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Focusing on eccentric exercises — where muscles extend rather than contract — builds more strength and muscle while also buttressing your tendons. Listen to this article · 5:50 min Learn more.

Last of two parts. The Achilles tendon rupture is the scourge of athletes everywhere — professional and amateur, young and old, serious competitors and weekend warriors. Last week I discussed ...

The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the body, attaching the calf muscles to the heel bone. While an injury to this tendon usually results in pain at the back of the heel, Dr.

The Alfredson protocol is a treatment for Achilles tendonitis that involves repeated eccentric heel drop exercises. In this exercise, the heel is slowly lowered off a step while the toes stay on the ...

Knee pain, especially caused by conditions like osteoarthritis, can make a person weak. Whether it's the gentle flow of yoga or the more intense focus of strengthening exercises, both have their ...

Yoga is as effective for addressing knee pain due to osteoarthritis as muscle-strengthening exercises, according to a new study. The new randomized clinical trial has also found that yoga may ...

Background There is no consensus regarding the treatment of Achilles insertional tendinopathies. Eccentric training remains the main choice in the conservative treatment of this illness; however, the ...

Yoga was found to be noninferior to strengthening exercises as per knee pain scores. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.3698 ...

Just 5 minutes of daily movement with chair squats, chair reclines, wall push-ups, and heel drops can help counter the harmful effects of prolonged sitting. These simple, low-impact exercises ...

Yoga and strengthening exercises both reduced knee pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) over 12 weeks, with no significant difference between them. Over 24 weeks, ...