Many people believe that prone hamstring curls work the calves. Do they? I’m a certified personal trainer, and the answer is no. If your calves “feel it” after doing prone hamstring curls, ask yourself if this is the same feeling you get after doing a tough routine of seated calve raises, which target these muscles. ...
It’s something that happens to all of us at one point or another. Walking the dog, doing construction, playing sports, really almost any kind of physical activity poses the threat of a pulled muscle somewhere on your body. So how do you know whether or not that sore shoulder or thigh or calf just suffered ...
Tendonitis is an inflammation of the dense, fibrous tendons connecting bone with muscle. The most common areas of the body to suffer from tendonitis include your arm joints -shoulders, elbows and wrists-as well as your heels, because it often occurs due to repetitive strain or improper use of the joint. Exercise can be beneficial therapy, ...
It was a day I am not likely to forget, preforming lunges with weights as I normally did when all of the sudden I heard this pop sound come from my leg. At first of course, I thought nothing of it, that was until I couldn’t walk and my foot began to swell. I went ...
Nobody resolves to come down with a case of Achilles tendonitis, but many who head to the gym each January in an attempt to keep their resolutions for better fitness do just that. Achilles tendonitis occurs when the band of tissues that connects the muscles in the back of the lower leg to the heel ...
ACHILLES TENDON PAIN Where the Achilles tendon is located and what it does: The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the body. It is the thick, rope-like cord on the back of the heel that connects the heel to the calf muscles. This tendon supports your entire body weight with each step. The Achilles ...
There I was: one second I’m running along the beach, enjoying the surf spraying around my feet, feeling like a cast-member in the film “Chariots of Fire” and enjoying the fact that it was 7:00 in the morning and the summer crowds had yet to materialize, and the next thing I know I’m lying on ...
There is nothing more complex or difficult to explain than the effects of high blood pressure (hypertension) on tendons and joints. If you are familiar with high blood pressure, you already know that it is the abnormal reading of a person’s systolic pressure (pressure phase) and diastolic pressure (resting phase). The historic cutoff for the ...