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
injury has probably left scar tissue on your Achilles, and once scar tissue has become inflexible and tight, it can be very difficult to mobilise. The efforts you have made to massage and stretch the tendon are good, but it may be worth discussing some
Q Ive been running for five years with very few injuries, but recently Ive been experiencing pain in both shins. The pain is on the inside of my legs, just off-centre. I tried resting for three weeks as suggested by my GP, but the problem
of the leg more than the front, runners often have overworked, tight calf muscles and weak shin muscles. This can lead to four specific lower-leg injuries – calf pulls, shin splints, stress fractures and compartment syndrome.A calf pull (also called a strain
) or neglected (understretched, understrengthened), they’ll complain. And the result could be one of the two most chronic, hard-to-heal injuries a runner can face – namely, plantar fasciitis or Achilles tendinitis. To avoid the dreaded ‘itises’ it helps to first
ASICS Pro Team Physiotherapist Sarah Connors recently joined us for a webchat on beating injury. Catch up on the highlights here.Sarah is a chartered physiotherapist who has specialised in treating track and field athletes for the past 20 years
