The calf didn't respond to any manipulation of the foot ? no response from calf, consistently.

But you've got to confront the fact that maybe, when you consistently deny what you feel so others won't be uncomfortable, you aren't being nice to yourself.

They're tights. It's no different from a knee brace. It's no different from a calf brace. It's no different from an arm brace. You think guys are wearing those (things) just to wear them? Man, them (things) keep you able to be who you are, and mobile and agile.

Part of me was going one way, the upper part of me was going the other way and my foot didn't give, ... It stuck in that turf out there on that field. Unfortunately Buffalo has been a difficult place for me the last two times I've been here.

They're horrible. I've had phantom athlete's foot.

It's not surprising that there's been no response