To prevent foot pain and injury, especially in the season of baseball, football and marathons, here is some important information about the Achilles tendon and the heel. Your Achilles tendon runs ...

There are twenty-six bones, more than one hundred tendons, and thirty-three joints in each foot and ankle. The largest bone ...

Common tight spots include the plantar fascia (the thick band of tissue on the bottom of your foot that connects your heel to your toes), Achilles tendon (the tendon that connects your calf ...

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 ...

Readers ask, experts answer on the most pressing health issues. Sabine K. (45): "I like jogging. But why do my tendons hurt when I run?" ...

Shortening of the Achilles tendon in this case resulted because the patient had previously had a cross-leg skin flap applied to his heel, and the foot had been left in a flexed plantar position ...

Preventing plantar fasciitis is all about being proactive. Wear supportive shoes and replace them when they start to wear out. Warm up properly before exercising and make stretching a regular habit.

1 Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus university Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Equine Sciences, Utrecht university, Utrecht, The Netherlands Objective To assess whether ...