DO YOU KNOW?
Tight Soleus muscle ...What?
When we do an abundance of walking or become sedentary and then walk alot/ work out you can have tight calf muscles.
Their may be nutritional deficits going on to like to much potassium/ not enough.
Their is 3 major muscles of the calf, your medial gastrocenemious, your lateral gastrocenemious, and in the middle is what's called the soleous muscle. The soleous muscle attaches differently from the 2 gastroc muscles. Since the middle muscle ie; soleous does not attach to femur condyles you will stretch this differently.
In order to stretch gastroc muscles you can do knees straight, heel drop holds, 30seconds minimal- to 1 minute. But here's the exciting anatomy part the middle calf muscles called the soleous , you will want to do drop heel off curb/step with both knees bent!!!
I love the body and all it's intrinsics....so fascinating!
Please try it and thank me later TIGHT CALVES!!
PEACE
CARPE DIEM!
VERONICA