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Charlie Pendejo said:Ozzie Gontang said:I would guess that you are not going deep enough or getting the torque
on the fascia to release where it is adhering. The feeling of fascia
letting go is the same feeling as an Indian burn to the wrist.One reason that after using the foam roller, I go to my trusty 1" PVC.
At times I've gone to sleep on the floor laying on the PVC across my
quads. Idea is to push the toes into the ground which tightens the
quad and then let the quad relax and sink into the foam roller or piece
of PVC.Hey, thanks for the additional detail - that's very helpful. I've
posted before that I suspect it may benefit me to "graduate" from foam
roller to something harder (I thought rolling pin but PVC sounds
dandy), and your suggestion should give me the additional nudge I
apparently needed.In the meantime I can also report that Dan's suggestion for the
alternating ice-heat cycles made a huge positive impact. Thanks Dan!Beyond that, three days off from running and, mostly, the post-run
stretching has also resulted in cramps in each calf on consecutive days
- which leads me to believe my calf cramping issues are primarily a
mechanical not necessarily electrolytic issue: I simply need to stretch
them better. At least I now have fresh anecdotal evidence that if you
can ice a calf very soon after the cramp, it will feel much, much
better in the morning.
Charlie,
Check out http://www.mindfulness.com/of1.asp . Doing the transverse
friction (rubbing across) the calves will loosen the calf muscles and
also work on the fascia.
The fallacy, if it is one, about stretching is that once the fascia has
tightened around the soleus and/or gastrocs the muscle under that
tightened sausage skin will not stretch so you end up stretching good
muscle fiber on either end of the sausage skinned(fascia) contracted
muscle. That good muscle fiber which now is over stretched, as
demonstrated by the cramps, now joins the tightened, knotted muscle
under the shortened fascia.
Good awareness in healing and preventing future calf issues.
In health and on the run,
Ozzie Gontang
Director, San Diego Marathon Clinic, est. 1975
Maintainer - rec.running FAQ
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/running-faq/
Mindful Running:
http://www.mindfulness.com/mr.asp