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Apophysitis calcaneus: Also called Sever's condition, this disorder is due to inflammation of the growth plate of the calcaneus, the bone at the back of the heel. The inflammation is at the point where the Achilles tendon attaches.
It occurs mainly in older children and adolescents, especially active boys. It can be very painful. It is one of those conditions often dismissed as "growing pains".
When this condition flares up, it is treated with activity limitation, medication, shoe inserts, heel lifts, and sometimes casting when it becomes especially severe. However, fortunately, the condition is usually self-limited and disappears as the child gets older.
Apophysitis refers to inflammation of the apophysis, the bony protuberance, of the calcaneus.
Apophysitis calcaneus: Also called Sever's condition, this disorder is due to inflammation of the growth plate of the calcaneus, the bone at the back of the heel.
... of the heel bone (calcaneus) where the strong achilles tendon attaches to it. This is known as Sever's disease or calcaneal apophysitis ...
What Is Calcaneal Apophysitis? Calcaneal apophysitis is a painful inflammation of the ... children between the ages of 8 and 14 years old, because the heel bone (calcaneus ...
Sever's Disease (Calcaneal Apophysitis) Sever's disease is a disorder of the growth plate of the calcaneus. Symptoms most often occur at the posterior (back of the heel ...
Inflammation of an apophysis . Common sites of apophysitis are the calcaneus (see Sever-Haglund disease ) and the tibial tubercle at the site of the patellar tendon ...