The calf muscle is actually made up of two primary muscles: the gastrocnemius muscle and the soleus muscle. "The vast majority of injuries are to those two muscles," says Robert Gillanders, a ...

When the muscles in your calf are overloaded, some of the fibres within it can tear. This is a very common injury in runners, though actually it first appears in medical literature in 1883 as 'tennis ...

Every step taken, every stretch made, a hidden muscle in the legs is hard at work. It doesn’t just help with balance or movement; it supports one of the body’s most vital systems, circulation. Experts ...