Des Plaines, IL (PRWEB) July 11, 2008
Summertime sports and activities can be brutally painful for children who develop overuse foot injuries. A frequent site for such injuries is the back of the heel. This painful condition is referred to as Sever's Illness or Calcaneal Apophysitis (http://www.OurHealthNetwork.com/SeversDisease/). Sever's Illness most often occurs in active boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 14.
Sever's Disease differs from the most frequent types of adult heel pain, plantar fasciitis and heel spurs, by location and onset of pain. While plantar fasciitis and heel spur pains happen on the bottom of the adult heel, and are most intense when very first standing on the foot, Sever's Disease produces pain at the back of the child's heel and is most intense right after periods of running and jumping.
Frequent symptoms of Sever's Disease contain pain when the back of the heel is squeezed from side-to-side. This pain is usually much more intense than pushing on the back of the heel. Pain is also frequently worse right after periods of running and jumping, even though rest generally relieves the symptoms. Limping is frequently yet another symptom of Sever's Illness.
Sever's Disease (Calcaneal Apophysitis) occurs when the growth plate at the back of the heel becomes inflamed due to the pull of the Achilles tendon on the heel. The Achilles tendon attaches to the back of the heel at the internet site of the heel's growth plate, and when it lifts the heel up, it pulls on the growth plate with wonderful force. When this pull occurs too usually (overuse) or is too forceful, the growth plate at the back of the heel becomes inflamed and painful, and Sever's Illness is the result.
For immediate self-assist treatments, Dr. Paul R. Kasdan, a prominent podiatrist and medical director for OurHealthNetwork.com, suggests:
Rest to limit the pull of the tendon on the heel. This permits the growth plate to begin to heal.
Comfortably apply ice to the back of the heel to reduce growth plate inflammation and pain.
Wear a shoe with a higher heel to lessen the pull of the Achilles tendon. If a higher heel is not practical, use a heel lift pad such as Dr. Jill's Adjustable Heel Lifts (http://www.OurHealthNetwork.com/store/item.asp?item_id=596).
Wear an open-backed shoe.
"Simply because Sever's Illness can be related to foot and Achilles tendon abnormalities, recurrences may happen until these problems are addressed," states Dr. Kasdan. To effectively treat and avoid Sever's Illness, doctors regularly suggest employing custom-created sports orthotics. These biomechanical devices assist prevent recurring attacks of this debilitating disease.
OurHealthNetwork.com makes custom-created sports orthotics from comfortable, durable, shock-absorbent supplies that enable them to be thin enough to fit in cleats and other low-volume sports and dance shoes. For more info, please check out http://www.OurHealthNetwork.com/SeversDisease/ .
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