what is plantaris muscle rupture
Commonly called Tennis leg, a tear or rupture of the plantaris involves the plantaris muscle and possibly the medial head or inside of the gastrocnemius muscle which is the larger of the two calf muscle. Injuries are usually the result of a sudden muscular action such as reaching out for a tennis shot.nless associated with bony injury, x-rays of the area will not be useful. Injury to the plantaris muscle can present with similar clinical features to conditions like deep vein thrombosis, rupture of Baker's cyst, and tumors. An MRI is accurate in differentiating and characterizing plantaris muscle injury.