Just feel so grateful to have come across your technique and knowledge Alisha. Yes please email all your supportive videos please. Thank you.

This is gold! Wow super intense but on the inner area I can feel it all the way to the spot in my hamstring where I've had a tear. And also all the way up to my glute and groin. This looks and feels like my fysio did to help me with the hamstring injury. I remember now he actually said I should release the knots in my calves to not have it happen again. Thanks Elisha :)

Thank you! This worked amazingly!

Amazing relief in seconds!! Thank you

It works great! Thanks, Elisha!

I can't wait to try this. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

Thank you! Been having PF in my right foot for 5 months now. So much information on KZread on what to do and not to do. It's confusing. Some say do one thing the other say don't do that. You are the first person I found that talks about knee pain and PF. I am a runner for 20 years. And have osteoarthritis in both knees. I have a feeling it has to do with knee pain and calf tightness. Will try your technique tonight. Thanks praying it works. 🙏

Thank you for sharing I like it..👍

Thank you - this helps

Wow! What a difference! I can tell immediately that I have less pain and more range of motion in my Achilles! You are right that it doesn't feel good when you're doing it! I find I can do one or 2 spots then have to take a minute break before proceeding down my calf. 2 spots, break, 2 spots, break....

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! It'll get better every time you do it! Totally ok to take breaks :) Thanks for sharing your results! Are you doing this for Achilles tendinitis?

Nice..clear and works

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Thanks! It works.

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

Yay, thanks for sharing your results!

this is great! new subscriber here, thank you for this. could only bear a little bit, because how tender it is, herd some cracking or clunking, felt great ill keep doing it and ill be watching more of your videos.

Thanks

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Is there any one topic you want me to cover that you haven't seen yet?

I’m a very active 49 y/o. In December 2016, I tore my left hamstring. and spent 5 months recovering. Then November 2017, had plantar fasciitis in my left arch so bad that I was put in a hard cast for 3 weeks, soft boot for another 3 weeks, then PT for 4 months. Now, I have PF in my right foot. I’ve been doing yoga, stretching, using a theracane, foam roller, and a lacross ball. I used your PF foam method and lacross ball method tonight. It hurt, but I’m excited because I feel better. Now, if I can only convince my wife to stand on me... Will keep going and report back soon. Thank you!

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Kevin - ouch! Sounds like you've been through a lot lately. I noticed you joined my Say Goodbye to PF course, yay! When you dive in fully it probably won't surprise you to hear, given your history, the connection between hamstrings and PF, and compensation patterns and PF. Sounds like the original PF in the left foot was likely related to that hamstring tear (which, btw, is usually because of very restricted quadriceps on the same side leg, your left). Then, because you were in a boot, your right leg compensated and...PF on the right side developed. All this to say - it makes sense! And I believe you can use my techniques to get out of pain for good. This rolling pin is a better option than the one I used in the course, so use this one if you can! And FYI - we're planning to do a major upgrade to the course to include Kinetix techniques. When we do we'll be charging a bit more and adding a FB group for support. You'll get all the upgrades for free if you're still enrolled. Let me know how else I can help! Glad you're already feeling better :)

@Empirical-Skeptic

5 жыл бұрын

MobilityMastery I just started with your foam rolling technique. Instead of using a plate, I used a 35 lbs kettle bell with the lacrosse ball. I ran 4 miles today and did a short yoga routine after (developed specifically for me by my PT when I was recovering from PF in the right foot). My foot seems to be okay but I’ll know tomorrow morning when I wake up. I never noticed before but I have knots (adhesions) in my R hamstring. I’m trying your foam rolling technique and I’ve got substantial thighs and hammies, however, I seem to be working my anterior calves much more than the gastroc. You’re correct, it does suck. My wife is very busy but she agreed to stand on my my hamstrings and do the bonus foot massage twice now. I’m still a mess but I’m hoping this is the answer to my running woes. Will get a rolling pin soon. Will give another update soon. Thank you for the program. I’m hopeful that this is going to work. -Kevin

@Empirical-Skeptic

5 жыл бұрын

MobilityMastery So my wife has been standing on my hamstrings and feet, in addition to my self myofascial release techniques. My legs feel much better, my R foot has the slightest bit of heel discomfort but it’s the best my foot has felt in weeks. I now greet her in the morning with, “Will you please stand on me, babe?” Ha! Really excited that I found you on KZread! Thanks- Kevin

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

@@Empirical-Skeptic Ha! LOVE IT! So happy to hear of your fast success, congrats and thank you for sharing :)

@Empirical-Skeptic

5 жыл бұрын

Elisha- So, my plantar fasciitis is almost completely in check. I have to admit that without your PF video I wouldn’t have understood what was causing my PF nor would I have known how to address it. I have continued to stretch, do yoga, and self massage. However, the myofacial release techniques in your video are probably the distinguishing factor between not being able to walk the day after I run to hopping out of bed and being shocked that I could walk without pain. Thank you and please give your father my best wishes. -Kevin P.

