Prolonged plantar flexion due to tight sheets during sleep can lead to shorter calf muscles over time. — Whalespan
Prolonged plantar flexion due to tight sheets during sleep can lead to shorter calf muscles over time.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“Well, I'm saying as you experienced, you're going to have these prolonged plant reflection, that's going to likely lead to shorter calves over time because you're lacking all that length for that long period of time that you could have if you just loosened up the sheets and allowed your feet to just hang out where”