Your Achilles tendon or your Achilles is the tendon inside the back of your leg just above your heel. The large tendon connecting the heel bone to the calf muscle of the leg. the part of your body that connects the muscles in the back of your foot with the muscles of your lower leg
A feature of the human anatomy, derived from the story of the death of Achilles in Greek mythology Paris shot Achilles in the heel, as this was his only vulnerable spot The term refers to the tendon at the back of the heel Sometimes, sneakers tend to rub and irritate the skin around this area
The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx