Welcome to this video where we're going to talk about
how to use the massage gun on the calf muscle.
We'll take you through which attachment to use the setting to put it on and how long for.
And importantly really where to target on the calf muscle.
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My name is Claire. I'm a Physiotherapist from PhysioFit Health.
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So, using the massage gun on the calf, I would suggest that
you get yourself sitting down and kind of in long, long sitting.
So, legs out straight or with the knee slightly bent
and it just gives you a little bit of better access really for the calf muscle.
The attachment there are actually two that I would suggest.
One of them is this, the round head attachment which is great for just distributing the pressure
over a wider area. So, it can just make you feel a little bit more comfortable with that around an attachment.
So, the other attachment that you could choose is the one that's a little bit more pointy,
a little bit similar to a thumb. Now, I'd get you using this thumb attachment if
you want a little bit more targeted pressure in a certain area. So, if you try the round head
and you just find that it doesn't quite get into the muscle as deep as you would like to
then change it to this one which mimics the thumb and you might find
that you can get just a little bit more pressure through with that one.
The setting that you put the massage gun on it is really a little bit of a personal preference.
I'll probably put it on about 8 - 10. So, the speeds I've got
with this massage gun are 1 - 20. So, put it about halfway. If you want to just a little bit less intense,
then you're going to reduce the numbers and if you want to
increase that intensity you're going to increase the numbers. So, try it out
and then you can just play around a little bit with those numbers.
Where you are going to target with your massage gun does really
depend a little bit on where is feeling tight. Now, as a general rule, making a lot of
assumptions on the outside part of the calf, that's where tends to get the tightest.
The calf stretches that people generally do that's going to target the muscles at the back of the cuff.
And I do tend to find that it doesn't get so tight on the inside part. But try the massage garden just in
different areas just to see what you find yourself. But certainly, I generally go on the outside part.
So, you get the gun and you put it nearly at the top of the calf just a little bit under the knee.
And then you can move the gun down and all the way up.
And you can even just stay in one area if you do find an area that's a little bit tight.
Now, I'd get you to do this for a minute maybe a couple of minutes
and then that's it, I'd move on to the other side.
Very importantly you're going to stop if you are getting any pain using the massage gun.
So, you know pain is more of a massage and a muscle tension release.
If you've worked on the calf muscle, a really good addition would be to work on the foot as well.
So, calf and foot generally tend to go together in my book.
If you check out our video, we've got another video on how to use the massage gun on the foot.
So, try that out as well just to really make sure that,
that lower limb is nice and released with the massage gun.
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