flexor hallucis longus tendonitisPosterior ankle pain is a common complaint in athletes who perform in the equinus position. These include swimmers, divers, figure skaters, gymnasts, soccer players, and dancers. The epitome of the "equinus athlete" is the ballet dancer, who, to conform to...
Insertional Achilles tendinopathy is a degenerative disease associated with disabling posterior heel pain, gait dysfunction and significant morbidity. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the outcomes of complete excision of the pathological tendo-achilles segment in elderly patients with extens...
Flexor hallucis longus tendon injury in dancers and non dancers. Tenosynovitis of the flexor hallucis longus: a clinical study of the spectrum of presentation and treatment. Distal anatomical relationship of the flexor hallucis longus and flexor digitorum longus tendons.Categories...
Treatment for Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendonitis Many patients having flexor hallucis longus tendonitis recover well having a suitable physiotherapy program. Among the essential parts of treatment is that the patient rests adequately through any task that increases their pain till they are signs and sympt...
Previous clinical research and biomechanical research has implicated stenosing flexor hallucis longus (FHL) tendonitis as a possible cause. The hypothesis of this study was that treatment solely focusing on alleviating restricted FHL excursion would be beneficial in patients with hallux MTPJ pain.#This ...