PARSAchillesTendonRepairTheAchillestendonisthestrongestandthickesttendoninthebody.Itattachesthecalfmuscles(soleusandgastrocnemius)totheheelbone(calcaneus).Thetendontransmitsforcefromthecontractingcalfmusclestothecalcaneustocausethefootactionofplantarflexion(footpointeddown)thatisimportantinwalking,running,jumpingandchangeofdirectionactivities.AlthoughtheAchillestendonisthestrongesttendoninthebo...
