Your Achilles tendon runs vertically between your heel bone and calf muscles. Though the Achilles is the largest and strongest tendon in the human body, the blood supply to the area can decrease ...

spring-like Achilles tendon, the researchers noted, which connects calf and ankle muscles to the heel bone. This anatomical arrangement provides humans with the powerful and efficient ankle ...

A heel spur, or calcaneal spur, is a bony growth of calcium deposits on the back or bottom of the heel bone that often has a hooked, pointy, or shelf-like shape. Heel spurs develop when strain or ...

The rope-like tendon connects the calf muscles, the gastrocnemius and the soleus, to the heel bone, and is responsible for pushing off when you walk, jump or run. “You can expose the tendons to ...