15/06/2025
If your kids are the same age as mine-or maybe even a little bit older- they have SAPSASA everything going on… as well as their normal club or school sport commitments.
And as fun as they all is, it can have them in quite a bit of discomfort with sore muscles and feet with a collision of normal growing pains/hormonal changes.
We all know that our kids should stretch, as should we 🤨, but it is even more important right now with this overload of commitment that we nail the recovery.
If we don’t nail the recovery, soft tissue
injuries are more likely to occur as well as a decrease in overall performance and output.
First and foremost, I would ensure that they are stretching their calves and their hamstrings!!! This will keep the appropriate length tension in the tendons that attached to the heel and into the foot, as well as those that cross the knee.
If they are not managing pain, and it’s juts normal fatigue, then I would also add in balance work where they are simply just standing on one foot with no shoes on trying to maintain equal contact to the floor and also progressing to a variety of calf raises, which strengthen the calf.
**Strong calves improve power, push off and control heal contact to the ground in running and jumping.
Start with double calf raises and progressed to single leg and then further progress to single without holding onto anything .
And lastly…..even though majority of you do not have any massage qualifications, a light massage through the back of the legs and into the calf will provide relief as well.
If you’re not confident with this heat backs onto the areas will supply the right amount of heat to be able to soothe the muscles
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