Muscle Building Blog

A new surgery that involves an expendable, functioning muscle from the top of the leg and a nerve below the knee can give people with foot drop a new bounce in their step.

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Connecting across the two major bones of the navicular and the calcaneus and running under the talus is the spring ligament, a strong band-like structure which braces the foot arch. The weight of the body presses down to flatten the arch and the spring ligament holds between the two bones, becoming tauter as more weight is applied. Due to its great strength the spring ligament is adapted to manage the high forces generated by activities such as running, hopping or jumping, which are too vigorous