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calf strain
Seated Ankle Pump
HOW : Start in a seated position with your feet flat on the ground. From here, push into the ground with your toes lifting your heels up, followed by returning to the starting position and lifting your toes off the ground. Alternate bringing your heels...
Squat Hold - Heel Raise
HOW : Start by standing with your feet about shoulder width apart. Bend your knees, hinge forward slightly at the hips and squat down to a comfortable position. While holding this squat, push into the ground with your toes and raise your heels off of...
Foot Pronation Supination
HOW : Begin in a standing position with both feet almost together. Rotate your body to the left and right as far as you can go while keeping your heel and toes on the ground. Let your lower leg rotate as one foot pushes into...
Single Leg Heel Raise - Big Toe Extension
HOW : Place a folded towel on the ground. Stand on the towel with just your big toe on the towel. Use a wall or something to hold onto with balance. Bend the other knee up off of the ground. Push into the towel and...
Seated Eccentric Ankle Eversion - Band
HOW : In a seated position, loop a band around the balls of your feet. Push one foot out to the side using no tension. With the opposite foot, pull the band back across creating tension in the band while the other foot is holding...
Seated Ankle Eversion - Band
HOW : Begin in a seated position with a band looped around the balls of your feet. Keep your feet mostly flat on the ground and also keep your knees in the same spot to avoid hip involvement. Push the band out with just your...
Calf Soft Tissue Mobilization - Lacrosse Ball
HOW : Begin in a seated position with your legs straight out in front of you. Place a lacrosse ball underneath your calf muscle. With your hands on the ground push into the ground to allow your body weight to push into the ball. Move...
Seated Calf Isometrics - Strap
HOW : Have your legs straight out in front of you in a seated or long sitting position. Loop a band around the bottom of one of your feet. Use both hands to pull your foot back with the band while keeping your knee straight....
4 Way Ankle Isometrics
HOW : In a seated position, bend one knee up and place your heel on the ground with your toes up. While keeping your foot and ankle still, use your hand to apply pressure to your foot as you try to move it up, down,...
Calf Stretch - Off Step
HOW : Place an elevated surface next to a wall. Stand on the surface and use the wall for support. Straighten one leg as you keep your toes on the surface and let your heel drop to the ground creating a stretch in that calf....