rearfoot disorders
rearfoot disorders
pathology of any structures within the rearfoot, due to e.g. trauma, inflammation, overuse, rupture, fracture or infection (see Table 1)Location of pain | Possible causes |
Posterior aspect of heel | Sever's disease/traction apophysitis Duck bill fracture of calcaneum Haglund's deformity Insertional calcific Achilles tendinosis Deep retrocalcaneal bursitis Superficial retrocalcaneal bursitis Achilles tendinitis Partial rupture of Achilles tendon Total rupture of the Achilles tendon Blisters Chilblain/perniosis |
Inferior (plantar) aspect of heel | Calcaneal fracture Osteoid osteoma Calcaneal spur Baxter's neuritis Sero-negative and sero-positive inflammatory joint disease Plantar calcaneal bursitis (policeman's heel; stone bruise; subcalcaneal bursitis) Proximal plantar fasciitis Proximal foot strain S1 entrapment neuropathy/radiculopathy Medial calcaneal nerve entrapment neuropathy Corn/callosity Verruca pedis |
Medial aspect of the heel | Deltoid ligament strain/sprain Tibialis posterior tendinitis Tibialis posterior rupture/partial rupture Flexor hallucis longus tendinitis Flexor digitorum longus tendinitis |
Lateral aspect of the heel | Lateral collateral ligament strain/sprain Peroneus longus tendinitis Peroneus brevis tendinitis |
Anterior aspect of ankle | Osteochondritis dissecans of the talus Anterior impingement Extensor retinaculitis |
Periphery of heel | Heel fissures Tinea pedis |