Your Achilles tendon runs vertically between your heel ... had surgery for a heel spur, which is a bone growth on the heel bone, usually caused by added activity on the foot’s ligaments.

The Achilles tendon is a band of tough tissue on the back of the foot. It connects the heel bone to the calf muscles. Achilles tendonitis causes pain above the heel and in the lower leg, especially ...

The Achilles tendon is a thick tendon located in the back of the leg. It connects the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles in the calf to an insertion point at the calcaneus (heel bone). It is the ...

An Achilles tendon tear occurs when the tendon that connects the calf muscle to the heel bone is severed. This injury often occurs during sports activities such as basketball or tennis and is felt by ...

A famous doctor who regularly appears on ITV’s Lorraine and Good Morning Britain has revealed his agonising injury. Dr Hilary ...

Achilles tendon rupture: A tear in the Achilles tendon, which connects the calf muscles to the heel bone, often resulting from sudden stress or injury. Nonoperative treatment: Management of an ...

An Achilles tendon injury is an injury that happens to the largest tendon in the human body: the fibrous tissue that connects the two large muscles in the back of your calf with your heel bone. These ...

For cheilectomy, the surgeon will use a special instrument to remove the spur through a 3mm incision near ... If you have pain in your Achilles tendon where it attaches to your heel bone you may have ...

Dr Jones, aged 71, said he had a problem with his Achilles tendon - and needed an operation to remove a bone spur. And it’s not the only medical issue he has suffered this month as Dr Hilary has ...