Sometimes a pinched nerve behind the knee—such as the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back to your feet—can cause pain in the back of the knee and the calf, Dr. Packer says.

Your calf consists of nine muscles. The two largest muscles—the gastrocnemius and the soleus— are both located in the back of your lower leg below your knee. Calf pain may feel like a dull ...

1. Thigh Muscle Tightening (Quad Sets) How to do it: Sit with your leg straight out. Put a rolled-up towel under your knee. Make the muscle on the top of your leg (your thigh) really tight, like ...

Got knee pain? Here's how to strengthen your knees. ... Strengthening this important joint in each leg is essential, ... "It’s generally best to avoid going below 90 degrees." ...

If you reduce 1 kg of weight, the weight on your knees will be reduced by four times, says senior physiotherapist Dr Shakeeb Ahmed Khan.

East Carolina's Parker Byrd, whose right leg was amputated below the knee after a boating accident three years ago, got his first hit as a college player when he singled in the Pirates' 12-0 win ...

His right leg was “completely severed just below the knee,” Maui County said in a news release. The man was alert while being treated on shore and then taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center in ...

NewsCenter 5 spoke with Dr. Miho Tanaka, a sports medicine specialist at Mass. General Hospital, and asked her about what causes calf pain and what can be done to treat it.

Your knees power every step, bend and sidestep, but they’re not invincible. When they ache, whether from an old injury, ...

WAIEHU, Hawaii (KHNL/Gray News) - First responders in Hawaii say a 61-year-old surfer’s leg was severed just below the knee when he was bitten by a shark.

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WAIEHU, Hawaii (KHNL/Gray News) - First responders in Hawaii say a 61-year-old surfer’s leg was severed just below the knee when he was bitten by a shark. Police say a 61-year-old surfer was ...