Calf cramp
My calf cramped last night while I was sleeping and it woke me up.
It’s been feeling tight all day, so I finally did some research and these are notes to myself so I can look them up later.
What has helped so far.
Massaging the calf muscle hard, it’s painful but it has worked really well.
There are two muscles in the calf, the gastrocneimus (“gastroc” for short) and the soleus.
The normal flat foot, bent ankle, leg straight back and leaning forward stretch stretches the gastroc.
To stretch the soleus, it’s the same stretch but with a bent knee.
The soleus stretch has also helped a lot.
Summarized from this article.
http://www.ezpromotes.com/running-calf-cramps/running-calf-cramps-article4.html
I was going to do 5 miles today but I’m going to take the day off and let my calf relax.