14 Apr Is your child complaining of pain in their heels when they go for a long walk
Is your child complaining of pain in their heels when they go for a long walk 
Perhaps you have noticed that your child is limping at the end of an active day because of heel pain 
Heel Pain in children aged 8 to 14 years old can often be an indication of ‘Sever’s Disease’.
Sever’s Disease is an inflammation of the growth plate in the heel of children. During a growth spurt, a child’s bones 
grow faster than the muscles, 
which means that muscles become relatively tighter as they stretch from joint to joint along the bone. In the case of Sever’s Disease, the calf muscles and Achilles tendon can’t keep up the bone growth in the shin bone and become tight. They then pull on the heel bone at the growth plate, causing inflammation and pain in the heel.
Sports and particularly those involving running and jumping, like basketball 
and soccer 
causes the calf muscles to work harder which pulls more on the heel bone, causing increased inflammation and pain in the growth plate in the heel.This is why your child complains of heel pain after sports or and active day, but the pain settles with rest.
Symptoms of Sever’s Disease include:
– Pain in the back of one or both heels
– Pain worse after activity and sport
– Tenderness and swelling in the back of the heel
Here at My Favourite Physio, when our Expert Paediatric physiotherapists sees a child who is experiencing heel pain, we carry out a full assessment of your child’s heel pain by examining their hips, knees and feet to work out what is mechanically contributing to your child’s heel pain. 
From here our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists will be able to provide the appropriate treatment to help allow your child to return to sports quicker and most importantly to be pain free!
If your child has been complaining of heel pain that comes and goes, reach out to one of our 
Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists at My Favourite Physio 
on (02) 9790 4233 today! Ask about our FREE 15 Minute Phone Consult, where our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists will answer your concerns and determine if your child can benefit from Physiotherapy.
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