This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones
Pain and inflammation of the tendons of the flexor muscles of the lower 
leg ... causes an involuntary, automatic contraction of the muscle connected to 
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Achilles tendon caused by excessive stress ... weakness or wearing away of 
body tissues and structures .... a strain or tear on any of the three hamstring 
muscles ..... of nonelastic, dense, fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle 
to a bone.