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calf stretch with knee extension and eversion - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

calf stretch with knee extension and eversion

standing wall-supported calf stretch with posterior leg externally rotated and knee extending to release tension

Starting position
standing
Joints
knee, head
Muscles
gastrocnemius, soleus
Equipment
wall
Goal
mobility, stretching
Type
active, passive

How it is done

Stand facing the wall and put one leg forward, bend forwarded knee as in lunges along with lean on wall and rotate the foot of behind leg outward( affected leg). Feel for the strech on behind leg over the calf. Release the stretch by knee straight.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.