The Achilles tendon attaches to the back of the heel bone, and in a person with high arches, the heel bone is tilted backward into the Achilles tendon.
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The Achilles tendon attaches to the back of the heel bone, and in a person with high arches, the heel bone is tilted backward into the Achilles tendon.
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"There were no spike heels, " he said, " but there were sling-backs ( an open sandal with a cupping heel and a loop that grasps the heel bone ) ."
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On display from the pit is " skull 5, " one of the best preserved hominid skulls ever found, along with a 400, 000-year-old pelvis, hand bones and a heel bone.
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This tendency, which produces wear on the outer edge of the sole of the shoe, causes the heel to rotate inward, resulting in a grinding of the heel bone against the tendon.
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HEEL PAIN : About 15 percent of all foot injuries involve plantar fasciitis, a type of heel pain caused by chronic inflammation of the connective tissue that extends from the heel bone to the toes.
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An incidental finding associated with this condition is a heel spur, a small bony calcification on the calcaneus ( heel bone ), which can be found in up to 50 % of those with plantar fasciitis.
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On view at Rockefeller Museum was the replica of a heel bone pierced by a 6-inch nail that belonged to " Yohanan, " a Jew crucified by the Romans in Jerusalem during the time of Jesus.
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Nicu Haas, an anthropologist at the Hebrew University Medical School in Jerusalem, examined the ossuary and discovered that it contained a heel bone with a nail driven through its side, indicating that the man had been crucified.
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On 13 November 2009, at a World Cup speedskating event in Heerenveen, Netherlands, Timmer sustained breaks in her heel bone when she crashed after Chinese skater Yu Jing fell in front of her during a 500-meter race.
