Tight calves and shin splints are common issues runners face. But they shouldn’t be the only areas you pay attention to in ...

A chiropractor shares seven key stretches to help loosen tight calves and relieve tension in your lower legs after a workout.

Perform this exercise on the floor, not on a bed or other soft surface. Step 1: Lie on your back with one leg bent at about a 90-degree angle and the other leg straight. Step 2: With thigh ...

The Achilles tendon joins the calf muscles to the heel bone and runs down the back of the lower leg. Achilles tendinitis, or tendonitis, typically results from microtears in the tendon during ...

Objective We aimed to determine hip and lower-leg muscle strength in people after ACL injury compared with an uninjured control group (between people) and the uninjured contralateral limb (between ...

A tendon is a band of tissue that attaches muscle to bone. There are two peroneal tendons in each leg. They run side by side down the lower leg bone (fibula) and behind the bony lump on the ...

Background Information as to how anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and reconstructive surgery ... ACL injury and after subsequent ACLR for the injured and uninjured leg. Methods Baseline ...

Tendons link muscles and bones and control how our wrist and ... Most tendon transfers are performed in the forearm and hand. Surgeons perform some tendon transfers in the lower extremity (legs, ...