Latest Achilles tendon Stories
"Achilles Tendinitis is now being treated using Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy," according to A.J. Farshchian MD, the medical director for The Center for Regenerative Medicine. Miami, FL (PRWEB) June 10, 2012 "Achilles Tendinitis is now being treated using Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy," according to A.J. Farshchian MD, the medical director for The Center for Regenerative Medicine. Achilles tendonitis refers to irritation and inflammation of the Achilles tendon...
Dr. Bill Releford Successfully Treats Chronic Achilles Tendonitis and Retrocalcaneal Bursitis with Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (P.R.P.) in Olympic Hopeful Antonette Carter Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 Dr. Bill J. Releford, DPM, medical director and founder of the Releford Foot and Ankle Institute, announced today that usage of platelet rich plasma therapy (P.R.P.) can be beneficial in the treatment of chronic achilles tendonitis and retrocalcaneal bursitis. The patient was...
The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society offers injury prevention advice ROSEMONT, Ill., March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sports enthusiasts will be glued to the NCAA basketball playoffs this month, rooting for their alma mater or favorite college team. For many children and teens March madness coverage inspires them to excel. However, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 3.5 million children and teens get hurt annually playing...
The skeletal structure of the foot and ankle differs significantly between human sprinters and non-sprinters, according to Penn State researchers. Their findings not only help explain why some people are faster runners than others, but also may be useful in helping people who have difficulty walking, such as older adults and children with cerebral palsy. According to Stephen Piazza, associate professor of kinesiology, the research is the first to use magnetic resonance imaging to...
A team led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has made an advance in understanding the causes of adult-acquired flat feet – a painful condition particularly affecting middle-aged women. Published today in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, the findings could eventually lead to new drug therapy for this and other common conditions affecting the tendons, such as Achilles tendonitis. Adult-acquired flat foot is most common in women over 40 and often goes undiagnosed. The...
Other than Olympic race walkers, people generally find it more comfortable to run than walk when they start moving at around 2 meters per second – about 4.5 miles per hour. North Carolina State University biomedical engineers Dr. Gregory Sawicki and Dr. Dominic Farris have discovered why: At 2 meters per second, running makes better use of an important calf muscle than walking, and therefore is a much more efficient use of the muscle’s – and the body’s – energy. Published...
National Sports Medicine Expert Says Wounds May be Just Beginning While the threat of an NBA lockout appears to be over, the wounds may just be beginning. A national sports medicine expert who published an article in a medical journal about the injury ramifications of lockouts, says that NBA players should learn from information analyzed after the NFL lockout. A published report shows that Achilles tendon injuries to NFL players have quadrupled compared to past years....
Dr. Ed Davis, San Antonio podiatrist, urges patients to be well-informed about proper foot and ankle health care through new online education resources. San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) March 31, 2011 Premier podiatrist in San Antonio, Dr. Ed Davis, enhances patient education through the practice's online education resources. Patient education has become a top priority for this podiatrist in San Antonio, TX. Using the practice's comprehensive website to relay valuable information, patients can...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --You don't have to be a professional athlete to benefit from a new procedure called platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy. Used in Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward and Major League pitcher Takashi Saito, the technique also is being used to treat foot and ankle conditions in "weekend warriors" and to heal wounds in diabetics. It can even help those suffering from arthritis, according to Sean T. Grambart, DPM, FACFAS, an Illinois...
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Soccer season is in full swing and a local foot and ankle surgeon strongly urges parents and coaches to think twice before coaxing young, injury-prone soccer players to "play through" foot and ankle pain. "Skeletally immature kids, starting and stopping and moving side to side on cleats that are little more than moccasins with spikes - that's a recipe for foot and ankle sprains and worse," cautions Davis, a member of the American College of Foot...
