on their own, but there could be other contributing factors. Your calves may be inflexible. Why not try the soleus stretch? Adopt the same basic position as your current stretch, but instead of keeping the knee straight and moving the hip forward to affect a

at stretching not only the gastrocnemius, but also the soleus (these are the upper and lower calf muscles). Use the standard calf stretch, in which you lean into a wall with your arms outstretched. Stretch your gastrocnemius with the knee straight, and your

. In the short term, I’d recommend that you decrease the amount of running you’re currently doing and make sure that you carefully stretch your gastrocnemius (main-calf) and soleus (lower-calf) muscles. In the long term, though, you need to address the underlying

. 5. Soleus (lower calf) stretch Stand closer to the wall and bend one leg, keeping the foot flat on the floor. You should feel a stretch in your lower calf. Leaning towards the wall intensifies the stretch; there should be little

or tear) occurs when one of the calf muscles (gastrocnemius or soleus) is stretched beyond its limits and separates from the Achilles tendon. When it occurs, you may hear or feel a pop in your calf muscle. Not warming up enough, doing too much hill work

drops below the step. Take at least 10 seconds to lower it all the way down – that’s the eccentric part of the move, which has been shown to help prevent Achilles tendinitis.Bent-knee Wall Stretch Runners often forget to stretch the soleus – a muscle

or tear) occurs when one of the calf muscles (gastrocnemius or soleus) is stretched beyond its limits and separates from the Achilles tendon. When it occurs, you may hear or feel a pop in your calf muscle. Not warming up enough, doing too much hill work

an issue that has been fairly persistent over the past few years. I'm 19 years old and I occasionally suffer with knee pain. I also find that my soleus muscles ache more than any other muscle after running and can sometimes cramp during a run. Could