Leg cramps are painful and debilitating. They can stop you in your tracks during a busy day or wake you from a restful sleep.

Straight leg raises are a fundamental exercise for building strength in the muscles surrounding the knee, including the pes ...

Try single-leg calf raises ... and mobilizes the ankle joint and surrounding ligaments and tendons, as well as important ...

Discover how the right massage can relieve fatigue in your legs. Simple techniques to boost circulation, reduce tension, and ...

Often, our muscles work in pairs to move our bodies. In our leg, if the muscle on the back of our thigh contracts and gets shorter, it bends our leg at our knee joint. If we want to extend our leg ...

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...

Main outcome measurements: The patients were evaluated using the Swedish version of the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment—Achilles questionnaire (VISA-A-S) for symptoms, and a test battery for ...

The University of Liverpool has led an international team of scientists to take a fresh look at the running capabilities of Australopithecus afarensis, the early human ancestor famously represented by ...

Australopithecines like Lucy had large upper bodies, long arms and short legs, which likely ... differently shaped Achilles tendon and triceps surae, a group of muscles in the calf.

Before and after bed rest, elongation (L) of the tendon and aponeurosis of vastus lateralis (VL) and medial gastrocnemius muscles (MG) during isometric knee extension and plantar flexion, respectively ...