Lourdes Hentges

Foot Problems Database

Entries from 2015-05-19 to 1 day

Does Severs Disease Necessitate Surgical Treatment?

Overview Sever's disease or calcaneal apophysitis, is the most common cause of heel pain in the growing athlete and is due to overuse and repetitive microtrauma of growth plates of the calcaneus in the heel. It occurs in children ages 7 to…