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Plantar plate injuries and exercises / stretching of the calf muscles

Discussion in 'General Issues and Discussion Forum' started by nilshulth, Aug 8, 2013.

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Looking at the typical recommendations among practioners you see some that actively prescribe stretching of the calf muscles. Also common is the recommendation for strengthening toe curls by gripping a towel on the floor, which naturally involves some dorsal movement of the toes just to get a grip of the towel.

Given the anatomy of the plantar plate and farscia, nicely illustrated at the end of Kevin Kirby's post, this brings a question - will such exercises do more harm than good? Will it put further stress on the plantar plate and thus have the opposite of the desired effect?

What are your typical recommendations?

/Nils

nilshulth, Aug 8, 2013

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