Proper stretching and strengthening exercises may relieve these symptoms ... To treat these Achilles injuries, exercises need to target the soleus muscle and the gastrocnemius muscle, which ...

Yet calf muscle exercises are often missing from training ... The calf muscle group is mainly comprised of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, which both connect to the Achilles tendon, on ...

He used a typical pre-exercise stretching routine: starting by stretching the muscles around the hip joint (hamstrings) then the knee (quadriceps) and finally the ankle (gastrocnemius and soleus).

It is unknown whether GSC stretching can decrease these high-risk biomechanics during landing. Methods and Measures Fifteen physically active adults (9 females, 6 males, age: 22.6±2.4 years, height: 1 ...