Exercise cues/tips:

• Place a rolled up towel under first MTP joint to evoke big toe extension

• Perform a normal concentric/eccentric calf raise 

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Muscle groups targeted:

• Foot intrinsics

• Plantar fascia

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Exercise progression:

• Weighted big toe calf raise 

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Exercise regression:

• Big toe extension 

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❗Rathleff et al. (2014) showed high load strength training involving this exercise which is based around the Windlass mechanism, to yield better results than daily plantar stretching

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