Achilles tendon ruptures are common injuries, particularly among athletes, and their management is a topic of ongoing research. The primary treatment options include surgical repair and ...

Use this modified eccentric exercise to strengthen the front of your Achilles and defeat this hard-to-treat injury.

Each athlete completed a questionnaire, self-reporting current and prior symptoms and underwent ... of the patellar tendon, Achilles tendon or plantar fascia are associated with a higher risk of ...

comparing injured tissues with those undergoing treatment. The work titled "Mueller matrix polarimetry for quantitative evaluation of the Achilles tendon injury recovery" was published in ...

"MRI results demonstrated a re-rupture to his Achilles tendon," the team revealed ... $5 million and required to complete a behavioral treatment program as part of a settlement with the NFL.

Although technically not an ankle injury, Achilles tendon issues can affect ankle function. Symptoms like pain, swelling, and stiffness around the ankle or heel can be caused by Achilles tendinopathy ...

Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, asks if regenerative therapy can be the future of healing for ...

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.

A new model of tendinopathy and thoughtful treatment implementation may improve ... is less capable of sustaining repeated tensile load. Tendon injury can occur in the mid-tendon, as in the Achilles ...

A local orthopedic practice is taking proactive measures to curb injuries from one of the nation’s fastest-growing sports, ...

Physiotherapists working for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust now have new equipment to help them guide patients through their rehabilitation following serious sports injuries such ...

A leading podiatrist lifts the lid on what underpronation – or supination – of the foot is, and whether it’s worth worrying ...