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What causes it:
Ø Adhesions
can occur due to dehydration causing the calf and the soleus to
adhear together.
Ø Just above
the A.T. the calf muscle and the soleus connect into the
Achilles, once the elasticity is lost in these muscles pull from
their insertion points
Ø Once the
elasticity is lost and the insertion point is pulled upon the
muscles are no longer able to return to their original state,
continually pulling through activity and non activity
Ø Dehydration
is a huge component to this type of dysfunction
Prevention:
Ø Create
elasticity within the soleus and calf area to allow the muscle to
rebound to it’s natural state
Ø Make sure
your shoes are not over posted and that you don’t allow the
knees to rotate out to the side while sitting
Ø Make sure
you don’t always cross your feet while sitting in a chair
or on the floor. (Please see picture)
Ø Make sure
you don’t have to much float in your peddles or that your
seat is not to low. (Dropping you heel when cycling can acerbates
this problem, make sure when peddling you keep you heel connected
to the back of your shoe rather than drop the heel and scrape the
mud off the bottom of the shoe.)
Ø Don’t
over ice over icing is like putting a steak in the freezer, in
the acute faze ice for 15 minutes at a time.
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