Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
I wonder if it has anything to do with the health of my fascia? -> my body's ability to circulate warm fluids through my extremities? I'm really not making any progress on the trigger points in my calves, despite all kinds of experimentation with my feet plus digging at them every night with a Thera-Cane and several times a day with a Stick or knee (which Stick and knee really don't get deep enough, but just to be giving them some attention...). My quads, adductors and abductors stay nice and limber with the foam roller and foam ball - I do have trouble getting into the hammies, if it weren't for my LMT I wouldn't even know the TrPs are there - but my lower legs, fuhgeddaboudit.
I'm surprised you haven't made any headway on the calf TrPs--can you think of anything you might be doing that would make them keep coming back? As for the hamstrings, have you tried using a tennis ball or big high-bounce ball on a hard chair (sit on the chair, put the ball under your leg and roll it around)? That might work; I've done this for adductor magnus (right up near the top of it) and if it works for that it should work for the hamstrings too.