Any chance of having that unpacked, at least a bit?
Gladly, my soapbox.
If you have someone dorsiflex your ankle hard without letting the foot compensate with pronation or supination(knee extended) and you don’t feel stretchng in your calf, there is likely one of two issues. The first is you have a bony blockage at the ankle joint. The second is that it is locked up and needs mobilization.
I work fitting orthotics, ankle braces, and ski boots.
I check everyone for this as if it isn’t resolved I suffer as the patient comes back for endless adjustments either because the device hurts or is inefffective.
Here is a link to the procedure,-
This is out of my scope of practice so I refer people out.
The presenter above is a Podiatrist, but I don’t know any personally that do this.
Ideally, it should be done when the patient goes to PT(which all patients with limited ankle motion need) but IME this rarely happens.
Also, IME almost all foot problems have a component of limited ankle dorsiflexion,whether it is simply tight calf muscles or need for mobilization. Usually the bony blockage ones are complete disasters.
I do know some PTs who are very thorough and do address it though.
I’ve found the most reliable practitioner to refer to is a Chiropractor who works on Extremities.
In my near 20 year career, I’ve referred more than 100 people out for this and for all but one the results were dramatic.
I lucked into learning this from a video, ironically from another podiatrist, who was likely taught by the presenter above.
It certainly wasn’t taught in Pedorthic school.
End rant.