You may have tried stretching and foam rolling with ... The two primary muscles that make up the calf are the gastrocnemius ...

These landing mechanics are risk factors for lower extremity injuries such as anterior cruciate ligament rupture. It is unknown whether GSC stretching can decrease these high-risk biomechanics during ...

This results in active contraction during passive stretching of the medial gastrocnemius and predisposes the muscle ... and if there is synchronous or dissociative movement between the gastrocnemius ...

starting by stretching the muscles around the hip joint (hamstrings) then the knee (quadriceps) and finally the ankle (gastrocnemius and soleus). By holding a joint at the end of its range of ...

The soleus is a type one muscle fibre – which ... and lean forwards to stretch into both of the muscles in the calf. “This stretches out all of the tissue on the back of the lower leg ...