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.

An 8-cm to 10-cm longitudinal incision is made just medial to the Achilles tendon. A posterior lateral incision would place the sural nerve at risk and a mid-posterior incision can result in ...

ABOUT twenty years ago, a new procedure for lengthening the Achilles ... tendon. From the fifth through the eighth week the patient is allowed to remain ambulatory during the day, but a posterior ...

After excision of this area, inspection of the posterior superior angle of the calcaneum allows visualisation of any impingement with the insertion of the Achilles tendon with dorsiflexion. This area ...