1 When the acute pain is gone, begin stretching the muscle moderately with passive range of motion stretching. Gently pull your foot and toes up with legs straight if possible to stretch the calf muscle. Hold for 10 seconds and repeat 5 to 10 times.  Progressive Calf Stretching Exercises.
Alpha waves close your mind for distraction, but not continuously, research suggests. FULL STORY. Alpha waves were long ignored, but gained interest of brain researchers recently. Electrical activity of groups of brain cells results in brain waves with different amplitudes. The so-called alpha wave, a slow brain wave with a cycle of 100 milliseconds, seems to play a key role in suppressing irrelevant brain activity.
Alpha Waves, Biofeedback, Meditation, and Mindfulness. Alpha waves took center stage in the early 1960s and 1970s with the creation of biofeedback, which is a technique used to consciously alter brain waves using direct feedback provided by an EEG type of device.euroscientists have recently made a correlation between an increase of alpha brain wavesâeither through electrical stimulation or mindfulness and meditation âand the ability to reduce depressive symptoms and increase creative thinking.