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The plantaris does not extend further than the gastroc. The gastroc attaches on the femoral condyle as well and is much bigger and superficial than the plantaris. I have never seen nor heard of someone trying to palpate it as it is inconsequential to any actions which is why it is commonly used as a tendon for reconstructions. If you found it more power to you. I've never found a reason to do it. However it has nothing to do with toe motion. Just because it theoretically can help with ankle plantar flexion doesn't mean it's active during that motion.

That is most likely the lateral head of the gastroc which is on top of the plantaris. Could also be the tendon of the popliteus which is also superficial to the plantaris. If you are only moving your toes the flexor digitorum longus attaches just below the knee as well. Just moving your toes will not get a contraction of the plantaris.

It is not the same as gripping with the toes as the gripping mostly comes from the flexor digitorum longus, flexor digitorum brevis and the small intrinsic muscles in the bottom of the foot. Even if you go with what you posted look at the size of the gastroc and the size of the soleus. Do you really think the the tiny muscle of the plantaris is really going to be under stress when this bigger muscles are there?

I would disagree. The muscle is so small and inconsequential to activity. It is so far underneath the gastroc and soles that you really can't feel a contraction of it. The forearm muscles are attached to the fingers. The flexor digitorum superficialis and profundus originate at the medial epicondyle of the elbow.

Although it's a very odd situation, and is a trouble spot for catchers, I can't see it going more than 8 weeks. He should be back.

That's the plantar fascia. It's a piece of inert fascia that supports your arch. The rest is correct. A large heel to toe drop will add too much stress to to the area and cause an inflammation and subsequent degradation to the plantar fascia which goes from the anterior part of the heel to your toes. Shoes are a very important part of the process. Hence the minimalist shoes with a zero drop, are a good intervention.

The plantaris goes from from the femoral condyle to the calcaneus. It does not go to the toes. It might assist the triceps surae (gastroc and soleus) with plantar flexion but it's so small that no one really can agree.

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Always look on the bright side of life.

It's time to start thinking about shutting Rodon down with mysterious back issues. At this rate he either won't be able to pitch in October or will be really gassed.

Thanks. Doing what I can

I wonder if it was the plantaris but only partially torn so there just went in and released it and it really wasn't a repair. I just can't see a 5 week timeline for a repair. It goes against all principles of healing.

Sorry, no clue on this one. Purely a guess but maybe the gastroc only had a partial one and they were able to tack it down. Even still those are closer to 6-8 weeks. The 5 weeks for a repaired tendon is really odd.

Yep. This is an odd one. Not that I expect anything different from the Sox This year.

This is odd. Usually tendon repairs are 3 months. I'm not sure what they did here.

I wonder which tendon it was? There really isn't a gastroc tendon there.

They have a chance when they get at least 2/3 of an MLB roster.

Going to happen day game after a night game.

Hematoma. It weird that he felt the muscle fatigued from it. Blood in areas where it's not supposed to be is an irritant. That's not surprising.

Kopech will be starting in a few weeks. He will get the innings.

Sore hand?

Yep I've seen some back pretty quickly. I'm sure with a catcher they are going to be a little more conservative because of the way the knee and ankle need to bend when squatting. Of course this is all my guess as to what's going on based on the available information. It could be the politeus behind the knee but he would most likely be out longer and the calf issue doesn't make sense.

The Sox don't have very many healthy ones left.

It's usually the attachment of the muscle above the femoral condyle but it can be the attachment with the achilles. I'm guessing since they called it a tendon in the knee that it was the proximal part.

It's a small thin tendon that runs along with the gastroc and the soleus. It has a muscle attachment above the condyle of the knee and runs down to the achilles tendon just like the others. Anatomically there is no real decision on what the small muscle does with the other bigger ones there. Clinically, it really hurts when it pops off but there is no functional loss without it. Sometimes it's used a a UCL replacement during Tommy John surgery if the patient doesn't have a palmaris longus which many don't. It' basically body spare parts.