Pain in the balls of the feet is medically known as metatarsalgia. It can result from activities, footwear, injury, or ...

It’s a mantra you’ll hear from rec courts to championship matches—but if you’re like most players, you’ve probably nodded ...

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The upper jawbone and partial cheek bone represent a mysterious unknown species that lived in present-day Spain between 1.1 ...

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The peroneal tendons course along the outer side of the ankle and attach to the foot, connecting these muscles to bone. The peroneal muscles are important at everting the foot—the motion of rocking ...

Bone spurs, or osteophytes, are small, bony growths that occur near damaged joints. Sometimes, they can appear on the top of the foot and become visible through the skin. A common cause of bone ...

The ankle joint is also called the tibiotalar joint. It’s where the shinbone (tibia) rests on top of a bone of the foot called the talus. Arthritis occurs when the smooth cartilage on the surface of ...

The sciatic nerve supplies muscles on the back of your leg and bottom of your foot. Although this nerve is rarely permanently injured in most sports, repeated trauma can cause numbness ...

State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, ...

Damage to bone leads to pain and loss of movement in the musculoskeletal system. Although bone can regenerate, sometimes it is damaged beyond its innate capacity. Research interest is increasingly ...

Earlier this summer, a bone infection in the foot got so bad that he had to have ... it – as long as he had his own container that was labeled with handling instructions for the formaldehyde.