This works and relieved my pain!!! I am on my feet 12+ hours a day at work. I have Plantar Fasciitis. This relived the pain so fast...it is truly amazing.Thank you so much for sharing this technique. I am so very grateful.

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

Yay! You're so welcome. I love reading about your success, thank you for sharing!

@johnfitbyfaithnet

5 ай бұрын

Cool thanks for sharing this important information

Hi alisha I had real joy with this but I changed it slightly by dragging the pole side to side with heavy slow friction thanks again

I have realised less pain/tightness in my hips and back since I started using your lower leg techniques thankyou so would recommend the other calf video to anyone...

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your success and inspiring others!

Each and every video ya'll have seems to exceed the high standards for the preceding demonstration. Thanks

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

Dave lane glad you think so, thanks!

I gave this a go as last Wednesday I was on a plane and when I got up I felt a crunch long story short it just got worse so I had to go buy a cane to get around. A friend sent me this and Injust did it and it helped a lot. Thanks

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad this helped :)

Thanks Elisha. My left calf cramps a lot as do my feet so I know I need work here. That was PAINFUL!!!!! Was using a thin bar so I think I need something a little thicker for now. I find that the muscles on the front of the lower leg get very tired with the flexing. Hoping this will help with some knee pain and tenderness on the soles of the feet

Really works fast!

@ElishaCeleste

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear! 🙌🏽

I will definitely try this when I get home, although I'll be using a Pilates chair and an actual plastic rolling pin. I know I have adhesions in my calves. My knee issues are more osteoarthritis-based but I'll take any help I can get.

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

This could help with osteoarthritis pain too, by bringing more blood to your ligaments, tendons, bursa and bones in and around the knee. Let me know how you feel after!

Haha...was just gonna do the kelly starret technique I learnt of the other video but it doesn't quite hit the outside of the calf so thankyou...fantastic idea.👌

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this one is brilliant and works super fast!

Awesome results thank you so much this is definitely a game changer for me. I have a small contusion on my lateral meniscus I could barely run my doctor told me to rest it and see if it heals and to strengthen my leg muscles and if it started hurting again he said I would need surgery ... so glad that’s out of the question ! How often should I I do these exercises? And will i eventually be completely pain free ?

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

YAY!!! I love hearing this. Being completely pain free depends on finding the ROOT cause, which might be the calf fascia but may be upstream in your hips. I have a LOT of videos here on the channel, check them out. But do the calf release until it doesn't hurt to release it and see how the knee feels. My private practice clients get pain free, even in the case of meniscus tears or doctors telling them they need surgery. I've been able to help a lot of people avoid going under the knife! I do offer Skype or phone consultations too, fyi. If you ever want 1-1 help, email elisha@mobilitymastery.com Keep us all posted on your progress, I KNOW other people are reading the comments here and getting inspired by your story!

Oooh I'm definitely trying this one.. I tried a differrent technique from another video you did with the foam roller, but it hurt my shins so bad I could never get down to the amount of weight I needed with one leg on the other leg to dig into the calf.

I've been doing this the wrong way for years. I was rolling my calves. I just started doing it the way you show in this video, and the results are happening far more rapidly now. In a matter of days the clunks are getting smaller. I can't believe how messed up my body has been considering it didn't really hurt until I began working on it.

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

G Kuljian - glad to hear of the progress! I’ve been teaching it this way for 5 years but I found (by doing Skype and phone consults) most people didn’t “get” it even though I stressed the clunk not roll. Anyway - I’m happy you’re feeling better!

I have been doing the one with the foam roller but realized I had to go deeper. So I used this technique. 2 things I noticed right away YOUCH! painful! The other thing was that my right hip was REALLY hurting this morning, and now it doesn't. OF course, I did the foot release first, which also helped. No crunches or pops, but definitely noticed differences. Also, my calves are a HUGE source of discomfort as I am on my feet a LOT.

Hi, I have plantar fasciitis, and was very hopeful when trying this exercise. Felt a lot of circulation in the tissue which at first I thought was good. But shortly after, the PF pain became so much worse. It kind of tears on the fascia. It gave me a real flare. Wonder why so many seem to have such good results, and for me it made it worse. Maybe you have any ideas on this? Thank you!

I'm on crutches at the moment with Plantar Fasciitis and I'd really like to give this a try. How many times a day should this be done?

Holy shit! This worked. I did this for 3 rounds of up and down the calves and my outer knee pain is gone.

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

Ha! Yes, it can work that fast when you target the right area! Thanks for sharing your results :))

Also, there are some pretty sensitive trigger points in that region. Will those always be super sensitive, or does this technique work out the tenderness of those trigger points?

