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Abstract Background Tennis leg usually results from a tear of the medial head of gastrocnemius muscle. Tennis leg is caused when partial tear of gastrocnemius muscle happens because of sudden stretching of knee simultaneously with forceful dorsiflexion resulting in disruption of the fibers in aponeurosis. The gastrocnemius muscle is the third most strained muscle among the sports person. Shearing pain and swelling in the calf, the pain aggravates as the foot is passively moved into dorsiflexion and sometimes the player complains of hearing a "pop" sound, Weight bearing is painful on the affected leg and tenderness on touching the calf. Tennis leg is mostly seen in people who are involved in racquet sport, running, skiing and jumping but it was first seen in tennis player in 1883 by Powell, hence the name tennis leg was given. Need for the study The need of this study is to find whether the myofascial release in the treatment of tennis leg represents an effective option in reducing pain, disability and increase range of motion. METHODS: Cochrane library, Google scholar and PubMed were searched. There were no restrictions on the data applied to review articles. Data were tabulated by study design, outcome measures and the results obtained were arranged in a chronological order. Results: - Of the 10 articles, 3 articles shows that the myofascial release is more beneficial than other treatments in increasing the range of motion. 1 article showed that there is mixed result in both quality and quantity.3 articles showed improvement in stiffness with foam roller. 3 articles showed that in tennis leg the medial gastrocnemius is more involved. Conclusion: - After, a detail review of literature it is been observed that myofascial release treatment, are commonly done in gastrocnemius stiffness.so, after reviewing the literature feels like further studies should be done to give accurate statement