This is helpful Oakleaf. I've no idea if I "ankle" or not, and I've done a lot of work with calf raises over the past two years - both standing and weighted. If I say so myself I have some great looking calves after all of the riding and weight lifting! I HAVE had major foot/ankle surgery (with no follow-up PT) and am quite sure that I've stiff ankles in both feet due to some problems with my feet since I was born. Mom must not have had the full manual on how to put my feet together

I simply can't afford more PT this year, and yes, I've been fit every which way possible. They don't FEEL tight to me, but my group trainer/coach at the gym has noticed it enough to comment to me away from the others about how tight they are...

Are you referring to "proprioception" as in "body-awareness"? I do still have some problems with that, my old trainer thought that was part of the reason for my rate of falls per mile of mountain bike trail.

So I will try to use heat more often, massage them after every workout, add unsupported single-leg calf raises to my routine and figure out what ankling is to determine if I am guilty...thanks!