@KKIcons

5 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same thing. After doing the exercises for more than a year, I think it also depends on one's particular way of going (for instance I hold in a lot of stress from the past, and also have some major alignment and posture issues.) Also I want to have an active life on a ranch that is not always a smooth road. So some areas like the one in the video are probably always going to be very tight. But if I stay on other ones over time, I find it takes a smaller ball, or more pressure to get an effect, and things are at least starting to break up clunk around in there instead of being tight and painful. I have been curious about if using the Neil Asher Trigger point therapy on the tight trigger points would help unlock the area so the releases would be more effective.

Now why didn't I think of the rolling pin?! I've been having shin splint pain that masks as lateral knee pain (pain can't hide itself from me as easily as it used to!). Anyway, this should make it easier to relieve...as a tennis player, everything is hit off of my right foot and that calf takes a beating...

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

Ha! That's what I said when I first had the idea years ago after stepping on people's calves since 2008. This is a VERY effective technique - it should help you! Let me know if it does, I love hearing about people's successes :)))

I'm guessing that for medial knee discomfort or shin splints, you might pin the inner high calf? Because you pinned the outside high calf for lateral knee pain...in any case, I have some soreness in my upper inner calf muscle so I am going to see if targeting that will eliminate the knee discomfort...

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Thomas - for medial knee pain I would actually target your VMO or LOW adductors first. I have a technique for that on the channel using a basketball. For SHIN SPLINTS - I definitely recommend getting into the calf fascia from every angle (gastrocnemius, soleus or inside calf) as well as tibialis anterior and peroneals. Shin splints is kind of like putting a cast of tight fascia around the tibia, making it ache or give you sharp stabbing pains that feel like they're in the bone. Hope that helps!

@dadmaxx8641

5 жыл бұрын

@@ElishaCeleste I worked on the calf last night and the low and high adductors. My knee discomfort is gone and the shin splints are on the way out. Also, I used to "crack" my ankle by moving in back towards my shin...I think because of the tight achilles tendon...I can no longer do that. I'm guessing because I broke up the fascia a bit. I used to be able to crack my shoulder as well but I no longer can. This stuff is gold!

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

YES!! Thomas I must say you're one of my favorite "fans" here. Why? You clearly want to help yourself, and with just a little help from me you're all in and BAM! You get instant results. I love helping people who want to help themselves. You just inspired ME today :)))

I have several issues with various ligaments, one of them being plantar fasciitisin my right foot. My calf doesn't hurt at all at rest or when I massage it, but when I use this technique, the pain is excruciating at each point. I manage to hold the rod down for approximately 12 seconds at each point, accompanied by a lot of groaning. I get a clunk only in the lower calf. Any advice?

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

Healthy fascia won't hurt when compressed, so if it's excruciating then it is very unhealthy. But you can make it healthy again! You may also have some reactivity in your calves from unused adrenaline, if you are someone who typically engaged the "flight" part of fight or flight, this can get stored in the calves and make touching them with compression almost nauseating. This was me for a long time, and still at times if I don't release my calves regularly. You just have to work up your tolerance and if you think there's a nervous system component, your results will be faster if you know how to interpret those signals. That's what we're going to do in Mind Body Breakthrough :)

@beatricedick6414

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Elisha, I just wanted to make sure I'm doing the right thing; I will continue!

@Bruh90000

3 жыл бұрын

@@ElishaCeleste Woah! I have been feeling like throwing up at some of the really painful parts. I thought I was just holding my breath and clinching my body.

What’s a plunk?

@ElishaCeleste

5 жыл бұрын

When I say "clunk" - I'm referring to a fascial adhesion, or an area within a muscle belly where fascial fibers and the muscle fibers enclosed therein have gotten stuck together.

Can u tell me pls why I feel knee pain with plantar fasciitis

@ElishaCeleste

3 жыл бұрын

Plantar fasciitis and knee pain both have CALF fascial adhesions in common (most of the time). So it's not unusual to have both PF and knee pain. Of course there are OTHER causes for both of these issues, and both also likely have a different root cause (like pelvic instability or glute inhibition).

@noreenfaisal2196

3 жыл бұрын

@@ElishaCeleste Thank u soo much

I don't get any clunking. Is it important to get a clunk? I do get pain though.

@ElishaCeleste

4 жыл бұрын

The "clunk" is important to find if you have adhesions in your calf, because its primarily the adhesions that cause restriction of the joint, blood flow and movement. I can almost guarantee you have them, because in 12 years of working with people in my private practice I've seen only a few people that have no adhesions in their calves. Most people do.

@Noor-jw2tn

4 жыл бұрын

@@ElishaCeleste thanks, I will continue the search. I must say in the 2 sessions I have given my legs, I have received enormous relief. I could hardly make it from the tram stop to my place 3 days ago. I was in so much pain I was almost crying. I felt I was doomed to become a decrepit old lady. I have no pain now. Thank you for service to pain. X

I feel like I could really hurt myself doing this. 😳

I'm in love...damn she's cute!