Subject: Weak or Still Injured Quad I've been dealing with a quad injury for a few months now. It's been diagnosed as the rectus femoris muscle. About three weeks ago I injured the calf on my other leg. Not wanting to mess myself up even further I took the last three weeks off from running and only biked a few times at pretty low intensity. The good news is that when I tried to run today my calf gave me no problems, the bad news is that my quad spasmed even more than it did when I took this time off. I did do some kicking in the pool yesterday which I had also avoided for the last three weeks. It does seem like swim kicking is a direct hit on the muscle but I took it pretty easy. After my short run with multiple leg spasms (1 mile ) the quad feels fine. When I'm running it just kind of grabs for an instant and lets go. I can walk without soreness and go down stairs no problem.
So here is my question: Is it perhaps that I'm not actually injured anymore but that the muscle has gotten weak. Should I maybe start doing things like kikcking in the pool or biking to built it up, rather than to give it another couple weeks of rest?
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