Clinical tidbit:

Heel pain in kids and adolescents? Have you considered Sever’s disease?

Apophysitis of the calcaneal apophysis is the most common cause of heel pain in adloscents and accounts for 8% of all pediatric overuse injuries! An apophysitis occurs (an injury involving a “pulling away” of bone from the tendons attachment site) because the strength of the tendon exceeds the strength of attachment of the tendon to the bone. It is most common in activites llike running, jumping and plantar flexion.

Gillespie H. Osteochondroses and apophyseal injuries of the foot in the young athlete. Curr Sports Med Rep 2010;9(5):265-268.

Wilson JC, Rodenburg RE. Apophysitis of the lower extremities. Contemp Pediatr 2011;28(6):38-46.