Calf Strain Treatment for Runners: The Science and 3 Week Plan to Treat and Recover
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Published 2023-02-26
In this video, we look at the research on why calf strains happen so often to runners, how you can prevent calf strains, and a 3 week plan to treat and recover from your calf strain should you have one.
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All Comments (21)
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The absolute best video I've found on this
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Thanks for this video, very informative and straightforward.
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brilliant video, calm explanation
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Absolutely wonderful video , very detail explaining
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Very interesting and informative, thank you
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This video was so easy to understand and follow through. Thank you
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Helpful Thank you
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You "stuck the landing" w/this video! Well done! Thank you!
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after a day of triangulating my search, I finally got to your video..concice and straight forward. I have a 5 k ive trained hard for, next week. I will rest my calf til then, but will run it anyway because im hard headed and and shortsighted I guess. Thanks for the video
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Very helpful video. Are shoes which a higher drop and stability better for recurring calf injuries?
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The link shared for downloading exercise plan downloads the injury prevention exercises. Are the exercises same for prevention and cure? Otherwise Very informative video. Thanks a lot.
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I learned some good things from this that I will include in my rehab, was surprised at the end to find this video had less than a thousand views
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I've watched other videos that actually suggest not stretching the muscle but to massage it, with the knee bent. This problem is mainly with the upper calf or the gastrocnemius in my case at least.
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were is the link to the calf strain treatment plan
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I have been power walking for 34 years, and still like it. Over the years I have had at least 4 calf muscle pulls. I've always believed that the calf muscle is used for walking, whereas the thigh or ham muscle is used for running. Am I wrong in assuming this?
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Is it ok to use the elipiptical machine while im in rehab?
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Currently dealing with calf strains on both legs. I can't walk and am on crutches 😢 thanks for this.
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The download is different to the video?
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I have a question, I had a calf injury about two months by playing soccer. I let it rest for 3 days and went back to my running routine. 5miles a day excluding wednesdays and sundays. But didn’t play soccer for the “ healing process”. So a couple of days ago I decided to play soccer not roughly but sometimes that’s inevitable. So i felt the pain again. So this means, no running and soccer till i fully recover?. I’m 35 years old, please advice!
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My physiotherapist also mentioned that the muscles are connected all the way up in my back and that my tight hips and lower back issues could be very much connected with my continuous problems with calf strains. So, wouldn't the 3rd part of avoiding calf injuries be to have to hip and hamstring flexibility?
