Bones and muscles are held together by tendons and ligaments which allow them to work together to help you move. The place where a tendon or ligament attaches to bone is called an enthesis (plural: entheses). Enthesitis is inflammation of one or more entheses. There are over 100 entheses in your body, and some of
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