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Eccentric Calf Exercises!

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No, not ballet for bonkers bovines!

Lots of folks mention calf/achilles niggles. I found this t'other day, from the orthopaedics dept at the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford: ouh.nhs.uk/oxsport/informat...

There's stuff on YouTube too but I like the explanations and background info. Sometimes an old-school printout is useful to refer to!

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That's really handy, thanks.

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This is great - thank you for sharing it!

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Ahh, this is fantastic, thank you!

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Nice one, Petrina.

That's been bookmarked.

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Great.. thank you!

Really useful I like the old school stuff!

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Great - thank you 8-)

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