A tendon is a type of body tissue that connects muscle to bone. If a tendon becomes inflamed — painful and swollen — the condition is called tendonitis. In your hands, there are so-called extensor ...

You have thousands of tendons in your body. Tendons connect muscles to bones with tissue that is strong and flexible but not very elastic. Tendons are very strong, but they can be strained. The point ...

An Achilles tendon rupture (also known as a tendon tear) is an injury to the thick band of tissue that connects your calf muscles to your heel. The rupture can occur anywhere along the Achilles tendon ...

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers made his regular season debut with the New York Jets on Monday but it seems his season will be extremely short-lived after he tore his Achilles tendon, the NFL confirmed on ...

Tendons are pieces of connective tissue that bind your muscles to bones. Like any part of the body, injury or overuse can lead to pain or inflammation in your tendons. This condition is called ...

Our Ask Me Anything team explain what an Achilles injury is and why they are so serious.

Tendon injuries like tendonitis and tennis elbow may seem like a regular part of working out, but you should take steps to avoid them. Once you have a tendon injury, it can take months, even years, to ...

Correspondence to Dr Lauren Pringels, Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Lauren.Pringels{at}UGent.be Despite the high prevalence of tendon ...