Tennis leg.

“Tennis leg”: gastrocnemius injury is a far more common cause than plantaris rupture

We report a typical case of "tennis leg", in which the main finding was a fluid collection between the medial head of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles. Since the first clinical description of this entity in 1883, the injury has been attributed to rupture of the plantaris tendon. However, recent studies of this condition with sonography and magnetic resonance imaging have shown that most of ...

A syndrome that is already a syndrome. "Coup de fouet" is "tennis leg".

Isolated partial rupture of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle (tennis leg).

To cite: Ozyurek S, Erol B, Guler F, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013009347 DESCRIPTION A 31-year-old man presented to our emergency room with a sudden pain in the right calf. The patient was a soldier and had a history of a severe pain in the upper part of his right calf after a sport activity with difficulty in walking. During the phys...

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Tennis Elbow

a stick, and henceforth limps about wondering what has happened. In this case the Plantaris has given way generally at the junction of the muscle with its tendon ; the contraction of the Soleus and the Gastrocnemius being the associated strong muscles which have caused the trouble. The junction of the muscle and its tendon is the weakest point of the Plantaris. Cricket Leg.?This disability is c...