Achilles injuries are rare, but doctors say they’ve seen a significant uptick in the number of cases in the last few years.

Tendons are specialized tissues that connect bone to muscle, transmitting the forces generated by these structures to allow for body movement. Tendon injuries due to overuse or age-related ...

Your muscles and bones work together to support your movement. A tendon is what attaches muscle to bone. They link your bones and muscles and allow them to move together during activity. Tendons ...

2 The Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention, Ballarat Federation University, Victoria, Australia Tendinopathy can be resistant to treatment and often recurs, implying ...

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Jose Bautista, the 31-year-old hard-hitting Toronto Blue Jays outfielder, faces season-ending surgery to stabilize a tendon in in his left wrist. Bautista suffered the wrist injury on July 16, and ...

An Achilles tendon rupture (also known as a tendon tear) is an injury to the thick band of tissue that connects your calf muscles to your heel. The rupture can occur anywhere along the Achilles tendon ...

THE ACHILLES TENDON is essential for walking, running, and jumping, but tension or tightness can make your movement a major drag. "If you're experiencing pain in the Achilles tendon area that's above ...

In order to understand why and how these injuries occur, it is helpful to be familiar with the structures involved. Tendons are the straps of connective tissues that attach a muscle to other body ...

The discovery that ageing causes significant blood vessel loss in equine tendons could help identify horses at risk of injury ...

Dr Kevin R Stone is a pioneer of advanced orthopaedic surgical and rehabilitation techniques to repair, regenerate and replace damaged cartilage and ligaments. The author was trained at Harvard ...