Muscle Strain (cont.)
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Prevention
- Avoid injury by daily stretching.
- Stretch every time before you exercise.
- Establish a warm-up routine prior to engaging in strenuous exercise.
- Start an exercise program in consultation with your doctor.
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A medial calf injury is a musculotendinous disruption of varying degrees in the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle that results from an acute, forceful push-off with the foot.
