HEEL PAIN IN CHILDREN
posted: May 24, 2012.
ACCORDING TO PODIATRIST, DR. KARL COLLINS, HEEL PAIN OCCURS FREQUENTLY IN CHILDREN AGES 6 TO 14 AS THEIR FEET GROW AND THE HEEL BONE DEVELOPS. AS CHILDREN BECOME MORE ACTIVE IN SPORTS, THEY INCREASE THEIR RISK FOR GROWTH PLATE INJURIES AND SUBSEQUENT HEEL PAIN. NEW BONE FORMS IN AN AREA BEHIND THE HEEL, KNOWN AS THE GROWTH PLATE AND CARTILAGE IS VULNERABLE TO SEVERE INFLAMATION FROM STRAIN OR STRESS. WITH REPEATED STRESSES AND STRAINS FROM OVERACTIVITY, THE HEEL BECOMES VERY PAINFUL.
MOST FOOT SPECIALISTS, INCLUDING FOOT DOCTORS, CHIROPODISTS AND PODIATRISTS AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR CHILD EXAMINED BY A SECIALIST IF THEY ARE COMPLAINING OF FOOT PAIN.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR FOOT SPECIALIST, MARZ AND THE ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS TEAM!