Physiotherapy · Lower legs

Heel raises

Target Calves  ·  Equipment Body weight  ·  Level Beginner  ·  Reps 12

Heel raises is a beginner-level physiotherapy movement targeting the calves, written in Posecode, a small open-source language that capable language models can use to describe human movement as text. Authored joint targets and reach-IK solves are constrained to Posecode's configured per-axis bounds. Those bounds constrain the visualization, but they do not certify that a complete movement is safe or clinically correct. This page documents a code example; it is not exercise instruction.

Movement phases

Phase cues are display-only coaching text. The executable joint and contact directives in the source below determine the animation.

1. Rise1.3s · settle Press through the balls of the feet and lift the heels
2. Lower1.5s · settle Lower the heels under control

The .posecode source

This is the exact text used by the linked playground animation: phases and joint angles, not 3D transforms.

posecode exercise "Heel raises"
  rig humanoid
  pose start = standing

  step "Rise" 1.3s settle:
    ankles: plantarflex 35
    ground-lock: feet
    cue "Press through the balls of the feet and lift the heels"

  step "Lower" 1.5s settle:
    ankles: plantarflex 0
    ground-lock: feet
    cue "Lower the heels under control"

  repeat 12

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