Achilles & Calf Mobilization for Better Dorsiflexion and Healthier Ankles (3–5 Min/Side)

Hey, it's your daily dose. We're going to take a little bit of a different tact on this classic Achilles calf mobilization. So, grab your roller of choice. This one has a little texture, but what I'm interested in doing is seeing if I can get some skin to slide in and around the Achilles. What ends up to happen a lot of times is that this connective tissue skin system becomes highly adhered to these uh layers of these deeper fibers and it just like wearing an exoskeleton. So one of the things we can do around the retinacculum at the ankle and even this insertion of a lot of this musculature is that we can just get some scrubbing here. So I'm not sliding on here giving myself a terrible rope burn. I'm just going to the limits of the fascia and I can do that with toes pointed. I can also kind of pull the skin back and get it to slide and glide in two different directions. So in this position, I'm right down with that insertion. I pull this tension and then I'm just going to tack and floss. So the idea here is can I get some motion in those directions on the back section. That was a reference to Beasty Boys. But in the meantime here, see if you can get 3 to 5 minutes of really going after some tissue health here. And you will see that will improve your dorsal flexion and Achilles