Your legs, feet, and ankles make up the foundation that helps you stay active. Explore common conditions like plantar fasciitis and sprains that can cause pain, and learn about how they're treated.
A person in bed having a painful leg cramp
Leg Cramps at Night: Getting to the Bottom of Sharp, Aching Pain
A man is in a warm up session in a gymnasium holding his ankle as he's stretching and warming up for a game of basketball.
Why Is My Ankle Popping?
Doctor looking at patient's knee
What’s Causing My Knee Infection and How Do I Treat It?
Massage physical therapist providing a patient with a thigh and hamstring massage
How Hamstrings Tighten and Tips to Stretch Them Out
A person with swollen feet and ankles putting on shoes
What It Means to Have Cankles
Person on gym mat holding back of thigh, possible hamstring injury
Hamstring Injury: Recovering From Thigh and Leg Pain
Person's ankle being examined by a healthcare provider
Limping
Woman with Extensor Tendonitis
How To Treat and Heal Extensor Tendonitis
Ballet dancer feeling pain in foot and ankle
Posterior Ankle Impingement Syndrome: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
adductor muscles
Adductor Tendinopathy: Overview and More
painful feet with running
How to Safely Continue Running With Plantar Fasciitis
Water retention can cause foot swelling (edema)
Causes of Water Retention and How to Fix It
person wrapping ankle
How to Wrap a Sprained Ankle
Man doing yoga
8 Yoga Poses to Help Treat Plantar Fasciitis
Person bending over holding their right knee and upper calf with both hands.
Why Do I Have Numbness in My Legs?
Man clutching ankle injury
Achilles Tendonitis Exercises
Lower limb vascular examination - stock photo
What Is Pitting Edema?
Occupational therapist holding leg and foot of patient
Physical Therapy for a High Ankle Sprain
A healthcare provider's waiting room with empty chairs (What Causes Hand and Foot Pain?)
Causes of Hand and Foot Pain
Photo of a woman with an ankle injury.
What Is an Anterior Tibialis Tendon Rupture?
Illustration of pulmonary edema
Edema and How Its Treated
Close up of woman having knee pain
Lower Leg Pain Causes and Treatment Options
heel spur
An Overview of Heel Spurs
Hand touching feet in pain - stock photo
Arch Pain Causes and Treatments
plantar fasciitis
What Is Plantar Fasciitis?
Common causes of foot and ankle swelling
What Causes Swollen Ankles and Feet?
Achilles tendonitis
Tendonitis of the Ankle and Foot
medial ankle pain
Ankle Syndesmosis Injuries
Man massaging pregnant womans feet
Foot Pain and Leg Problems in Pregnancy
knee doctor xray
Bowed Legs in Children and Adults
Cramp in calf
What Is a Medial Gastrocnemius Strain?
Cramp in calf Typical pain in a jogger`s calf. XXL size image.
Calf Strain or Tear and Other Causes of Calf Pain
male doctor examining female patient's leg
The OATS Procedure
Straight leg raise test
Straight Leg Test to Check for Strength and Stability
woman pointing toe barefoot
How Os Trigonum Syndrome Occurs and How to Manage
Anatomy of an ankle illustration
Ankle Anatomy and Physiology
Photo of a man holding a painful thigh.
9 Causes of Thigh Pain and How It's Treated
Woman lying on a bed with a broken leg
5 Kinds of Medial Malleolar Fractures
x-ray image of bone fracture at 5th Metatarsal left foot
Jones Fracture of the Foot: Symptoms, Treatment, and Recovery
Peripheral Cyanosis
An Overview of Peripheral Cyanosis
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4 Types of Fifth Metatarsal Fracture
Ankle pain
5 Surgeries Used to Treat Ankle Arthritis
A healing hip fracture.
Common Fractures of the Leg, Ankle, and Foot
ankle pain
Ankle Pain Causes and Treatments
Woman's feet with ankle in black brace
Ankle Arthritis Overview
A woman massaging her foot
Foot Anatomy and Causes of Pain
Woman has toe pain
12 Causes of Big Toe Joint Pain
The Cardiovascular System
Chronic Venous Insufficiency
Photo of a man performing calf raises in a gym.
The Anatomy of the Gastrocnemius Muscle
A person feeling calf pain
When Should You Worry About Calf Pain? (and What to Do Next)
person holding ankle
Ankle Pain When Walking: Why They Hurt and What You Can Do
Unrecognizable woman sitting on bed and rubbing injured leg
What Causes Leg Pain (and How to Find Relief)
Close up image of woman's leg. She's in a seated position with her knee bent, and hands hold the back of her calf and front of her shin.
What Causes Leg Cramps?
young pregnant woman with back pain
What Is Causing My Lower Back Pain and Swelling in Legs and Feet?
Hand Touching Feet in Pain
What Is a Lisfranc Injury?
A person kneels, their foot in the foreground. Their foot has a digital illustration of an glowing red x-ray image, the bones of their foot showing, as though the foot is painful.
Why Does the Bottom of My Foot Hurt When I Walk?
Cropped of person holding foot.
Reasons Your Toes Cramp
Young sport woman with injured ankle
What Is Sinus Tarsi Syndrome?
foot pain
What Causes Nerve Pain in the Foot?
heel pain
What Causes Heel Pain and How Is It Treated?