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2. Try One Of These Leg Stretches For Your Tight AF Muscles - AOL

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   Stretching tight leg muscles helps you stay healthy and ready for workouts, according to physical therapists. These are the seven best leg stretches. ... These are the seven best leg stretches ...

3. Build Massive Calf Muscles With These Exercises - AOL

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   There are two heads to the muscle, the lateral head which sits on the outside of the lower leg and the medial head that sits on the inside of the leg. The two heads can both work together.

4. Human leg - Wikipedia

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   Plantar flexion: One of the most popular lower leg muscle stretches is the step standing heel raises, which mainly involves the gastrocnemius, soleus, and the Achilles tendon. [41] Standing heel raises allow the individual to activate their calf muscles by standing on a step with toes and forefoot , leaving the heel hanging off the step, and ...

5. Calf raises - Wikipedia

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   Bridging exercises are done with a flexed knee to lessen the stretch on the hamstring (a knee flexor) and focus the hip extension work on the gluteus maximus. In that same respect, the reduced knee flexion makes plantar flexion work comparable to a seated calf raise, due to the lessened stretch on the gastrocnemius (like the hamstring, also a knee flexor).

6. Triceps surae muscle - Wikipedia

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   The triceps surae consists of two muscles located at the calf – the two-headed gastrocnemius and the soleus.These muscles both insert into the calcaneus, the bone of the heel of the human foot, and form the major part of the muscle of the posterior leg, commonly known as the calf muscle.

7. Charley Horse: What It Is and How to Prevent It - AOL

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   Charley horses can last for minutes, hours, or days. They can strike anywhere in the body, but the most common spots are the back of your lower leg/calf, back of your thigh, or the front of your ...

8. Stretching - Wikipedia

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   For example, the calf muscles are one of the muscle groups that have the most need for adequate flexibility since they are deeply related to normal lower limb function. When the goal is to increase flexibility, the most commonly used technique is stretching.

9. Soleus muscle - Wikipedia

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   In humans and some other mammals, the soleus is a powerful muscle in the back part of the lower leg (the calf). It runs from just below the knee to the heel and is involved in standing and walking. It is closely connected to the gastrocnemius muscle, and some anatomists consider this combination to be a single muscle, the triceps surae.