Many of us have had this dreaded experience: you’re asleep or lying in bed, minding your own business, when all of a sudden you feel an excruciating, twisting, tightening, pain in one of your calves.

Picture this: You’re lying in bed, *just* about to fall asleep, when your leg starts to cramp. The contractions, the twisting, the spasms, ugh! Naturally, you start to wonder, what causes leg cramps ...

Engaging in short, explosive leg contractions is the most effective way of strengthening muscles, new research reveals. Engaging in short, explosive leg contractions is the most effective way of ...

When you rise up onto your toes and lower back down, your calf muscles squeeze the veins in your lower legs. This action ...

Engaging in short, explosive leg contractions is the most effective way of strengthening muscles, Loughborough research reveals. The study, led by Dr Jonathan Folland, Reader in Human Performance and ...