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.

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 ...

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 ...

This occurs when a specific tendon in the foot, the posterior tibial tendon ... having tight heel cords — essentially, a tight Achilles tendon, Hogan says — can also make fallen arches ...

Background: The Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score was developed by a research group in 2007 in response to the need for a patient reported outcome measure for this patient population.