Heel pain

DDx

  • Plantar fasciitis
  • Enthesopathy due to seronegative spondyloarthropathy (eg, ankylosing spondylitis)
  • Achilles tendinitis
  • Pre-achilles bursitis
  • Metatarsal stress fracture
  • Heel pad syndrome (traumatic irritation of fat tisses)
  • Retrocalcaneal bursitis
  • Tarsal tunnel syndrome
  • Large bony heel spur
  • Calcaneal stress fracture (runners)
  • Genital herpes simplex (referred pain from sacral ganglion)

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Last updated: December 1, 2014