lengthening of achilles tendon

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        • Participant
          flow on May 13, 2006 at 11:34 pm #11843

          yeah,  i know.  but im just spitballin here 😉

          if static stretching can,  done incorrectly,  decrease muscle length and increase tendeon length,
          would it be an adequate way to lenthen -and increase performance-  of the achilles tendon.
          or would the tendon loose its flexable qualities t a certain extent,  making this a huge nono.
          what else comes to your mind?

        • Participant
          davan on May 14, 2006 at 12:06 am #53391

          it would not literally lengthen in the way that a longer achilles helps performance. You get that from birth, not from trying to stretch it out longer.

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on June 1, 2006 at 8:57 am #53392

          You could have the attachment point surgically altered to lengthen the achilles tendon 😀

          ELITETRACK Founder

        • Participant
          flow on June 1, 2006 at 11:22 am #53393

          hell,  after that ill brake my feet to make them shorter 😛

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on June 8, 2006 at 9:30 am #53394

          While you're at it, have a couple vertebrae removed to make your torso shorter and shrink your head so you don't have to carry around any unnecessary weight.

          ELITETRACK Founder

        • Participant
          flow on June 8, 2006 at 4:02 pm #53395

          sure thing ill meet up with my voodoo experts right away

        • Participant
          mikeice on August 11, 2006 at 12:30 am #53396

          smaller feet is better :puzzled:

        • Participant
          flow on August 11, 2006 at 1:08 am #53397

          yeah,  read "the perfekt body for…"  thread to c what else we dont have to be elite : P

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