Your calves and shins may not have the complex construction or delicate reputation of your knees and feet, but that doesn’t mean they’re indestructible. In a recent survey of 14,000 injured runners, sports podiatrist Stephen M Pribut found that calf

Your calves and shins may not have the complex construction or delicate reputation of your knees and feet, but that doesn’t mean they’re indestructible. In a recent survey of 14,000 injured runners, sports podiatrist Stephen M Pribut found that calf

is overstretched in a foot which overpronates so that the arch is flat at push-off, it pulls away from its insertion point in the heel, causing pain," says Weldon. That tearing, which usually occurs at the point where the fascia attaches to the heel, results