the calf, held by the tibia and the fibula. The calf muscle pushes the foot down and lets you walk, run and rise. Pain there is often a cramp, a strain, or the Achilles tendon complaining. It can also be a blood clot in a deep vein, which is an emergency, especially if the calf is swollen and the pain came without a clear injury. Shin pain is a different tissue again, bone and the lining around it. The cause decides the care. A reading does not.",[276,697,698,699,703,704,708,709,711],{},"The emotional reading below takes the calf as forward movement and as a protection regarding the past. ",[283,700,702],{"href":701},"\u002Fmuscles-and-tendons\u002Fmuscle-cramps","Muscle cramps"," and the ",[283,705,707],{"href":706},"\u002Fmuscles-and-tendons\u002Fachilles-tendon","Achilles tendon"," are the neighbouring pages. ",[283,710,260],{"href":583}," is the foot itself.",[271,713,715],{"id":714},"the-emotional-meaning-of-calf-pain","The emotional meaning of calf pain",[276,717,718],{},"The calves let you advance, so there is movement. They also represent a protection with regard to the past, while you go forward in life. If they hurt, or if they cramp, you are obliged to slow your pace. Do you want to stop certain events that are waiting for you and that frighten you? Do you have the impression that events are jostling, that everything is going too fast? Are you finding it hard to reposition yourself toward a person, a situation or a belief? In any of those cases, you tend to retreat into old patterns of thought, and you can feel pulled and tense by outside pressures.",[276,720,721,722,724],{},"When the calf muscle is the part affected, the question is whether you are fixing too much attention on one particular problem. You are marking time. You are stubborn, and you listen little to what your inner voice has to say. You are very bitter about a situation, an inheritance for example, and joy has deserted your life. Your happiness is conditional on other people instead of coming from inside you. You refuse to let beautiful things happen to you. ",[283,723,234],{"href":235}," is the feeling that bitterness names.",[271,726,728],{"id":727},"shin-and-fibula","Shin and fibula",[276,730,731,732,735],{},"If the tibia is affected, how far are you immobilised? The shins are like pillars that hold the body up. Do they carry it joyfully, or is the body only an immense burden? They stand for your torments, and for the difficulty of being mobile. You tend to follow other people, and to do little to improve your life. You have the impression of having settled for little, and that depresses you. You question yourself about being a parent. You can also feel attacked, and you would like to give someone a good kick. You stay still, with aims that are more material than human. You have little trust in yourself, and you find it hard to be yourself. You do not know which path to take. You feel threatened and you would like to attack. You want to detach from your mother, to leave a ",[283,733,734],{"href":202},"dependence"," you find heavy to carry.",[276,737,738],{},"If the fibula is the part affected, you are caught between two things. You feel torn about a choice. You want to become independent, and something prevents you. The body, in this reading, is saying you can trust the future, and that life is looking after you.",[271,740,305],{"id":304},[276,742,743],{},"You accept the strength that lives in you, and you can trust other people because you trust your own potential. You choose the life you want to live, a new way that is easier and richer. You accept looking and moving in every direction. You put your attention on what is beautiful. You are your own pillar, and life supports you at each moment. A swollen calf is still a reason to be examined before any of that is explored.",[310,745,746,752,758,764,770,776],{},[313,747,748,751],{},[316,749,750],{},"Ask what you are trying to slow."," Fear of what is coming is the first question.",[313,753,754,757],{},[316,755,756],{},"Notice where you are marking time."," One problem, stared at, keeps you on the spot.",[313,759,760,763],{},[316,761,762],{},"Name the bitterness."," An inheritance is the example. Joy leaving is the sign.",[313,765,766,769],{},[316,767,768],{},"Look at a dependence that has become heavy."," A mother is the figure the reading gives. It may be another person who holds that place.",[313,771,772,775],{},[316,773,774],{},"If you are torn between two choices, say so."," The fibula is the bone of the in-between.",[313,777,778,781],{},[316,779,780],{},"Have a swollen calf seen the same day."," A clot is not a fear of the future.",{"title":351,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":783},[784,785,786,787],{"id":691,"depth":18,"text":692},{"id":714,"depth":18,"text":715},{"id":727,"depth":18,"text":728},{"id":304,"depth":18,"text":305},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of calf pain: how it may relate to a pace that is too fast, a past you retreat into, and a life whose joy has gone conditional.",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fcalf-pain",[792,793,794,795,796,797],"Do I want to stop events that are waiting for me and that frighten me?","Does everything feel as if it is going too fast?","Who or what am I finding it hard to reposition myself toward?","Am I fixing my attention on one problem and marking time?","Where has joy left, and where is my happiness conditional on other people?","Which dependence, including on my mother, has become heavy to carry?",[583,701,706],[800,801],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalf_(leg)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ3216080",{"title":286,"description":788},[804],{"author":377,"work":378,"entries":805,"pages":807},[806],"Jambes — Partie inférieure (mollet)","248","conditions\u002Flegs-and-feet\u002Fcalf-pain","The calf is what pushes you forward, and it also protects you with regard to the past. Pain or cramp there is read as a forced slowing, a retreat into old patterns, and a bitterness that has sent joy away.","If this reading resonates with you, asking what you are trying to slow down can be a good next step, once a swollen or one-sided calf has been checked.",[812,813,814,815,201],"Slowing down","Fear of what is coming","Old patterns","Bitterness",[817,818,819,820,821,822],"A painful, swollen calf, especially after a journey, surgery, pregnancy or immobility. This may be a blood clot. Seek same-day care.","Pain with breathlessness or chest pain. Call emergency services.","A calf that is hot, red and you feel unwell.","Pain after a blow, or a muscle you can feel has torn.","Pain that keeps you from walking, or night cramps that are new and frequent.","Pain down the leg from the back may be a nerve. The [knee](\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fknee-pain) and the [back](\u002Fback) have their own pages.","rV7D-3iZqjSI2642n4PoPBNSt7we-Z7zTtEvCyFA7F8",[],1791107670240]