Tendons link muscles and bones together. The hand is unique because many of the muscles that control the bones in your fingers and wrists are located in your forearm. The tendons and muscles in your ...

A doctor might recommend surgery if you experience significant injury to your Achilles tendon. But experts differ on which technique is best. Regardless of technique, recovery usually takes 3–6 months ...

A rotator cuff repair is a procedure in which torn tendons and/or muscles surrounding the shoulder are surgically fixed.

For Achilles' tendon rupture, surgery didn't improve outcomes more than other kinds of treatment, a randomized trial showed. At 12 months, patient-reported symptoms and physical activity were similar ...

Achilles injuries are rare, but doctors say they’ve seen a significant uptick in the number of cases in the last few years.

March 11 (UPI) --Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods underwent successful surgery Tuesday to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon in his left leg, one month before the first major championship of the ...

LONDON — It’s a weekend warrior’s nightmare. You’re playing hoops in the driveway and go up for a lay-up. You land and hear a pop: you’ve torn your Achilles tendon. Do you have surgery or hope it ...

Have pain in your foot or ankle when you’re walking or running? Rest and it goes away? Notice your foot changing shape or losing your arches? One of the most common causes for this type of pain is ...

Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal underwent surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his left forearm this week, manager A.J. Hinch announced to reporters (Twitter link via Evan Petzold of the Detroit ...

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