How to relax your calf muscles after exercise

Exercise is something that many of our friends do, and our life also depends on exercise. If a person exercises regularly, the body will be healthy. If we do not pay much attention to exercise, our physical fitness and body resistance will be poor. Therefore, exercise is a particularly important thing in our lives. We should live in exercise, and at the same time, life cannot be without exercise. How to relax the calf muscles after exercise? Let’s take a look at it below.

Relaxation, first of all, is relaxation of your mind. A relaxed and happy mood will have a good promoting effect on the body, and at the same time can relieve the soreness caused by exercise.

Static stretching:

Stretch the muscle that is moving most during the exercise until you feel it is completely tense, and hold for 15 to 30 seconds. Static stretching relaxes your muscles and helps relieve stiffness and pain in your body.

Place the leg to be relaxed on a higher point, put the strength on the other leg, relax the calf, stroke from bottom to top and pat the calf gently.

Finishing activities:

Generally, you can swing your arms, turn your waist, shake your legs, etc. to promote blood circulation and relax your muscles actively.

Stand on a step or other raised object with one foot, with the heel suspended in the air, and use the weight of your body to stretch the calf muscles up and down.

Massage:

It should generally be done 20 to 30 minutes after exercise. You can start with light pushing, rubbing, kneading, pressing and tapping, combined with local shaking and passive movements.

The above is an introduction to how to relax the calf muscles after exercise. This is also an effective way to prevent calf muscle growth or calf soreness and pain. It is also something we need to understand in our daily long-term exercise. Exercise is not only for our body to be stronger, but also to make our body more symmetrical.