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April / June 2022

Calf Strain and Foot Pain Groomfit with Vera Needham “Sitting is the new smoking,” a phrase

Achilles to shorten.

coined by Dr. James Levine to raise awareness of the toll prolonged sitting

If your calves are tight and inflexible it

plays on our body. There are many prob-

restricts our ability to walk correctly.

lems associated with sitting, but today I

Have you ever stood up at the end of the

want to focus on tight calf muscles and

day and felt like the Tin man who’s lost

how they can wreak havoc on our feet.

his oil can?

Many groomers spend much of the day seated at the grooming table. It’s not

There are two major muscles that make

natural for our body to be in that posi-

up our calves. They are the Gastrocnem-

tion for such a prolonged period of time.

ius and the Soleus muscles, which both

We often sit with our knees bent and

run from the back of your knee and at-

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