If you're feeling pain in the bottom of your foot or heel, you may be experiencing an issue with your Achilles tendon or plantar fascia. Here are the causes and treatments.

Calf Stretch. Why it rocks: The calf is made up of two muscles: the gastrocnemius and soleus.Stretching these muscles helps reduce tension on the Achilles tendon, which is present in nearly 80 ...

Plantar fasciitis is inflammation in the plantar fascia — the ligament that connects your heel to your toes. Learn more about its causes, symptoms and treatment at WebMD.

Stretching helps relieve plantar fasciitis pain by loosening tightness in your plantar fascia, Achilles tendon, and calf muscles. Stretches (like the ones described here) can be done regularly as ...

Stretch each achilles tendon five times. Next, focus on the plantar fascia: Sit on a chair on the edge of the bed or couch, with your left foot resting on your right knee.

When your calves or Achilles are tight, they increase stress on the plantar fascia during activities like walking or running. Stretching restores mobility and reduces that load. It promotes healing.

Objectives Tendinopathy and fasciopathy are common conditions that can result in time-loss injury in athletes. This study aimed to determine if preseason sonographic abnormalities of the patellar ...

Plantar Fascia Stretch: Sit down, and place the foot with heel pain across your knee. Using your hand on the side affected by plantar fasciitis, pull your toes back toward your shin until you feel ...

Plantar fasciitis and Achilles’ tendinitis are two of the main reasons your heels might ache. The first is caused by excess pressure on the plantar fascia, a band of tissue that attaches the ...

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 ...