Pointing your toes downward engages the calf muscles and Achilles tendon, playing a key role in walking, running, and jumping. Building strength in this area improves athletic performance, balance ...

(Henry 2 has described a neuropathy of the terminal portion of the musculocutaneous nerve as it emerges through the deep fascia associated with inversion and plantar flexion of the foot.) ...

In addition to cuts in your plantar fascia ligament, you might also have a few other steps during your surgery: Nerves can become entrapped as a result of inflammation and thickening of the ligament, ...

Caution must be taken to follow the medial approach, which alone gives assurance that the posterior tibial nerve or vessels ... the greater degree of plantar flexion. One criticism of this technic ...

As a runner, I’ve dealt with my fair share of foot-related injuries over the years, such as the persistent pain of plantar fasciitis. The dull ache along the bottom of your foot can pose a ...

If you ask anyone who’s experienced plantar fasciitis, they’ll likely tell you that this condition will have you searching for something — anything — to make the pain in your foot go away.

Nerve conduction and needle EMG tests showed absent or reduced motor and sensory responses, without conduction velocity slowing. Proband II-2 was evaluated at the age of 44 years after 10 years of ...

Sunderland nerve classification: Grade II (axonotmesis with intact endoneurium and perineurium ... In this study, after 4 weeks of treatment, all groups showed improved ranges of motion for ...

Plantar fasciitis (PLAN-ter fash-ee-EYE-tus) is pain and inflammation on the bottom of the foot and heel from too much pressure on the foot. It tends to happen in kids and teens who do a lot of ...

Participants sat comfortably on a chair, put their feet on a self-made footrest set at 10° of ankle plantar flexion, and put the ball of their foot on the button. Participants performed three tasks.