Ankle Stretch Progression
Your feet, ankles, and calves are the foundation to your body. This stretch series will keep your legs healthy and ready to support your mobility and strength goals.
Stretching Application
Stretching is for everyone. Not everyone is an athlete but everyone needs to stretch. The most important thing to understand is that athletes and people who just want to stretch to feel better need to stretch differently. Think of it this way, athletic stretching is just complex or advanced stretching and not everyone needs or can benefit from this type of stretching. Start with simple stretches and work your way towards the more complicated stretching. Just remember that we all need to stretch!
Health Focused Application
The calf stretch is one of the easies stretches to do anytime and anywhere. Lack of ankle flexibility actually impedes your ability to walk correctly and tight calves are the beginning of the end or your proper postural alignment and pain-free functional mobility!
Athletic / Fitness Application
No matter what sport you do, your ankles take the brunt of your abilities. Any activity with kicking, running, jumping, spinning and landing, your calves and ankles bear your entire body weight up to 25 times depending on the sport or movement! Please take the time to take care and stretch!
Science and Medical Connection
Scientific Perspective of the Ankle and Calf Muscles
The muscles of your feet and ankle make movement happen but more than any other part of your body, so stretching becomes incredibly important to keep all of the moving parts loose, mobile and healthy!
Medical Perspective of the
Ankle and Calf Muscles
The muscles, ligaments and soft tissue connections of your feet and ankle bear the entire weight of your body. Calf cramping and twisted or sprained ankles are some of the most common injuries because of this fact.