If you are considering this area for tattooing, make sure you go to a thoroughly experienced artist, otherwise your tattoo may look hideous. As mentioned above, it is a very sensitive area of the body. In other words, no matter how strong you are, or how great your self control is, your reflexes are going to kick in, and your going to twitch or jerk. A LOT! Good luck.
More commonly known as an Achilles tendon rupture, it is the tearing / rupturing of the Achilles' tendon that runs down the back of the leg into the heel. It is so named for the Greek Warrior Achilles, who was crippled by an arrow into that tendon in his heel. Achilles died in the Trojan War.
The gastrocnemius muscle is located in the posterior, or back part of the lower leg. The calcaneal tendon, more commonly known as the Achilles Tendon, is what connects the gastrocnemius muscle to the calcaneus bone.
The Achilles tendon is in the Heel by Ahmed
The Achilles tendon is neither bone nor cartilage. It is, unsurprisingly, a tendon.
The Achilles tendon is in the Heel by Ahmed
Calcaneal (Achilles) Tendon
Achilles Tendon is located at the back of the ankle. The tough rope like tendon that joins the heel and the calf muscle is achilles tendon.
A persons Achilles tendon hurts usually after taking a run. If the Achilles tendon continues to hurt I would see a doctor.
The Achilles Tendon.
How bad is a Ruptured Achilles tendon
The tendon of triceps brachii insert on top of olecranon process of ulna. While that of triceps surae forms the archille's tendon and insert in calcaneus
The Achilles Tendon is necessary to hold you up so you can walk.