Heel fat pad atrophy is a condition that is characterized by the thinning or degeneration of the fat pad located in the heel area of the foot. The fat pad acts as a natural cushioning and shock-absorbing structure, protecting the heel bone and...
This is not an easy question to answer. For every person that says Crocs caused their plantar fasciitis, there is another who is adamant that Crocs cured their plantar fasciitis. There is no published scientific research on the issue, so there is...
Post-static dyskineisa is a bit of a mouthful, but it is that worse pain under the heel when you get up from rest, especially in the morning. Post-static refers to the after resting and the dyskinesia refers to the pain. It is a characteristic...
Post-static dyskineisa is the technical term for that worse pain under the heel when you get up from rest, especially getting out of bed in the morning. ‘Post-static’ refers to the after resting and the ‘dyskinesia’ refers to the pain. It is a...
Calcaneal apophysitis (Severs disease) is a common problem in growing children with the growth plate at the back of the heel bone. The classic symptoms are pain on activity and pain on squeezing the sides of the heel bone. The problem is self...
Calcaneal apophysitis is the technical name for what is more commonly known as Sever’s disease. It is a disorder of the growth plate (apophysis) at the back of the heel bone (calcaneus). This growth plate merges with the rest of the heel bone by the...
This is a hard question to answer, as there is probably no right answer. There is no one best running shoe for anything. There is probably a best running shoe for each individual and that particular shoe will be different for each runner. The...
Baxter’s nerve is small nerve on the medial side of the heel that supplies the small muscles under the foot and nerve sensation on the bottom of the foot. The nerve can be entrapped as it winds around under the heel and causes symptoms that are...
Plantar fasciitis is a common cause of pain under the heel and Baxter’s neuritis is a less common cause, but they often mimic each other, so clinically it is extremely important to differentiate them from each other. Plantar fasciitis is an overuse...
