If you feel like you’ve just been kicked in the bottom of your heel, but turn around to see nobody there, you may be experiencing an issue with your Achilles tendon or plantar fascia. Ever since the ...

The Achilles tendon, which connects the calf and lower leg muscles to the heel bone of the foot, is the largest tendon in the body. Acute injury to the tendon or overuse can lead to tenderness and ...

Heel pain is one of the most common reasons that people visit a podiatrist, but the reasons behind the pain are not always easy to determine. Podiatrists emphasize people who are experiencing heel ...

The gold-standard treatment for Achilles tendinopathy is a progressive series of calf-strengthening exercises. Yet even with ...

DOCTOR, YOUR ACHILLES TENDON IS STRONG, BUT IT’S NOT VERY FLEXIBLE. WHEN THE TENDON STRETCHES TOO MUCH, IT CAN EVEN BECOME INFLAMED OR EVEN TEAR. JOINING US THIS MORNING WITH MORE INFORMATION IS MERCY ...

If you’ve ever woken up with a sharp, stabbing pain in your heel, especially with those first steps, you’ve likely wondered: “What are the heel pain causes, and could this be plantar fasciitis?” ...

One of my coworkers at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is quite a fitness enthusiast. Over the years, he’s gone deep with many different pursuits, including HIIT training, mud runs and ...

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Dear Dr. Donohue: I have Achilles tendinitis. I also have a bump on my heel. Both hurt. I have had many kinds of therapy, including ultrasound, but nothing has worked. Any recommendations you have ...

Just like many other types of foot pain, there are a handful of things that can cause heel pain in particular—and having the right shoe can do a lot to ease that pain or prevent it in the first place.