Trigger points, a.k.a. “knots,” are tender, palpable spots that can hamper your mobility and often radiate pain to other areas of the body. Beyond messing with your running, they can make ...

Gastrocnemius Stretch. Stand facing a wall, ... The trigger point refers pain to your foot by way of a taut band - a tense bunch of muscle fibres down the inside of your calf.

My calf muscles reacted by twitching and seizing into a prolonged cramp. ... “Trigger point dry needling has nothing to do with Asian medicine or meridians and energy flow.” ...