What is Tendonitis? When you use a set of muscles too much, you are likely to strain the tendons (soft tissues) that connect those muscles to your bones. At first, pain or swelling may come and go quickly. But if you do too much too soon, your muscles may overtire again. The strain [...]

When your foot lands off balance, muscles may give away, allowing the ankle joint to move too far. If ligaments connecting the foot and anklebones over stretch or tear, a sprain is the result. These sudden injuries cause pain both at the time they occur and throughout the healing process. Depending [...]