Long term management of peroneal/anterior tib tightness

[Zen]

I'm on my fifth physical therapist.
I had to go through four mediocre PT's before I found one with enough knowledge and creativity to go beyond the basic strength/stretching exercises.

[TahoeDirtGirl]

I'm on my fifth physical therapist.
I had to go through four mediocre PT's before I found one with enough knowledge and creativity to go beyond the basic strength/stretching exercises.

Good deal. I lost count. I did find this woman that you pay out of pocket-she works out of her house, I don't mind paying. I have one last visit with the 'medical insurance' one, why...I have no idea...but I like the out of pocket on because she just digs away at the adhesions for an hour and doesn't pawn me off on doing exercises that I do at home anyway...

I just wish I could ride.

[aicabsolut]

Regular massage therapy. Some of it you can do yourself after a ride on the anterior and lateral calf. To get at the stuff higher up that may be contributing, you can use the Stick or foam rollers or do self massage, but I find (in my experience) that my hips and glutes are often a big contributor (makes my pelvic symmetry off), for which I need someone else's hands working. In fact, massage and ultrasound performed by my PT helped the most in fixing my peroneal tendonitis. She said the muscles were plenty strong. Then we focused on fixing my pelvic alignment and fixing muscle imbalances up there. I know when my calf starts flaring up that I've usually been having more hip and ITB issues that I need to address, but I can keep the calf from getting really bad by digging in with some menthol-y muscle rubs.