Several muscles control plantar flexion. Here’s how it affects your range of motion, what you can do if you have an injury, and more.

Plantar flexion is a term that describes the motion of pointing the foot downwards. ... The flexis hallucis longus helps plantar flexion of the ankle, and plays a large role in curling the toes.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In this video, Matthew S. Conti, MD, discusses results that indicate the addition of an isolated brevis to longus tendon transfer may lead to correction of flatfoot deformity ...

Re. verruca plantaris under small toe in foot : Can this cause chronic pain extending from the small toe to the ankle and right up to the knee? Answer::Dear Verruca No - this will more likely be due ...

Reports of isolated avulsion fracture at the planter lateral base of the first metatarsal without injury of the tarsometatarsal joint are very rare. A 24 year old man sustained an avulsion fracture at ...