A tennis player’s calf muscles work extremely hard on the tennis court, especially the concrete courts of Los Angeles. To play good tennis you need to be light on your feet with the weight on your front foot most of the time. The constant small steps to adjust the body to the oncoming ball, pushing off, stopping and changing directions will make the calves work very hard. One of the major reasons of calf injuries is their poor conditioning. When your calves become inflexible and weak, they get easily overworked and overstretched. Tight calves develop trigger points and then even stretching will not help. You may experience other painful symptoms, such as shin splints, plantar fasciitis or sore Achilles tendons. To get rid of the trigger points you need to do myofascial release for your calves.
