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.
Depending on the frequency, the production of these brainwaves creates different feelings. If Alpha waves are produced, we feel relaxed. If Beta waves are triggered, we feel more alert and focused, and so on. Most people use binaural beats for one or more of three purposes: meditation, spiritual awakening, or tuning their chakras. People who are seeking a meditative state are primarily going to focus on creating an Alpha or Theta frequency. Binaural beats can easily help a person get into these zones rather quickly. Think of a metronome and how quickly hearing that tone can put you in a relaxed state, or at least calm your mind.