With the winter sports season in full swing, the beginning of the spring sports season is just around the corner. For athletes playing both a winter and spring sport, moving from an indoor court or rink to to grass, dirt and composite surfaces means wearing different shoes, and the change in shoes and playing surface can be accompanied by heel pain, sometimes be so severe as to temporarily disable an athlete from participating in sport.
While heel pain can be caused by soft tissue bruising, fat pad contusion, plantar fasciitis, or Achilles tendinitis [1], one of the most common causes of heel pain in growing athletes between the ages 10 and 15 is Severs Disease; microtrauma at the growth plates in the bone of the heel resulting from overuse.
The signs of Severs Disease are:
Sources: http://familydoctor.org/158.xml; [4] http://www.epodiatry.com/heel-pain-children.htm; [5] http://www.footphysicians.com/Content.aspx?id=1483 [6]
Posted January 8, 2012
Links:
[1] https://mail.momsteam.com/node/3380
[2] https://mail.momsteam.com/node/288
[3] https://mail.momsteam.com/node/2533
[4] http://familydoctor.org/158.xml;
[5] http://www.epodiatry.com/heel-pain-children.htm;
[6] http://www.footphysicians.com/Content.aspx?id=1483
[7] https://mail.momsteam.com/achilles-tendon/achilles-tendinitis-prevention-tips
[8] https://mail.momsteam.com/health-safety/overuse-injuries-signs-symptoms-pain
[9] https://mail.momsteam.com/sports/track-field/safety/overuse-injuries-in-track-field
[10] https://mail.momsteam.com/successful-parenting/replacingon-athletic-shoes-even-if-no-signs-excessive-wear
[11] https://mail.momsteam.com/sports/running-jogging/equipment/buying-running-shoes
[12] https://mail.momsteam.com/successful-parenting/youth-sports-parenting-basics/equipment/signs-that-shoes-are-worn-out-and-need-