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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!
Welcome!
I'd like to talk about head positioning in our everyday life.
Typically our ear canal should be slightly aligned anterior of our shoulder( means front area) when standing. This is a portion of what postural alignment means.
When our head is to forward we end with neck pain. Just think about where your head is in relation to your body. Most people's head is too forward; usually not to far back! This poor posture can cause cervical grinding ,instability ,and decreased blood flow.
Next time we will talk about cervical neutral!!!!
😃 and have a great day