An Achilles tendon injury can happen to anyone, whether you're an athlete or just going about your daily life. The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in your body. It stretches from the bones of your heel to your calf muscles. You can feel it: a springy band of tissue at the back...
Achilles tendon pain The most obvious sign of an Achilles tendon injury is pain above your heel, especially when you stretch your ankle or stand on your toes. It may be mild and get better or worse over time. If your Achilles tendon tears, or ruptures, the pain will start all of a ...
Found at the back of the leg, the Achilles tendon attaches your calf muscle to the heel of your foot. It enables you to pull your heel off the ground and push forward so that you can move. Achilles tendonitis is a common injury due to overuse, or lack of stretching the calf muscles....
Both muscles join together around the mid-calf level to form the Achilles tendon which attaches the calf to the foot at the back of the heel. The calf muscles play an important role when the foot is pushing off the ground when walking, running and jumping, and they help to stabilise the...
Achilles tendon rupture ACL injury (tearing of the anterior cruciate ligament in your knee) Ankylosing spondylitis Baker's cyst Bone cancer Broken leg Bursitis (joint inflammation) Chronic exertional compartment syndrome Claudication Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ...
Achilles Tendinitis Achilles tendinitis is defined as an overuse injury[3]of the Achilles tendon, the band of tissue connecting calf muscles at the back of the lower leg to your heel bone. This type of injury usually occurs in runners who have suddenly increased the duration or intensity of ...
Tendonitis in the knee –Jumper's knee, the most common form of knee tendonitis, involves either the patellar tendon at the lower edge of the kneecap or the quadriceps tendon at the upper edge of the kneecap. It is a common overuse injury, especially in basketball players and distance ...
In most cases, Elbow pain isn’t a serious problem, but because the elbow is useful in many ways, any pain to it can be disgraceful. Elbow pain can be felt on the inside or outside of the ankle or feel it along the Achilles tendon, connecting the muscles in the lower leg to the ...
Altered Sensation:There may be numbness or tingling in the toes, if there is irritation of the nearbynerves. Swelling:there may be some inflammation or bruising in some cases, particularly if astress fractureor injury is involved. Metatarsalgia may affect one or both feet at the same time. ...
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