As a ballet dancer you need to have long achilles tendon for deep demi-plies, however I was unfortunately born with short ones so my demi-plies are very short and do not support the beautiful illusion of the ballerina I need to obtain. Does anyone know how to help me increase mobility in my achilles tendon? Thank you!
How exactly do I stretch it with a towel?
A: hey!
the best way that i can suggest is to make sure that you do demi-plies everyday as this is continuing to stretch your achilles. (don't let your heels come off the floor when you practice these). try sitting in your plies for a few minutes slowly edging lower if possible then shaking out and doing it again. another thing that i would suggest is standing with you legs together feet parallel and the squatting down as low as you can go without lifting your heels. the aim of...

