I am looking for information and a barefoot perspective on Severs Disease, also know as Calcaneal apophysitis.
My 12yr old son was diagnoised with this last spring after complaining of heel pain. He played football the previous fall and complained about it back then as well. they told him to not be active, so he has a doctors note saying not to participate in gym at school. they also prescribed $300 in orthodics for his shoes.
I have only recently in the past 3-4 months learned of barefoot and propper running form via the book "Born to Run". So my i am wondering if this is a legit diagnosis and is there anything proactive that we can be doing to treat this. when i say proactvie i mean does the orthodics and non-activity actually help? what about diet... is there maybe something lacking in his diet that put his body into this situation and it hasnt had a chance to heal its self.
it seems to me that there has got to be a proactive/ wholistic view on this and it pains me to watch my son not be able to be active. i have started running 3+ months ago and my son wants to join me and run with me but he cant.
any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
JVK
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taken from the link above:
Heel pain, unlike the heel spurs, that occur in adults is very uncommon in children. Of those children who do get heel pain, by far the most common cause is a disturbance to the growing area at the back of the heel bone (calcaneus) where the strong achilles tendon attaches to it. This is known as Sever's disease or calcaneal apophysitis (inflammation of the growth plate). It is most common between the ages of 10 to 14 years of age. These are one of several different 'osteochondroses' that can occur in other parts of the body, such as at the knee (Osgood-Schlatters Disease).
When a baby is born, most of the bones are still cartilage with only some starting to develop into bone. When the heel (calcaneus) starts to develop bone, there is generally one large area of development that starts in the center of the cartilage heel. This area of bone spreads to 'fill up' the cartilage. Another area of bone development (ossification) occurs at the back of the heel bone. These two areas of developing bone will have an area of cartilage between them - this is how the bone grows in size. At around age 16, when growth is nearly complete, these two bony areas fuse together. Sever's disease or calcaneal apophysitis is usually considered to be due to damage or a disturbance in this area of growth.
My 12yr old son was diagnoised with this last spring after complaining of heel pain. He played football the previous fall and complained about it back then as well. they told him to not be active, so he has a doctors note saying not to participate in gym at school. they also prescribed $300 in orthodics for his shoes.
I have only recently in the past 3-4 months learned of barefoot and propper running form via the book "Born to Run". So my i am wondering if this is a legit diagnosis and is there anything proactive that we can be doing to treat this. when i say proactvie i mean does the orthodics and non-activity actually help? what about diet... is there maybe something lacking in his diet that put his body into this situation and it hasnt had a chance to heal its self.
it seems to me that there has got to be a proactive/ wholistic view on this and it pains me to watch my son not be able to be active. i have started running 3+ months ago and my son wants to join me and run with me but he cant.
any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
JVK
_________________________________________________________
taken from the link above:
Heel pain, unlike the heel spurs, that occur in adults is very uncommon in children. Of those children who do get heel pain, by far the most common cause is a disturbance to the growing area at the back of the heel bone (calcaneus) where the strong achilles tendon attaches to it. This is known as Sever's disease or calcaneal apophysitis (inflammation of the growth plate). It is most common between the ages of 10 to 14 years of age. These are one of several different 'osteochondroses' that can occur in other parts of the body, such as at the knee (Osgood-Schlatters Disease).
When a baby is born, most of the bones are still cartilage with only some starting to develop into bone. When the heel (calcaneus) starts to develop bone, there is generally one large area of development that starts in the center of the cartilage heel. This area of bone spreads to 'fill up' the cartilage. Another area of bone development (ossification) occurs at the back of the heel bone. These two areas of developing bone will have an area of cartilage between them - this is how the bone grows in size. At around age 16, when growth is nearly complete, these two bony areas fuse together. Sever's disease or calcaneal apophysitis is usually considered to be due to damage or a disturbance in this area of growth.
