This tendon is named for a mythological hero in Homer’s Illiad, a famous ancient Greek epic poem. As a baby, a warrior named Achilles was bathed by his mother in a magical river that promised immortality. He became virtually invincible except for his ankle. Because his mother grasped his ...
providing real-time sensory, auditory and visual biofeedback to the patient. This breakthrough technology helps patients to recalibrate muscle actions, to optimize joint function. SMNMES has helped numerous patients to avoid unnecessary shoulder, knee and ankle surgeries, even in ...
The surgical treatment of chronic ankle instability has evolved significantly over time based on clinical and biomechanical literature. Nonanatomic tenodesis and tendon transfers have fallen out of favor due to high rates of recurrent instability, nerve damage, wound healing issues, ankle and subtalar...
Scar tissue is a weak form of collagen - hard, inflexible, and tough to get rid of once it begins to take hold. The more scar tissue that develops, the more you lose therange of motionin your ankle. With excess scar tissue build up, the injured tissues and the achilles in general wi...
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 of your ankle and above your heel. It lets you point your toes toward the floor and raise up on your tiptoes...
The Lastrap Achilles ankle support was specifically designed for mild to moderate Achilles pain. It has proven itself over the years and is now the go-to product for Achilles pain.
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 of your ankle and above your heel. It lets you point your toes toward the floor and raise up on your tiptoes...
Sixty-four children with tendon injuries about the foot and ankle have been reviewed in order to present a plan of management when such injuries occur. One-third involved the tendo Achillis; the others were equally distributed between the dorsum and sole of the foot, and in only 12% was mo...
Effective Pain Relief: The product is specifically designed to provide relief from drop foot pain and protect the Achilles tendon, allowing users to train and engage in sports safely and confidently, even with existing ankle issues. Show more Key...
The rat’s ankle was fixed in a plantarflexed position, with the upper edge of the fixation spanning the knee joint and the lower edge reaching the upper one-third of the plantar surface. In the positive group, the fixation brace was removed two weeks after the conventional Achilles tendon ...