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    One secret to relieve calf muscle tightness



    Don’t miss this vital step ☝🏽

    So many people spend lots of time stretching their calves over and over again but they continue to tighten right back up…😞

    As a physical therapist, when it comes to improving mobility and decreasing muscle tightness- I know how powerful movement can be ✅

    Following up a typical stretch with a movement that then uses the muscle can be a game changer 🙌🏼

    For example- following up a calf stretch with 15-30 calf raises can help to make the mobility gains last longer ☝🏽

    It may not be immediate- consistency is key, especially if your calf muscles have been tight for a long time. You may need a few times of doing this to unlock them 👀

    With arthritis, especially knee and hip arthritis, calf muscles can become really tight making walking, stairs and inclines difficult 😣

    This may be just what you need…

    #calftightness #tightcalf #calfworkout #osteoarthritis #arthritispain #calfstretch #physicaltherapist #calfexercises

    Not medical advice. Try at your own risk.

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    5. @SandnSky8228 on

      Thank you. What if I'm having tightness in my lower back that feels heavy when I try to do Asian squat. I have bad side effects after cancer treatments and nausea, vomiting, dizziness all allow for on bed exercises. Tyia ❤

    6. @ItzAyeeo on

      See playing football we always stretched then started doing stuff so I never even thought about it like that honestly! I’ll stretch now and lay on the couch and wonder why my legs are still damn right! Great video

    9. @googlewestern1396 on

      Thanks for the vid Dr. Is this the general rule for all muscle stiffness? Stretch it then use/load it. I've been stretching my pecs for many weeks but still tight n sore

    11. @janvanardoen9531 on

      First doing the calf raises and then doing the stretches is the right order . Not the other way around. Only common sense. One can leave up to an hour or even more between the raises and the stretches. Letting the calves rest and fill up with glycogen before stretching them makes it even more effective.

    22. @chiefline7084 on

      Been running for decades with no calf problems. I recently started cycling and now I can't run more than a quarter mile without having to stop due to calf pain. My calves start burning and tightening up and I can barely walk back to my house it's so painful. What is the problem?!? I have a race next month and I need to be able to run!! Thanks

    25. @shoegalindeeed on

      I got really bad cramps while doing the calf raise actually. Had a meniscus surgery and was non weight bearing and strugling with rehab coz of calf cramping… who wouldve thought! I dont know what to fo now

    29. @MichelleKohlerArt on

      I have chronic plantar faciitis and I have tried calf raises. But they seem to flare up my pf. My pf is from tight calves. I don’t know what to do. It’s been over a year and now I’m pregnant and terrified.

    34. @2cartalkers on

      You have THE BEST exercises. I suffered a stroke on Nov 1st and had been doing other calf muscles exercises which did not work. I started just a few days ago using your exercises and have noticed major improvement–KUDOS to YOU!

    44. @nikkina2828 on

      Oh my God, where were you a year ago? When I did that stretch and pulled my d*** Achilles tendon, and it has not been right ever since do you have any information where I can heal? It kind of reverse the damage?

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