Calf Stretches | Instil Physio
Calf stretches are a great way to lengthen the calf muscles (gastrocnemius & soleus) to improve ankle mobility. Ankle mobility is essential for athletic performance. If you run or jump these muscles need to be able to help absorb forces of landing and also generate power. If they are tight and your ankle doesn't have good mobility, this will affect your running and jumping and can increase your injury risk and affect sport performance.
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At Instil Physio, we offer education tailored to the female athlete and we call this Female Sports Medicine. To us, an athlete is anyone who uses their body for movement or sport. So yes, that’s you! Females have unique needs and physiology, which must be understood and incorporated into their training and rehabilitation. We aim to teach female athletes of all ages and stages about their bodies and how to recover from injury, reducing the impact of these injuries. We also encourage performance care, which is a great way to minimize injury risk and optimize your movement for sport and life. We believe that by arming athletes with the tools and knowledge to understand and work with their bodies, that we can help them to reach their full potential, whatever that means to them.
Our ultimate goal is to advance females in sport and create lifelong athletic participation. Knowing our work is only one piece of this, our role is to provide updated information, training and rehabilitation for female athletes so that they can reach their full athletic potential at any stage of their life. We strive for excellence in our practice and have created an environment to support and empower you in your health and sport performance goals.
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All information provided in the following video can at no time substitute medical advice and individual assessment by a qualified medical professional. It is recommended that participants seek professional advice before commencing any type of self-treatment, as the information provided is not intended to be relied on for medical diagnosis and treatment.