Objective Calcaneal apophysitis, is a relatively common cause of heel pain in children. Very few randomised studies have evaluated treatment options. This trial compared the effectiveness of currently ...

SEATTLE — At the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting, a presenter said cavovarus reconstruction with a lateralizing calcaneal osteotomy by way of a medial approach posed low ...

This week we are going to discuss the topic of heel spurs or traction apophysitis of the heel/calcaneus bone. Traction apophysitis is a term for a spur that occurs at a tendon attachment as a result ...

A progressive limp and swelling of the heel developed in a previously healthy two-year-old boy over a two-week period. The child had been born in India and had lived in Canada since the age of seven ...