Calf stretching vs. exercising the calf muscle for PF
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Posted by Douglas Padian on April 02, 1998 at 18:34:44:
I was having an argument with my body-building brother about my chronic PF. He was saying that by doing calf raises ( standing at the edge of a step and slowly raising and lowering myself ) will help. He says that working a muscle helps make it elongate, and by elongating the calf muscle there will be less tension on the achilles tendon and therefore the Plantar Fascia. I wonder how effective this could be. I have had a physical therapist tell me to do calf raises, but how important are they? Can they, combined with the stretching, elongate the calf muscle and really help? Anyone with success stories?
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