Bruise turned to lump - General Health Message Board

Proverbs3130 · 07-13-2006, 04:14 PM

Several months ago, I whacked my calf muscle very hard with the car door. The result was a large, raised bruise. The bruising is long gone but the lump under the skin is still there. Has anyone had this happen to them and, if so, is this something that I should be concernd with or will it just take a long time to go away?

Podee · 07-13-2006, 04:19 PM

I haven't had exactly that happen but when I used to train martial arts I overstretched...repeatedly within the same few minutes...and tore a groin muscle. Very painful and I was on crutches for a couple of days.

I had a hematoma and hard lump in that area for over a year, until through stretching and such it eventually went away.

That's probably what you have there - a hematoma or localized collection of blood, usually clotted, in the tissue area. Will go away with time and exercise of the area.