This soleus muscle may get less glory than the gastrocnemius—but it’s actually way more powerful. Here’s how to strengthen it ...

The peroneal tendons course along the outer side of the ankle and attach to the foot, connecting these muscles to bone. The peroneal muscles are important at everting the foot—the motion of rocking ...

The lifting off of the heel constituted the operational definition of maximum passive ankle dorsiflexion. This definition was based on the fact that the calf muscles insert onto the posterior surface ...

The double-exposure photographs (Fig. 3) represent the degrees of dorsiflexion before and four weeks after operation. Shortening of the Achilles tendon in this case resulted because the patient ...

Conclusions Regarding the factors and consequences associated with CA (Sever’s disease), ankle dorsiflexion limitation is the most frequent intrinsic factor ... The pain is mainly located in the ...

The patient had objective improvement in measures such as range of motion and gait deviations from manual therapy techniques such as kinesiotaping, myofascial release, deep tissue massage, joint ...

The ankle is usually immobilized in a neutral position to maintain the ankle stability and avoid contracture of Achilles tendon, and the care must be taken to avoid the skin compression when using the ...