The plantaris tear is a tear of the plantaris tendon in the back of the calf. It usually presents as a “pop” followed by a significant amount of pain in the calf following physical activity.

The plantaris tendon is a small, thin tendon that is a plantar flexor of the foot. Much like the gastrocnemius of the calf, the plantaris serves to raise us up onto our toes, however, it is a much ...

Objectives When re-operating patients with midportion Achilles tendinosis, having had a poor effect of ultrasound (US) and Doppler-guided scraping, the author found the involvement of the plantaris ...

Introduction The plantaris tendon is increasing recognised as an important factor in midportion Achilles tendinoapathy. Recent cadveric 1 and histological studies 2 lend support to the theory that the ...