Can anyone recommend some good calf stretches?
I got cramp running in on the Anniversary Waltz on Saturday and my calf is really tight and I don't seem to be able to stretch it out.
Thanks
Can anyone recommend some good calf stretches?
I got cramp running in on the Anniversary Waltz on Saturday and my calf is really tight and I don't seem to be able to stretch it out.
Thanks
Hopey,
if you google this I'm sure you will find something, but dont forget to isolate the 2 muscle which make up the calf complex (a.k.a. tricep surae), namely soleus and gastrocnemius. A little to complex to try and explain but I'm sure you can find pictures.
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Hopey, just tried it, loads....such as
http://www.nismat.org/traintip/runner/stretch.html
You could also try looking at Denise Parks article regarding achilies tendonitis/osis in the last but one issue of fellrunner.
Good luck
Gaz
I've done plenty of searching and I can just find the usual stretches, but you have lost me isolating the 2 muscles?
can't remember what was on the cover but not last issue, but the one before that........ no clearer I suppose, good luck.
Just remember during the stretch if your knee is bent, you are probably stretching the soleus, and if it is straight, you are probably stretching your gastrocnemius.
Clear as mud......good.
Last edited by Gaz; 23-04-2007 at 09:51 PM.
Try this article.
Achilles Tendinopathies in Runners
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Cheers
My calf feels like it's been kicked!!