If you feel like you’ve just been kicked in the bottom of your heel, but turn around to see nobody there, you may be experiencing an issue with your Achilles tendon or plantar fascia.

It can limit your mobility and keep you from enjoying leisure activities. Heel pain is one of the most common symptoms that cause leg pain for people—whether they are active or not. Pain can ...

The main function of this tendon is to raise our heel when we are on our toes. The Achilles’ tendon is the longest, thickest, and strongest tendon in the human body. It is ~12–15 cm long and ...

In the largest study of 775 patients, the overall complication rate of surgically treated Achilles tendon ruptures was ... of avascularization around the heel cord. Members of the conservative ...

Achilles tendon injuries are common but challenging to monitor during recovery due to the limitations of current imaging techniques. Researchers, led by Associate Professor Zeng Nan from the ...

Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction (PTTD ... Hold the toes with one hand while pushing in and down on the heel with the other. Gently push the toes toward the heel and hold for 3–5 minutes.

Achilles tendonitis. AS can also affect your Achilles tendon, the band of tissues that joins your calf muscles to your heel bone. Your Achilles tendon lifts your heel, helping you walk ...

Methods 58 patients (70 tendons) were approached 5 years after the start of the heel-drop exercise programme according to Alfredson. At baseline and at 5-year follow-up, the validated Victorian ...

Background Orthotic heel lifts are thought to lower tension in the Achilles tendon, but the evidence supporting this is equivocal. Objective To investigate the effect of a 12 mm in-shoe orthotic heel ...