Word: gastrocnemius
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...like you just got hit with a ball. In the days before MRI we thought it was caused by rupture of an unimportant little muscle in the leg called the plantaris. Now we know it's actually a small tear of a part of the big calf muscle called gastrocnemius. These tears get better in about six weeks. The treatment is easy - just a high-heeled shoe like a cowboy boot and sometimes a cane. That's it. Patients ask for physical therapy but I won't give it until they're healed. Stretching a muscle that has just torn...
...serve as shock absorbers, reducing the force that eventually gets transferred to the ACL and protecting against excessive rotation at the knee joint. Working on balance boards for as little as 20 minutes a day over a period of six weeks can improve coordination of the hamstrings and the gastrocnemius muscles in the calves, protecting the ACL during athletic twists and turns. Training properly and developing physical conditioning will not only help level the playing field for female athletes but also keep them on it longer...
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