Soleus Muscle Foam Roller Technique for Tight Calves
In this video, I’m going to show you a simple calf foam rolling technique you can use to relieve tightness in your soleus muscles. Use this foam rolling technique to help treat chronic tightness and discomfort in your lower calf muscles.
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Yesterday, I spent half an hour or so here on a YouTube Livestream discussing steps us runners can take to help prevent calf injuries. Here’s a link incase you missed it and want to catch-up...
CALF INJURY PREVENTION LIVESTREAM:
https://youtu.be/6Y5jK2xUFCs?list=PLrbwxlLsQTFOx3Q0H9lQZi1NHf5WbrSbO
Today, I want to stick with the same theme and show you a simple foam roller technique you can use to treat tightness and trigger points in your lower calf region, particularly your soleus muscles. It’s a fairly intense technique, so you’d be best off preparing yourself for this using the long strokes shown in the foam rolling tutorial I uploaded last year.
CALF FOAM ROLLING TUTORIAL (FULL VIDEO):
https://youtu.be/98uo2EbNsb8?list=PLrbwxlLsQTFMfbPqmf6Dqevbf6Qtcf_R6
Having warmed the calves up with these more general techniques, you’ll be ready to try this kneeling technique that I picked-up from my friend Brad Beer over at Pogo Physio.
Begin kneeling upright, and place the roller across the backs of your lower calf muscles, positioned directly on top of the soleus muscles. From there, gently sit back, so that your butt begins to apply downward pressure to the roller. Maintain a level of pressure that feels intense but manageable - not painful - and begin to shift your weight gently from side to side, looking for tender spots.
Once you find a tender spot, trigger point or knot type feeling in your muscle tissue, maintain pressure on the trigger point for 15-20 seconds as you keep your breathing relaxed. You should start to feel the tenderness subside after a few repetitions.
Feel free to move the roller by hand, up and down the region and repeat this process as you find trigger points.
Remember, this is more a technique to work on chronically tight calves, not something you should use if you have an acute soleus strain. If in doubt check with your physio.
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ABOUT ME: I'm a runner, sports rehabilitation specialist and coach based in the UK (Norwich and London).
Since 2007 I've been working with athletes focusing specifically on helping distance runners and triathletes overcome injury and improve performance through developing their individual running technique.
Running biomechanics has become a geeky little passion of mine!
WEBSITE: http://kinetic-revolution.com
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Видео Soleus Muscle Foam Roller Technique for Tight Calves канала James Dunne
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Yesterday, I spent half an hour or so here on a YouTube Livestream discussing steps us runners can take to help prevent calf injuries. Here’s a link incase you missed it and want to catch-up...
CALF INJURY PREVENTION LIVESTREAM:
https://youtu.be/6Y5jK2xUFCs?list=PLrbwxlLsQTFOx3Q0H9lQZi1NHf5WbrSbO
Today, I want to stick with the same theme and show you a simple foam roller technique you can use to treat tightness and trigger points in your lower calf region, particularly your soleus muscles. It’s a fairly intense technique, so you’d be best off preparing yourself for this using the long strokes shown in the foam rolling tutorial I uploaded last year.
CALF FOAM ROLLING TUTORIAL (FULL VIDEO):
https://youtu.be/98uo2EbNsb8?list=PLrbwxlLsQTFMfbPqmf6Dqevbf6Qtcf_R6
Having warmed the calves up with these more general techniques, you’ll be ready to try this kneeling technique that I picked-up from my friend Brad Beer over at Pogo Physio.
Begin kneeling upright, and place the roller across the backs of your lower calf muscles, positioned directly on top of the soleus muscles. From there, gently sit back, so that your butt begins to apply downward pressure to the roller. Maintain a level of pressure that feels intense but manageable - not painful - and begin to shift your weight gently from side to side, looking for tender spots.
Once you find a tender spot, trigger point or knot type feeling in your muscle tissue, maintain pressure on the trigger point for 15-20 seconds as you keep your breathing relaxed. You should start to feel the tenderness subside after a few repetitions.
Feel free to move the roller by hand, up and down the region and repeat this process as you find trigger points.
Remember, this is more a technique to work on chronically tight calves, not something you should use if you have an acute soleus strain. If in doubt check with your physio.
Don’t forget to hit that subscribe button so you don’t miss any of our daily training tips.
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ABOUT ME: I'm a runner, sports rehabilitation specialist and coach based in the UK (Norwich and London).
Since 2007 I've been working with athletes focusing specifically on helping distance runners and triathletes overcome injury and improve performance through developing their individual running technique.
Running biomechanics has become a geeky little passion of mine!
WEBSITE: http://kinetic-revolution.com
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Видео Soleus Muscle Foam Roller Technique for Tight Calves канала James Dunne
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