Achilles tendon is the biggest and strongest tendon in the human body. It attaches the calf muscle to the back of the heel. Its function is to transmit the forces of the calf muscle through to the foot facilitating movements such as walking, running, jumping and so...
De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis is a painful inflammation of tendon sheath on the side of the wrist at the base of the thumb. Thetendon sheath includes the muscles, extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) and the abductor pollicis longus(APL). These muscles are located on...
What is FAI? FAI is anatomically described as a subtle abnormality in either or both – the proximal femur and the acetabulum. Femur is the long bone along the length of one’s thigh whereas acetabulum is the cup shaped socket which articulates with the femoral...
Osgood Schlatter’s disease is an inflammation of the bone at the top of the tibia (shin bone), where the tendon from the patella (kneecap) attaches. It is an overuse knee injury. What the Symptoms of Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease? Osgood...
Shoulder pain is common in cricket because of the repeated actions of throwing and bowling. The 3 rotator cuff muscles (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis and teres minor) are small group of stabilising muscles which help in stabilising shoulder during...
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