UMEM Educational Pearls

Title: Causes of Heel Pain

Keywords: heel, pain, causes (PubMed Search)

Posted: 1/17/2015 by Michael Bond, MD (Updated: 4/19/2024)
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We often think of Plantar Fascitis as the cause of heel pain but there are a lot of other causes. Some of those include:

Heel bursitis- inflammation on the back of the heel. Can be from jumping or poor fitting footwear.
Heel bumps - from excessively rubbing resulting in too much bone formation.
Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Chance inflammation of the heel pad
Stress fractures
Severs disease
Achilles tendonitis
Retrocalcaneal bursitis
Posterior calcaneal bursitis