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Heel Problems
 
 
 


 
When pain and tenderness occurs in the bottom of the heel, most commonly the problem is related to an inflammation of the Plantar Fascia. This discussion will focus on pain on the bottom of the heel and not to pain involving the ankle joint or the rear of the heel.

Besides plantar fasciitis, there are a few other conditions that need to be considered in diagnosing heel pain. These conditions include ruling out the presence of a calcaneal stress fracture, an entrapment of the nerve going to the inside or outside of the heel, radiating pain from sciatica from the hip or back and / or an nerve compression in the ankle called tarsal tunnel syndrome. In teenagers, there is also a common condition with the growth plate causing bottom of the heel pain called Sever's Disease.

Click on the links below for more information:

Haglund's Deformity

Heel Callus

Heel Fissures

Plantar Fasciitis (heel spur)


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