I often have similar bruises and have tracked them back to three common causes: 1. Lifting my bike down off its too-high rack and using my thigh to catch it so I can lower it to the ground in a more controlled fashion. Sometimes also lifting down heavy boxes using a similar technique. 2. Running for a bus with a laptop or big heavy book in a satchel or book bag, which just bangs into you in the same spot with every stride. 3. Bumping into tables while walking quickly, which will give you a very similar bruise on each leg if you do it going in opposite directions. You might think this would hurt enough to notice, but it tends to just be a bit of a knock that doesn't feel that bad.
Any of those actions sound familiar?
I have regular calf bruises from whacking myself with my bike pedals as I walk it past people getting in and out of the office :-)
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on 2012-12-02 12:53 pm (UTC)1. Lifting my bike down off its too-high rack and using my thigh to catch it so I can lower it to the ground in a more controlled fashion. Sometimes also lifting down heavy boxes using a similar technique.
2. Running for a bus with a laptop or big heavy book in a satchel or book bag, which just bangs into you in the same spot with every stride.
3. Bumping into tables while walking quickly, which will give you a very similar bruise on each leg if you do it going in opposite directions. You might think this would hurt enough to notice, but it tends to just be a bit of a knock that doesn't feel that bad.
Any of those actions sound familiar?
I have regular calf bruises from whacking myself with my bike pedals as I walk it past people getting in and out of the office :-)