I pulled a calf muscle while hiking and the injury/pain persisted for weeks and went to sports medicine doc who recommended compression sleeves for the legs and not full socks (which I have for flying since the hip has been replaced twice).

They definitely helped with the injury and I used them while biking, too, as heel drop would stress the calf. I still throw them on for steeper hikes.

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