If untreated, this may lead to a muscle tear. A calf muscle contusion, otherwise known as a bruise, happens when blood vessels under the skin are torn or ruptured. As a result, the blood vessels ...

Sometimes strained muscles bleed, resulting in bruising around your calf that can extend to your ... cause the tendon fibers to break down and tear. Tears can lead to a dull ache or tenderness ...

Mike Trout, on the injured list after sustaining a bone bruise in his surgically repaired left knee, said Friday that he's ...