Pointing your toes downward engages the calf muscles and Achilles tendon, playing a key role in walking, running, and jumping ...

Looking to boost the strength and tone of your calves? These three exercises are just what you need. Learn how to do them ...

Leg day can’t all be about the quads and hamstrings. You use your calf muscles, whether you’re running, jumping, walking, playing sports, or just going about your day. Strengthening these ...

The steeper the incline, the more your calf muscles have to work. When you play sports such as soccer, basketball, and tennis, you run, jump, and push off your calf muscles to speed up or change ...

The calf muscles – specifically the soleus ... The goal is to progress through the moves in order, so don’t jump straight into plyometrics. Stand with your heels off the edge of a step ...

Ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) may reduce the effort required to walk, and increase walking speed and satisfaction with walking in people with calf muscle weakness due to neuromuscular disorders, but we ...

Stanford Medicine's Marc Safran, M.D., emphasized the need for patience with a calf injury like Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green's.