The calf muscles deserve relaxing stretches after a full day of supporting you as you walk, run and play. These muscles, the gastrocnemius and the soleus, make up the backs of the lower legs. The soleus is the deepest calf muscle underneath the gastrocne
When it comes to assessing a calf muscle injury in runners, you’ve GOT to be specific. If we can’t identify the source of the pain and which muscles are tight, we can’t properly “fix” and thenprevent future injuries. Let’s first figure out where the pain is: Is it up near ...
Cankles are legs where there is no clear-cut distinction between calf and ankle. The result is a straight lower leg, no shape or curves. Before you assume cankles only happen to overweight women, this is wrong. Thin women can have cankles, due to lack of muscle development. • Cankles ...
You want to find a surgeon that can show you hundreds of before-after pictures of previous clients and who has a great track-record. Be open to fly to a different country if you need to. I know a SFT-reader who flew from the UK to Poland to get his surgery. It ended up being mu...
This study investigated the effect of muscle fatigue on vibration-perturbed one-leg stance in healthy young and older women. Force-plate measurements were obtained before and up to 15 min after fatiguing exercise of one leg. The study indicates an immediate but short-lasting effect of fatiguing...
Delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS, is caused by microscopic tears to your muscle fibers after intense physical activity that result in inflammation of the muscles. The pain is most noticeable the day after skiing. There is no way to speed up the recovery process, but there are several ...
Delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS, is caused by microscopic tears to your muscle fibers after intense physical activity that result in inflammation of the muscles. The pain is most noticeable the day after skiing. There is no way to speed up the recovery process, but there are several ...
The lower back of our leg has two muscles, namely gastrocnemius, and soleus that make up the calf. When there are strains within these two muscles, the condition is referred to as a pulled calf muscle. With the strain, muscle fibers get torn to some extent. Pulled calf muscle might be ...
Exercising you calves directly is going to increase the size of your calf muscle. So if you are really looking to reduce the size of your calves, you should avoid exercises like climbing that exercise your calf directly. Note that this includes exercise like box stepping that people tend to ...
Getting rid of dry skin on your feet just requires a little TLC. ©Thinkstock We're hard on our feet, doing everything from stuffing them in stilettos to exposing them to the elements to running miles and miles on them. No wonder dry skin on the feet is a common complaint! Not...