These are the pathologic issues that are grossly undertreated or mistreated. Don't ignore your calves, please.

I served as the foot and ankle consultant for the Cincinnati Reds for over 25 years, making the annual trip to spring training each year....

Finally, the human calf is rightly becoming the prime suspect as THE cause of the majority of non-traumatic acquired foot and ankle pathology. In my paper, “Gastrocnemius: A New Paradigm for the Human Foot and Ankle,” I explain why our calves get too tight, describing four categories that lead to the gastrocnemius contracture: activity changes, physiologic changes in muscles and tendons, genetics, and reverse evolution. A special thanks to Dr. Patrick DeHeer for his recognition of this in a...