Definitions for "Achilles tendonitis"
Inflammation of the heel cord that is the extension from the triceps surae group of muscles.
Irritation and inflammation of the tendon that attaches to the back of the heel bone.
The lay term used to describe chronic pain around the Achilles tendon region. It used to be thought that the pain was caused by an inflammatory response, hence the term 'itis'. However modern thinking on tendon problems regards them as degenerative rather than inflammatory in nature. For this reason the more appropriate terminology is Achilles tendinopathy.