Summary: Experiencing increasing calf pain with running can be an incredibly frustrating experience for your running patients, especially when it is severely limiting or stopping them from being able to run. You can have a lot of success in helping your runners overcome running related calf pain, and in episode 66 of the Physio Edge podcast, we give you practical strategies and exercises you can use in your treatment. Tom Goom and David Pope helped you explain the causes of calf pain to your running patients, differential diagnosis and red flags, and what you need to assess in episode 64 and episode 65, and in Episode 66 you will explore: How to strengthen the calf complex Strengthening for local ankle and foot muscles Benefits and how to incorporate strengthening for the kinetic chain Incorporating neural mobility into your treatment Adjusting and progressing training loads The role of gait retraining in the treatment of calf pain If you would love to get better results with calf pain in runners, the podcast handout contains the key takehome messages for you. You can download it here. To complement this podcast and improve your treatment of runners, Tom Goom and I have created three awesome free Achilles tendinopathy rehab videos. This is a series of three evidence-based videos to help you master Achilles treatment. CLICK HERE to get your free access to these videos Links of Interest Free Achilles tendinopathy rehabilitation in runners videos with Tom Goom - a series of three evidence-based videos to get you great results with achilles tendinopathy Download and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Download your free podcast handout on treatment of calf pain in runners Tom Goom on Twitter Let David Pope know what you liked about this podcast on Twitter Review the podcast on iTunes Like the podcast on Facebook Infographics by Clinical Edge Get your free trial Clinical Edge membership Tom Goom's website & courses Tom on Facebook Live Related posts Physio Edge 065 - Differential diagnosis of calf pain in runners with Tom Goom Physio Edge 064 What is causing calf pain in runners and how can you assess it with Tom Goom Physio Edge 062 How to treat plantar fasciopathy in runners with Tom Goom Infographic - How to treat plantar fasciopathy in runners with Tom Goom Physio Edge 061 How to assess & diagnose plantar fasciopathy in runners with Tom Goom Infographic - How to assess & diagnose plantar fasciopathy in runners with Tom Goom Physio Edge 060 Plantar fasciopathy in runners with Tom Goom Infographic - Plantar fasciopathy in runners with Tom Goom Infographic - Plantar fasciopathy imaging & education with Tom Goom Research associated with this episode Breen et al. 2015. Gait re-training to alleviate the symptoms of anterior exertional lower leg pain: A case series Franklyn-Miller et al. 2012. Biomechanical overload syndrome: defining a new diagnosis Kerry et al. (2005). Mechanical calf pain in a 23-year-old male due to dynamic functional entrapment of the popliteal artery Scarvelis and Wells. (2006). Diagnosis and treatment of deep vein thrombosis
