CALF RAISE EXERCISE

 CALF RAISE

• CALF RAISE exercise help strengthening your calf muscles and also improves your gait.

• It is important for you to avoid tight calf muscles, as they can put stress on the muscles of your lower back, and cause or increase pain in your lower legs

OTHER BENEFITS OF CALF RAISE:

• It is an easy, low-impact method for strengthening the gastrocnemius and soleus.

• It improves stability and balance, 

• decrease the risk of ankle and knee injuries, 

• better agility when running and jumping.

HOW TO DO CALF RAISE EXERCISE?

1. Standing on your left leg, wrapping the toe of your right leg around the back of your left ankle. 
2. Supporting your body weight with your left leg, rest your hands on the back of a chair. Breath in.
3. Lift yourself up as high as you can go onto the great toe ball of your left foot, exhaling simultaneously. 
4. Hold for 10 seconds, then take your heel down back to the start position, Inhale. 
5. Repeat 5 times (for the first 3-5), then switch legs.
6. Gradually increase the number of repetitions.