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Shaquille O’Neal announced rather unceremoniously in a Twitter video that he will be retiring from basketball – a game he has played professionally for nearly 20 years – due in part to an inflammation of his Achilles sustained early this year that hasn’t fully healed as of yet.
Drafted 1st overall in the 1992 NBA Draft, [...]
A recent article published on the Sports Illustrated website (SI.com) details “the most maddening injury in sports.”
The injury they describe is not what one might expect. What is this condition?
Plantar fasciitis.
One of the most common causes of heel pain, plantar fasciitis afflicts two million Americans each year and by some estimates, 10 percent of Americans [...]
An Achilles tendon injury and a knee injury have combined to sideline golf superstar Tiger Woods just 9 holes into his first round of golf at the Players Championships.
The Achilles tendon connects the heel to the calf muscles. It is the thickest and strongest tendon in the body. Contracting the calf muscles pulls the Achilles [...]
Often times, patients – and even some doctors – use heel spurs and plantar fasciitis interchangeably. While they are related diagnoses, they are not the same and can occur independently of one another.
Plantar fasciitis is the inflammation of the plantar fascia, which is the tissue that forms the arch of the foot. Heel spurs are [...]
For some people, cracked heels (heel fissures) are a chronic annoyance. However for others, including diabetics, those suffering from immunosuppressant diseases, and those with poor circulation, cracked heels can be quite painful and potentially have severe consequences.
Those who experience cracked heels usually start the progression with dry skin on the heels known as xerosis. This [...]
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