The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the body, which runs down the back of your calf. If a muscle imbalance or repetitive activity puts a lot of pressure on the ankle and tugs on the tendon, ...

Plantar Fascia Stretch: Sit down, and place the foot with heel pain across your knee. Using your hand on the side affected by plantar fasciitis, pull your toes back toward your shin until you feel ...

Calf Stretch Why it rocks: The calf is made up of two muscles: the gastrocnemius and soleus. Stretching these muscles helps reduce tension on the Achilles tendon, which is present in nearly 80 ...

It improves calf and Achilles flexibility. When your calves or Achilles are tight, they increase stress on the plantar fascia during activities like walking or running.

Flat footwear may also stretch the plantar fascia until the area becomes swollen or inflamed, causing pain and discomfort. Common causes of heel pain include: ...

Tight calves can also pull on your Achilles, which then tugs on your plantar fascia, since both attach to your heel bone. “It’s kind of this lever system; if one’s tight, the other is also ...

“These night splints can help to stretch out that plantar fascia so it’s not gotten into such a tight little ball. It simultaneously stretches out the Achilles tendon,” says Heimann.

1. Seated Toe Extension Archambault recommends this seated stretch if your heel pain makes standing stretches hurt. This stretches the plantar fascia on the bottom of your foot to ease heel pain.

Stretching helps relieve plantar fasciitis pain by loosening tightness in your plantar fascia, Achilles tendon, and calf muscles. Stretches (like the ones described here) can be done regularly as ...

Objectives Tendinopathy and fasciopathy are common conditions that can result in time-loss injury in athletes. This study aimed to determine if preseason sonographic abnormalities of the patellar ...